{"id":29,"date":"2018-07-02T03:35:28","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T03:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.2empoweruk.org\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2018-11-20T10:21:11","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T10:21:11","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.2empoweruk.org\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.2empoweruk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/u2empower-logo-300x97.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.2empoweruk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/u2empower-logo-300x97.png 300w, https:\/\/www.2empoweruk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/u2empower-logo.png 411w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>2eMPower is a joint project between <a href=\"http:\/\/www.2empoweruk.org\/index.php\/professor-sara-rankin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Professor Sara Rankin<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Imperial College London<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/education.arts.unsw.edu.au\/about-us\/people\/susen-smith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Susen Smith<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/education.arts.unsw.edu.au\/about-us\/gerric\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GERRIC, UNSW<\/a> Sydney Australia.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"##000000\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u00a0Our Mission:<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Our mission is to inspire and\u00a0enable more 2e* students\u00a0to undertake STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering &amp; 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