Choosing the Right STEM Degree Course: Investigating the Information Available
This report focuses on progression from post-16 education in schools and colleges into STEM first degree programmes and proposes a number of recommendations for improving levels of communication among the main stakeholders. SCORE commissioned the Centre for Education and Industry, which is based at the University of Warwick,…
Science
In this video from Teachers TV, Science teacher Nichola Offer uses a range of techniques to help her students think about STEM related careers. In a lesson based on in vitro fertilisation(IVF), Nicola invites the school nurse to support the activities and talk about her work. In a role play activity, the Year Eight students think…
Information, Advice and Guidance
In this video from Teachers TV, science teacher Angalika Newton is eager to promote careers in science to her students. Angalika works with Head of Careers Lorette Parker to plan a lesson to introduce the kinds of jobs that studying science can lead to. Their plans include bringing outside visitors into the school, giving advice…
Role Models and Work Placements
In this Teachers TV video, a group of STEM ambassadors visit Bradfield School in Sheffield to share their stories with a group of Year Nine girls. As a lesson starter the students take part in an exercise aimed at combating some of the stereotypical images of STEM related careers. The ambassadors then take questions from the…
Economic Wellbeing
In this Teachers TV programme, staff at Riddlesdown High School in South London are taking steps to encourage students to study science, mathematics and technology. Students at the school participate in a role play as members of a residents' association. During the activity they discuss a proposal to build a pharmaceutical…
Equality and Diversity
This Teachers TV video shows two secondary schools in Blackburn as they explore STEM careers by encouraging their students to take a hands-on approach to learning. Witton Park High School takes a workshop for Year Eight girls which aims to make students aware of gender stereotypes and encourage girls into engineering. The girls…
Protecting Your Head
Protecting Your Head, from the Centre for Science Education, is a set of teaching materials which offer a cross-curricular approach to learning about engineering. The context for the activities is the design of head protection for snowboarders where the risk of injury is significant but personal image is also important. Teachers'…
STEM Careers Awareness Guides
These STEM Careers Awareness Guides were designed to provide STEM teachers and careers advisers with an overview of the 'See where they can take you' campaign. This aimed to improve the quality of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers guidance for students, to help them make informed post-16 subject…
Careers Examples and Options
These two Future Morph resources aim to show students that there is a wide choice of options open to those who study sciences and mathematics.The resources consist of: Career examples list The list covers six areas of science: • Living things • Environmental science • Energy and motion • Natural and man-made…
Equality and Diversity
These two videos from Teachers TV look at how colleges and schools can turn diversity and equality policies into practice. Three colleges share the strategies they have successfully adopted. From supporting students with dyslexia to providing integrated learning for divided communities, colleges must address the diverse needs of…
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STEM Choices: Equality and Diversity - Ethnicity
This publication from the Department for Education addresses the issue of equality and diversity in the STEM workforce which is not yet truly representative. It examines the number of ethnic minority students studying STEM subjects and undertaking STEM-related careers. The publication looks at approaches such as role models, science…
STEM Choices: Equality and Diversity - Gender
This publication from the Department for Education publication explores the issue of a significant gender imbalance in the STEM workforce, barriers to choosing STEM subjects and gender disparity. A list of suggestions to make STEM careers advice more women - friendly is also provided.
STEM Careers Awareness Leaflet
From the Centre for Science Education and the National STEM Centre, this leaflet provides some prompt questions that introduce creative and practical ways of raising STEM careers awareness. There is information on working with partners and also where further resources can be found.
Embedding STEM Careers Awareness in Secondary Schools
This publication, from Warwick University, reports on the STEM Careers Awareness Timeline Pilot. The Timeline project seeks to establish how schools can embed a more systematic programme of careers awareness into the existing subject curriculum. The report gives emerging findings from working with stakeholders and schools.
Work Experience in the NHS
Produced by NHS Careers, this toolkit provides background information and advice for schools and other organisations involved in arranging work experience for students in the NHS.
Work Related Learning Guide
Produced by the former Department for Children, Schools and Families, this work-related learning guide is aimed at young people and their parents or carers, employers, primary and secondary schools and colleges, and Education Business Partnership Organisations. The guide includes information on providing work-related learning and…
How to Design an Inclusive Industrial Visit
Produced by the Industrial Trust, Business & Education South Yorkshire and JIVE (Joint Interventions), this leaflet identifies hints and tips to help organisers of visits to industry. Often organisations that are prepared to offer industrial visits to their sites are unaware of the action they can take to make the experience…
Work Experience
In this Teachers TV video, two consortia in Birmingham prepare to pilot the Secondary Diplomas in Engineering and Creative and Media. The diplomas were designed with industry support, and aim to equip young people with the skills employers need, and the ability to go on learning throughout their lives. To achieve this consortia…
Quick Guide for STEM Work Experience Placements
This guide from the Department for Education is designed to help teachers, learners, employers and anyone involved in work experience develop strategies for creating good quality placements for young people aged 14–19. The Quick Guide for STEM Work Experience Placements has a question and answer format to assist users in…
Guidance Notes for Organisations Delivering STEM Ambassador Training
These guidance notes and associated Training Packfrom the Department for Education, are designed for organisations to help STEM Ambassadors enhance their skills and enable them to become even more active in their local schools and communities. After completing the training, this new bank of STEM Careers Ambassadors will not only…
Briefing Pack for STEM Careers Ambassadors
This training pack from the Department for Education is designed to help STEM professionals enhance their skills and enable them to become even more active in schools and communities. The emphasis within the training pack on challenging myths and stereotypes will also support STEM Ambassadors in encouraging the broadest spectrum…
STEM Choices: National Standards for IAG
This document from the Department for Education refers to the provision of information, advice and guidance (IAG) for young people. IAG covers a range of activities and interventions that help young people to become more self-reliant and better able to manage their personal and career development, including learning. The standards…
Careers
This series of videos from Teachers TV looks at the kind of skills needed to work in STEM professions, examines the careers available and includes advice from research scientists, engineers and project managers. • Science A science teacher uses a range of techniques to help her students think about careers in STEM professions.…
STEM Choices: Personal Capabilities
These documents from the Department for Education provide tools to support the development of young students' knowledge and understanding of their personal skills and capabilities. • Personal Capabilities Framework This chart presents three domains for personal capability - thinking, self-belief and collaboration. Each…
Top Trumps
This resource from the Department for Education is a set of 'Top Trumps' cards, which help students reflect on the skills and personality traits of individuals in particular careers. The cards could be used as a starter activity before students reflect on their own attributes and interests.
London Engineering Project: Gender Inclusion and Cultural Diversity Guidelines
From the London Engineering Project, this document gives practical advice to practitioners about gender and cultural diversity, and suggests good practice in technology and engineering delivery.
20 Top Tips for a Successful STEM Careers Day
This resource from the Department for Education provides some useful tips on how to organise a successful STEM careers day: from contacting your local STEM broker and organising exciting activities to involving sixth formers and STEM local employers.
Introduction to Future Morph Resources
This set of resources provided by Future Morph has been produced to help teachers use the world of work as a context for their teaching. They aim to engage students in STEM subjects and show them how the knowledge of those subjects relate to everyday life. This resource comprises of: Resources booklet This organises the Future…
Explore the Possibilities
This publication from the Department for Education lists ten tips on how to help young students make informed decisions about STEM courses and careers. A list of useful websites including information on STEM initiatives and careers is also provided.
STEM Choices: a Resource Pack
This pack from the Department for Education was developed for careers education and information, advice and guidance (IAG) practitioners to support their work in engaging tutors, subject teachers, personal and careers advisers in the business of STEM careers awareness. The resources are designed to boost the confidence and readiness…
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