b'34 Partner News Summer 2020Corporateas well for parents who work at BabcockAlthough for someone whose path to explain what they do everyday to theirto engineering wasnt clear, its been children and will hopefully encourage somerewarding to make a difference: I of them to take up a career in STEM.sort of fell into engineering.Hopefully the book Since publication, the good news aboutI remember being young and playing withcan inspire a few more Portys story has spread and now the bookLego and things like that but there waswomen to look into is going places that Katherine couldnt haveno one to tell me how good engineeringSTEM.imagined. The success has been amazing;is. I went to an all-girls school and we have STEM ambassadors going intostudied English, Music and Psychology libraries around Plymouth with the bookat A-Level, so there werent many STEM and we have also printed 1,800 copies toinfluences to put me on that career be given to primary schools in the area.path. Hopefully the book can inspire a I think it will be a good resource for themfew more women to look into STEM. because they can relate to where the story is set, the sights and sounds of Plymouth.With its reach continuing to grow, Portys Whizzing Recovery will certainly Naturally after such a big hit, talk hasdo just that; the sky is undoubtedly turned to a sequel. Katherine revealed thatthe limit for Porty and her friends. a lot of different departments have now asked her to base it on the work they do. A collaboration with IET EducationI am really excited to also be working with the IET who have offered to distribute 25,00 copies of the book in their Teacher Packs, said Katherine. Their connections with schools across the country will really assist the books reach. I hope it will also inspire children who havent lived near the coast to consider marine engineering and perhaps visit Plymouth to see the ships for themselves.Katherine Terris, Senior Support Engineer at Babcock International and author of Portys Whizzing Recovery.'