Top ten tips on using strengths to support reviews

Sometimes our internal people management systems don’t align. Maybe your organization has introduced strengths locally but still operates a competency-based system. And here you are, trying to work with strengths and what’s right with people while filling out forms identifying areas for development. Originally…

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Katalytik MD and founder honoured with an MBE

Jan’s research has had a great impact on diversity and inclusion policy but this award particularly recognises her high profile campaigning work in a very practical area – women’s safety clothing. She led the Women’s Engineering Society’s (WES) “Purple Boot“ campaign which highlighted the…

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Code Challenge awards evening

Top scoring Code Challenge pupils have received their invitations to a prestigious awards show on Thursday 13th October at 7pm at the Bournemouth International Centre in the Tregonwell Hall. Pupils will be able to meet and mingle with the best talent from visual effects studios…

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Creating inclusion in engineering education

A workshop to road-test a new framework and check-list on inclusive engineering. Jan Peters is running a workshop at the international conference on interactive collaborative learning to road-test a new tool for addressing inclusion in engineering education. The workshop is part of the accepted…

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School strengths pilot success

Addressing student resilience using talent awareness and the Katalytik Talent Ignition programme After a successful term piloting our work with low self esteem students we’re delighted to announce the Talent Ignition programme. We’ve been working to help students develop greater resilience by focusing on what’s right…

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Code challenge judges finish their work

Winning teams are drawn from junior and senior schools The STEM Ambassador judges have finished their demanding task of judging the entries and selected 5 high scoring teams to take their places at the prestigious BFX festival in Bournemouth in October. Three of the…

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Science sisters evolves

Here at Katalytik we’re excited to announce that our Science Sisters project is evolving Engineer? Technician? And parent of a primary school child? The School Gate SET wants YOU! The School Gate SET is an online community of parents, volunteering to add some hands on…

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Inclusive engineering education symposium

Jan Peters chairs symposium at UCL 21-22 April 2016 How can we ensure that engineers have the skills and experiences to address global problems? How can we create a talent pool for the profession that draws on and nurtures the best and produces engineers…

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