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Past Events in Yorkshire & Humberside
Over the past few years, schoolgirls attended a number of events in Yorkshire & Humberside; you might have been one of them. You could have been trying your hand at an engineering challenge, making your own candle stick, building brick arches or visiting engineering companies.

30 June 2005
Lab in a Lorry Event
Held at the UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology, at Bradford College. The lab in a lorry event was a joint initiative organised by the Lets TWIST project in conjunction with the Institute of Physics and the Schlumberger Foundation. 

18 March 2005
Science Safari Event
Girls Taster Event as part of National Science Week. Held at The Applied Sciences Department of Bradford College. Event organised by Lets Twist in conjunction with the Department of Pure and Applied Social Sciences.

3rd and 10th March 2005
Build a Brighter Future Taster Event
Taster days raising awareness of construction and engineering opportunities for girls at Bradford College . Demonstrations and activities included fabrication and welding, plumbing and motor vehicle maintenance.

10 December 2004
Professional Careers for Women in Construction. New Mason Properties, Victoria Mills, Shipley. The day focused on professional careers within the industry, giving an insight into the roles of quantity surveyors, project managers and architects through educational games and also by receiving talks from role models such as two civil engineers, an architect and an environmental consultant.

9th - 11th November 2004
WISE Outlook Event
Another action packed 3 day Wise Outlook event where 20 school girls got the opportunity to meet inspiring women role models from various engineering disciplines; carry out electronic activities, design systems for making mass biscuits, followed by a visit to Fox's Biscuits in Batley and finally a presentation evening attended by parents and teachers.

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23rd March, 2005 Girl's Bridge Challenge, Grimsby 86 girls from nine secondary schools compete in bridge-building challenge. Held at Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education.

16th March, 2005 Engineering Challenge in Scunthorpe. This was an exciting day where mixed teams from schools in the district got involved in an exciting engineering challenge. There were lots of Engineering Role models there to help out and plenty of female one's to show that it's not just for the boys!

22nd March, 2005 Ideal Boilers arranged a hands on Engineering Day for girls Girls from local girl guide company got the chance to visit Ideal Boilers find out about how boilers are made and meet Female Engineers to show that girls can do it to!

23rd March, 2005 Grimsby Institute was the venue for a lively Girls Engineering Challenge organised by a mix of different organisations including Novartis, Humber EBLO and many more

22nd March, 2005 Humberside Engineering and Training Association put on two events, one for year 12 and 13 girls and one for local guide companies. The aim was to give girls a practical hands on go at some engineering tasks.

8th April, 2005 Withernsea High School and College of Technology gave girls a real chance to have a go at, building brick arches, electrical wiring, wood working, tiling and many other things. The girl were taught by an all female team of crafts women to show that women really do these things.