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This Icy World. A science video resource
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This Icy World

Cambridge University glaciologist Professor Julian Dowdeswell has spent three years of his life in the Polar Regions. As Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge, this film follows him to Greenland and the Antarctic as his research reveals the challenges we all face from climate change. He…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
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The Emotional Computer. A science video resource
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The Emotional Computer

Can computers understand emotions? Can computers express emotions? Can they feel emotions? This video, from the University of Cambridge, examines the research of Professor Peter Robinson exploring how emotions can be used to improve interaction between humans and computers. The research team is collaborating closely with Professor…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Video
Just Add Water. A science video resource
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Just Add Water

Rotifers are microscopic animals that survive against all the odds. This film follows Dr Alan Tunnacliffe, award-winning Cambridge researcher at the Institute of Biotechnology, as he tests their super-powers by draining 90% of the water in their microscopic bodies, heats them to boiling point and freezes them in liquid nitrogen. He…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
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Sticky Feet. A science video resource
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Sticky Feet

This video features Chris Clemente, from Cambridge University, who is studying the mechanisms that ants and other insects (especially cockroaches) use to walk down as well as up walls. Ants have incredibly sticky feet. With them they can hang onto ceilings, whilst carrying 100 times their body weight. But if they are stuck…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Video
STEM Careers Review 2010. A careers research resource
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STEM Careers Review 2010

This review of STEM careers, led by John Holman, was funded by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation in February 2010. The review covered provision of STEM careers education, information, advice and guidance in England. The report focused on secondary and further education, but recommended the need to commence careers related work from…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Research
Case Study: Ewan Bloomfield - Energy Consultant. A careers poster resource
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Case Study: Ewan Bloomfield - Energy Consultant

In this case study, Ewan Bloomfield explains how he came to be an energy consultant. He describes what attracted him to the job, his education history and what gives him job satisfaction. He then talks about seeing how his work affects people's lives, especially when working within developing countries across the world. He…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Poster
Case Study: Ella Sprung - Editorial and Production Assistant. A careers poster resource
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Case Study: Ella Sprung - Editorial and Production Assistant

In this case study, Ella Sprung, explains how she came to work as an engineer. She describes her ambitions when younger, her education history and the role models who inspired her. She then talks about seeing how her work affects people's lives, especially when working within developing countries across the world. She is now…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Poster
Case Study: Gita Patel - Financial Controller. A careers poster resource
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Case Study: Gita Patel - Financial Controller

In this case study, Gita Patel explains how she came to be a financial controller. She describes her ambitions when younger, her education history and the role models who inspired her. She then talks about seeing how her work affects people's lives. Having travelled widely, she is able to see how the organisation that she works…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Poster
Case Study: Lucho Osorio - International Co-ordinator. A careers poster resource
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Case Study: Lucho Osorio - International Co-ordinator

In this case study, Lucho Osorio explains how he came to be an International Co-ordinator working in the Practical Action Markets and Livelihood programme. He describes his ambitions when younger, his education history and how he got where he is today. He then describes the tasks that give him the most job satisfaction and talks…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Poster
Case Study: Olivia Comberti - Digital Design Consultant. A careers poster resource
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Case Study: Olivia Comberti - Digital Design Consultant

In this case study, Olivia Comberti explains how she came to be a digital design consultant. She describes her ambitions when younger, her education history and the role models who inspired her. She then talks about seeing how her work affects people's lives, especially when working within developing countries across the world. She…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Poster
A Day in the Life of UK Space Scientists and Engineers. A science, physics video resource
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A Day in the Life of UK Space Scientists and Engineers

These videos provide an insight into the working lives of seven different space scientists and engineers in the UK. Each video has an associated file with suggested ideas of how you could use the videos in a lesson, posing questions to the students based on the videos and presenting ideas for research projects and class activities. Mat…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
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Case Studies on Education-Industry Partnerships. A science research resource
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Case Studies on Education-Industry Partnerships

From CIEC Promoting Science, this information booklet is useful for those wishing to develop successful partnerships between schools and local science-based industries. It is a collection of papers that describe how different groups have encountered and handled major issues and problems while developing their education-industry programmes.…

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  • Publication year: 1990 - 1999
  • Research
Speakers from Industry: a Practical Guide for Teachers and Industrialists. A science teacher guidance resource
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Speakers from Industry: a Practical Guide for Teachers and Industrialists

Produced by CIEC Promoting Science, this booklet offers advice and guidance for: • teachers who wish to bring industrial speakers into school • industrial speakers who would like an insight into the needs of teachers and their students. The booklet contains two sections that deal with: Part I - a general guide…

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  • Publication year: 1990 - 1999
  • Teacher guidance
Industrial Encounters: Good Practice for School Links. A science teacher guidance resource
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Industrial Encounters: Good Practice for School Links

From CIEC Promoting Science, this guide aims to help schools and science-based companies make the best use of their opportunities to liaise together. It concentrates upon using link activities to enrich aspects of the school science curriculum but there are many principles in the guide, with a more general application. There…

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  • Publication year: 1990 - 1999
  • Teacher guidance
On Site: a Guide to Visiting the Chemical Industry. A science, chemistry teacher guidance resource
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On Site: a Guide to Visiting the Chemical Industry

From CIEC Promoting Science, this guide provides practical information and advice about organising a visit to a local science-based industry. Visits can be engaging, stimulating and profitable for the students, teachers and companies involved. The guide looks at industrial links at both primary and secondary school levels and…

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  • Publication year: 1990 - 1999
  • Teacher guidance
What Do You Want to Do?. A careers video resource
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What Do You Want to Do?

Produced by Rolls-Royce, this entertaining video clip takes the form of an animated rap which describes a range of career opportunities open to students with skills in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM). It makes a good introduction to a session offering careers advice and guidance by setting the scene about the…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
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A Glimpse of the Future. A careers video resource
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A Glimpse of the Future

In this video, from Rolls-Royce, students can see what it is like to work in a company that develops and manufactures high technology products. The video includes comments and descriptions from a group of young people visiting Rolls-Royce. The video includes sections on: • The manufacture of hollow titanium fan blades which…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
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Where STEM Can Take You. An engineering information sheet resource
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Where STEM Can Take You

Produced by Rolls-Royce, this series of case studies illustrates the wide range of career opportunities that are opened up for students with skills in science, technology, engineering or mathematics. They can be used to give careers advice and guidance to students as well as to illustrate the curriculum principles they cover. The…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Information sheet
Making the Future. A careers information sheet resource
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Making the Future

Produced by Rolls-Royce, this booklet tells the story of what makes a high value business. It looks at questions such as: What are high value businesses? What do they look like? Why do they matter? The booklet can be helpful to illustrate the types of career opportunities that are available to students with science, technology,…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Information sheet
Why STEM Careers?. A careers teacher guidance resource
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Why STEM Careers?

From Rolls-Royce, these materials are designed to show students the exciting range of careers that are available for students with science, technology, engineering or mathematics skills. This resource aims to help students see the link between classroom STEM subjects and opportunities in the world of work. It provides information…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Teacher guidance
STEM Careers Guidance for Teachers Toolkit. A careers teacher guidance resource
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STEM Careers Guidance for Teachers Toolkit

Produced by Rolls-Royce, the associated resources in this toolkit help students to make the connection between STEM subjects studied in school or college and possible future career opportunities. The materials illustrate the really exciting opportunities which open up to them through studying STEM subjects. The toolkit also aims…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Teacher guidance
Guide to Examples of Good Quality STEM Placements. A science information sheet resource
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Guide to Examples of Good Quality STEM Placements

Produced for the Department for Education, this resource from Sheffield Hallam University, is designed to help employers, teachers, students and anyone involved in work experience develop strategies for creating good quality placements for young people aged 14–19. This guide contains examples of good practice which are…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Information sheet
STEM and Economic Wellbeing. An engineering teacher guidance resource
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STEM and Economic Wellbeing

These tools have been produced for the Department for Education by the Centre for Science Education. The materials are for STEM and economic wellbeing (EWB) curriculum leaders, teachers and support staff working together to meet the needs of their learners. They will also be useful for STEM and EWB advisers, consultants and trainers…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Teacher guidance
Tom Waller. A science, how science works information sheet resource
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Tom Waller

An Impact! People case study from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). As head of research and development for one of the biggest brands in sport, Tom Waller will influence everything from Olympic finals to family beach holidays. The former EPSRC-supported student and researcher is now head of Aqualab,…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Information sheet
Aimin Song. A technology, electronics information sheet resource
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Aimin Song

An Impact! People case study from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Imagine a cheap, reliable mobile phone you could fold into your back pocket, a TV that just rolled up for storage or electronic paper. These are just some of the products that are being made possible by Professor Aimin Song with…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Information sheet
Tom Rodden. A science, how science works information sheet resource
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Tom Rodden

An Impact! People case study from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). “My impact will be not to have an impact,” says leading digital economy researcher Professor Tom Rodden. It may sound like a strange notion. But the world of ubiquitous computing is about seamlessly embedding digital…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Information sheet
Sir John Pendry. A science, physics information sheet resource
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Sir John Pendry

An Impact! People case study from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Professor Sir John Pendry is one of the world’s leading theoretical physicists and his revolutionary work on materials has opened the doors to a world of new possibilities. With EPSRC support, Pendry established an entirely…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Information sheet
Mercedes Maroto-Valer. A science, chemistry information sheet resource
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Mercedes Maroto-Valer

An Impact! People case study from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). By pioneering innovative technology, Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer is helping the world tackle climate change. Supported by EPSRC, she leads the Centre for Innovation in Carbon Capture and Storage at the University of Nottingham.…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Information sheet
Marcus du Sautoy. A science information sheet resource
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Marcus du Sautoy

An Impact! People case study from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy is using his passion for the subject to inspire a new generation of genius. He is an EPSRC senior media fellow and was appointed University of Oxford’s Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Information sheet
Brian Collins. A science information sheet resource
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Brian Collins

An Impact! People case study from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Professor Brian Collins has a very varied, interesting and important role that affects all our lives. As Chief Scientific Adviser to two Government departments – the Department for Transport and the Department for Business,…

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  • Publication year: 2000 - 2009
  • Information sheet
Unravelling the Genetic Code. A mathematics information sheet resource
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Unravelling the Genetic Code

This Mathematics Matters case study, from the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, looks at how mathematicians' understanding of knots can help unravel potentially fatal knots in DNA molecules. Understanding how to manipulate tangles of DNA could help us create new treatments for diseases, so mathematicians are working…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Information sheet
Taking Decisions, Not Risks. A mathematics information sheet resource
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Taking Decisions, Not Risks

A Mathematics Matters case study which looks at how advances in statistics allow us to analyse risks and consequences and so make informed decisions. Risks are an unavoidable part of modern life, but mathematicians and statisticians have developed a variety of methods to help mitigate its effects. These techniques enable hospitals,…

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  • Publication year: 2010 to date
  • Information sheet

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