Awen’s role with Horizon Nuclear Power came to an end in March 2019, and during her time with the company she worked with over 3,000 pupils, and met a lot of teachers. It was during this time she noticed the lack of Scientific experiments within locations and primary schools with young children. This is mainly due to the lack of resources and lack of subject specialism, as providers and teachers need to teach many different subjects and fields.

The work and experiments that Awen does with the children shows the scientific links with everything around us, be that from day-to-day or what we see in our lifetime. Through these experiences that Awen has to offer, the children are able to see and experience first hand how interesting and relevant Science is to them. Awen’s main goal is to inspire children to be interested in Science from an early age.

Inspiring children is of real importance to Awen, and by delivering these workshops and experiments, those important key skills, such as problem solving, working as a team working as an individual are developed, as well as developing key motor skills.

There’s a shortage of females in the world of Science, and rather than seeing this as an obstacle, this has further developed Awen’s interest within the field. It’s a fast developing and exciting area, and over the years Awen has worked with fantastic females within the industry and those teaching Science subjects in schools.

This way Awen has the best of both worlds - the industry and teaching - and it works well with her busy family responsibilities.