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CALLING ALL FEMALE ST EM ST UD EN TS HNC Mechanical Engineering student Jennifer Wilson is the Interconnect Scotland Student Champion for Ayrshire College. Interconnect Scotland is a network for women studying science, engineering, technology (STEM) and the built environment across Scotland. It encourages students to set up their own networks at their college or university. Interconnect Student Champions are ambassadors for STEM within their college or university, and promote Interconnect activities locally. If you would like to join Ayrshire Connects or speak to Jennifer about anything at all, contact [email protected]. Ayrshire Connects has been set up as a mentoring network for female STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) and construction students across the college to connect to each other, to students in other colleges and universities, to employers and women in the industry sectors they aspire to enter, and to senior pupils in secondary schools across Ayrshire. THE STUDENT VOICE EDITION 7 39