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Tailored advice on activities

With the vast array of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) activities and schemes available, it is difficult to know which one fits your needs, or indeed where to start. STEMNET and its STEMPOINT contract holders offer tailored assistance on understanding this rich and diverse landscape.
STEMNET aims to ensure that more young people in the UK make a choice to enter STEM-related careers at all levels, and future generations are properly informed about the science and technology that surrounds them. With the support of its partners, it achieves this in two ways:

  • By bringing STEM activities, experiences and excitement into classrooms throughout the UK, enhancing and enriching the national STEM curriculum
  • By linking those companies and other organisations that employ STEM educated people, and schools, in such a way that young people can get a clear idea of the diverse and exciting range of careers available to them
  • STEMNET has recently awarded STEMPOINT contracts to a network of local organisations which understand the landscape of STEM Enhancement & Enrichment and are able to help you identify which schemes or activities can best help you meet your school/college and student needs.
  • Organisations holding STEMPOINT contracts are there to help you in a number of ways. For example they can:
  • Provide you with information on the STEM schemes and activities available to you, including those in this directory and other schemes specific to your local area
  • Work with you to understand the specific requirements of your school and students, and what kind of activity may be appropriate for you
  • Based on a knowledge of the evaluation of activities, recommend specific activities to you or help you choose between various options
  • Collect your feedback on activities and use this to help scheme providers improve their offerings

 

STEM Ambassadors

Did you know there are thousands of people using STEM in their work who are willing to come and help your students get excited about science, technology, engineering and maths? Environmental scientists, civil engineers, marine biologists, medical physicists, apprentices, professors, digital designers, financial modellers, energy analysts and many more.

The STEM Ambassadors programme is co-ordinated nationally by STEMNET and managed sub-regionally by organisations holding STEM Ambassador Management Contracts.

STEM Ambassadors are all volunteers who are willing to give their time and energy to help you enthuse your students about STEM subjects and illustrate how STEM is used in the world around them. They are available to support the activities included in this directory or to help you with any other STEM-related activity you wish to run – at the same time acting as role models for careers in and/or from STEM.

If you would like to find a STEM Ambassador to help with an activity or to make a longer-term link with your school or college, please contact STEMNET to find out which organisation holds the STEM Ambassador Management Contract for your area.

To find out more, call STEMNET on 020 3206 0450, e-mail at info@stemnet


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