things like turn on my favorite radio station , help me understand a particular recipe or just tell me whether the traffic is busy on my route this morning .” Another ongoing programme has involved working with King ’ s College School , where 40 year 10 students from disadvantaged backgrounds were invited to its offices as part of a drive to encourage the study of computer science . After that visit , the number of students choosing GCSE Computer Science doubled .
Earlier intervention in a school setting is , in James ’ view , another necessity for closing the gap . “ When I look at STEM , what ’ s really interesting for me is where it ’ s failed ,” says James . “ Generally , it ’ s been very much about the IT and the technology , and that is exciting - I mean , it ’ s why I got into it from a young age and why my career was in it . But what ’ s been absolutely missing around some of the STEM pieces is that we focus very much on the input . What gets people really excited about coming to work here is the output . What we achieve for customers .”
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