{"id":883959,"date":"2025-11-10T13:27:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T13:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/?p=883959"},"modified":"2025-11-10T13:27:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T13:27:15","slug":"girls-can-engineer-a-book-to-inspire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/news\/design\/stem\/girls-can-engineer-a-book-to-inspire-2025-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Girls Can Engineer &#8211; a book to inspire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/10132028\/Girls-Can-Enginner-book-by-Pertemps-Network-from-Amazon-image-cropped.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-883972\" src=\"https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/10132028\/Girls-Can-Enginner-book-by-Pertemps-Network-from-Amazon-image-cropped-300x227.webp\" alt=\"Girls Can Enginner book by Pertemps Network from Amazon image cropped\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/10132028\/Girls-Can-Enginner-book-by-Pertemps-Network-from-Amazon-image-cropped-300x227.webp 300w, https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/10132028\/Girls-Can-Enginner-book-by-Pertemps-Network-from-Amazon-image-cropped-768x582.webp 768w, https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/10132028\/Girls-Can-Enginner-book-by-Pertemps-Network-from-Amazon-image-cropped.webp 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Girls Can Engineer is a book aimed at getting more girls interested in engineering careers, according to its publisher Pertemps Network: &#8220;The key message is that there are no barriers to girls following careers in science, technology, engineering and maths &#8211; STEM &#8211; sectors.&#8221;<\/p><div class=\"elect-content\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"elect-1248579309\"><div id=\"x02\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> if ($(window).width() <= 768) { googletag.display('x02'); } <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Aimed at at girls aged seven to nine, &#8220;Tech She Can helps all children, especially girls, imagine a future where they design, build and solve real-world problems&#8221;, said Pertemps, which is a West Midlands recruitment specialists, which teamed up with Assa Abloy, BOC Gases, Thames Water and Solihull College and University Centre on the project.<\/p>\n<p>Illustrations within are by pupils of Foxford School in Coventry, and 100% of royalty profits from its sale go to UK charity Tech She Can.<\/p><div class=\"elect-post-content-2\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"elect-1874386898\"><div id=\"DFP-EW-InRead1-Mobile\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> if ($(window).width() <= 768) { googletag.display('DFP-EW-InRead1-Mobile'); } <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"elect-test\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"elect-1231294070\"><div id=\"DFP-EW-InRead1\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> if ($(window).width() > 768) { googletag.display('DFP-EW-InRead1'); } <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<BR>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>As well as <a rel=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Girls-Can-Engineer-Discover-engineering\/dp\/1036924009\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">for sale through Amazon.co.uk<\/a>, the book has been offered to schools. &#8220;The response has been beyond what we imagined and all the feedback has been positive. 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