Robots 'boost' science interest

Robots are being used by teachers in a bid get more female pupils interested in engineering and science.

Belvidere school in Shrewsbury has been chosen as a regional training centre to show teachers how to make the subject more relevant to girls.

A group of German experts have been using robots that can be used in classrooms to appeal to girls.

Trainee teacher Kerry Holmes said the subjects still really only interested male students.

She said: "Girls get put off because it's not marketed in the right way.

"It's still very stereotypical that engineering is a man's world. It's just not sold in the right way to young girls."