{"id":1786,"date":"2019-05-20T04:28:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T03:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/?p=1786"},"modified":"2022-09-20T11:14:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T10:14:48","slug":"news-dr-billy-wong-lecturer-in-widening-participation-was-an-invited-roundtable-discussant-in-the-third-meeting-of-the-all-party-parliamentary-group-appg-on-diversity-and-inclusion-in-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/2019\/05\/20\/news-dr-billy-wong-lecturer-in-widening-participation-was-an-invited-roundtable-discussant-in-the-third-meeting-of-the-all-party-parliamentary-group-appg-on-diversity-and-inclusion-in-science\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS &#8211; Dr. Billy Wong (Lecturer in Widening Participation) was an invited roundtable discussant in the third meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday 20<sup>th<\/sup> May 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/education\/about\/staff\/b-wong.aspx\"><strong>Dr. Billy Wong<\/strong><\/a> (Lecturer in Widening Participation) was an invited roundtable discussant in the third meeting of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishscienceassociation.org\/appg\"><strong>the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM)<\/strong><\/a> at the Palace of Westminster, chaired by Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge, the Chair of STEM Learning.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-738 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2018\/billy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"191\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Wong and other experts from academia, charities, government and think tanks explored the issue of equity in STEM education. 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