It is designed to influence their option choices for GCSE and Level One GNVQ by giving them positive, exciting, direct experience of engineering. At the conference, teams of girls work on engineering problem-solving activities with female mentors from industry. This year, teams solved the engineering problems of getting Cinderella to the Ball. The best solutions received awards. So far, no official evaluation or tracking of participants has been done but anecdotal evidence is encouraging.
All participants agree the project is successful and effective.
There are plans for a full evaluation to take place this year. Ford's input to the project is managed centrally by Ford's Schools Liaison Activity. It also liaises with sponsoring companies and participating universities. For details of link agencies see the key contacts list.