Rebecca Patel

I attended a state primary and secondary school in Coventry, England.

I was the first person in my family to attend university and I graduated from the University of Birmingham with a Bsc in Geography. I went on to earn my Post Graduate Certificate in Education from the University of Warwick. I then taught primary school children for 8 years and secondary school students for just over 2 years. During my primary school teaching experience, I taught in a variety of year groups and held various leadership responsibilities. In my secondary school teaching experience, I focused on supporting and teaching children with English as an additional language and learning difficulties.

During the last year of my secondary school placement, I began working for The Tech She Can Charter as an Education Consultant. My role and responsibilities for Tech She Can include creating and delivering their Tech We Can educational resources. The resources aim to show children, particularly girls, the breadth of technology roles, the diversity of people who work in these roles and how technology careers relate to the children’s passions and interests.

In 2019 I left teaching, registered my own business and became a full time education consultant. I continued working for Tech She Can but also completed roles with Natwest and Capita. These roles included providing support and guidance delivering the computing curriculum in schools and helping to design resources to inspire students into entrepreneurship.

In 2020 I continued to work for Tech She Can whilst also joining the Learning and Development team at PwC as a Lead Author. For PwC my roles have focused around designing leadership programmes and learning experiences for their employees.

When Tech She Can became a charity in 2021, I became their Head of Early Education and I currently hold this role alongside my Lead Author role for PwC Learning and Development.