Posts Tagged ‘Breaking the Mould’

Breaking the Mould 2011

Monday, August 22nd, 2011

The conference has truly inspired many, like me who gained the opportunity to have a week’s work experience with Lisa Buckingham OBE, founder of fmwf.com, at Financial Mail on Sunday, writes Rebecca Deeming.

Ofsted hits out at schools for pushing girls into stereotypical careers

Friday, April 15th, 2011

A new report from schools inspector Ofsted has painted a bleak picture about the careers advice received by schoolgirls and the work young women go into when they leave education.

Watch it here: Princess Anne at our prestigious Celebration of Women in IT event

Friday, April 8th, 2011

Princess Anne presented the winners of Financial Mail’s Apprentice Challenge with certificates at an event to celebrate women’s achievements in IT.

Winners of our NatWest Apprentice Challenge presented with certificates by HRH The Princess Royal

Sunday, March 27th, 2011

Winners of Financial Mail’s Apprentice Challenge were presented with their certificates by HRH The Princess Royal last week.

Caprice is a model, for young women

Sunday, March 20th, 2011

Some of the top female role models gathered at the Royal Institution in Mayfair, central London, last week to inspire a generation of young women to think in adventurous ways about their approach to work. Model-turned-entrepreneur Caprice Bourret joined other stars in lending their support to the Breaking the Mould conference on Monday.

Time is running out for schools and students to register interest in the 2011 Apprentice Challenge

Friday, December 10th, 2010

Following the success of last year’s Apprentice Challenge competition, Apprentice Challenge 2011 asks girls to invent a beauty product and devise packaging and a marketing strategy.

Our Breaking the Mould conference is off to a flying start

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

This will be Financial Mail’s fourth Breaking the Mould conference. Our theme will be careers in science and technology.

Sisters share the lessons learned from entering Financial Mail on Sunday’s MoneySense Apprentice Challenge

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

Mariam and Tamara Lami, two 16 year old sisters from Cherwell School in Oxford, reveal how they used their runners up prize-money and share the lessons they learned from entering the Financial Mail on Sunday’s MoneySense Apprentice Challenge 2010.