\n Maleha Khan, who is currently completing a PhD in rocket propulsion and also holds a pilot\u2019s licence, spoke to nearly 200 students during a visit to the school, which is part of the West Norfolk Academies Trust.\n<\/p>\n
\n Her visit was arranged through RAF Marham and Wing Commander Martin Williamson.\n<\/p>\n
\n Jenny Ford, the school\u2019s librarian, said: \u201cHe introduced Maleha to the school and she very kindly agreed to deliver a seminar and engage with the students about her education, career and experiences in the space industry.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Rocket scientist inspires students at St Clement’s High School (Image: Ian Burt)\n<\/p>\n
\n Ms Khan answered questions on topics such as hydrogen fuel and shared her personal journey, including the barriers she has overcome to pursue her career.\n<\/p>\n
\n Eliza Bennell, English lead at the school, said: \u201cHer story was so inspirational to the students \u2014 especially as a young female involved in the UK space industry and as a pilot.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cAll the students and staff were captivated by her achievements. She is such a positive female role model in areas which are traditionally male-dominated.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maleha Khan, who is currently completing a PhD in rocket propulsion and also holds a pilot\u2019s licence, spoke…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[90,416,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-252148","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-space","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}