All About STEM EVENTS
The Inside Scoop on The All About STEM Competition
The All About STEM Competition is already in full swing!
Following the launch in September, we’ve had loads of interest from schools and youth groups and now we’re giving you the opportunity to get the Inside Scoop on all things Competition!
This is your chance to meet with the All About STEM team to ask questions and to get all the information, ideas and support you’ll need to get your students or young people involved.
Join us to find out about…
– What the Competition’s all about!
– The funded options available
– The rules
– How to enter
– Why you should be part of our newest initiative!
Enhancing Employability Skills and Careers Knowledge – STEM Club Workshop
The workshop will promote opportunities for club leaders to learn how to incorporate and enhance careers knowledge and build skills for students within club sessions. Club leaders will become confident in their understanding and use of STEM Ambassadors, Science Capital, Gatsby Careers Benchmarks, Essential Skills and the Skills Builder Framework. The workshop is open to secondary schools, Sixth Form and FE colleges across England with KS3, KS4 and KS5 provision.
Designed as a 2 hour session, the workshop includes hands on practical activities, opportunities to network and explores the following topics:
– understanding the value that thriving and successful clubs bring to a school
– current club practice to promote careers, employability and essential skills
– why essential employability skills are important and the role clubs can play
– reviewing the Science Capital approach and how it can be used to raise student awareness of skills and careers knowledge
– identifying essential skills and the methodology of the Skills Builder Framework
– understanding the role and value of STEM Ambassadors and STEM Ambassador Hubs and how to engage with STEM Ambassadors
– reviewing the Gatsby Career Benchmarks and how STEM Clubs can assist in addressing the skills shortage
– embedding Careers and Essential Skills in club activities and projects to maximise value with short, medium and long term goals
– how clubs can reward and add value to students demonstrating excellence in skill sets
– what additional support is available, websites, organisations, STEM Clubs resources
The Inside Scoop on The All About STEM Competition
The All About STEM Competition is already in full swing!
Following the launch in September, we’ve had loads of interest from schools and youth groups and now we’re giving you the opportunity to get the Inside Scoop on all things Competition!
This is your chance to meet with the All About STEM team to ask questions and to get all the information, ideas and support you’ll need to get your students or young people involved.
Join us to find out about…
– What the Competition’s all about!
– The funded options available
– The rules
– How to enter
– Why you should be part of our newest initiative!
Nuffield Research Placements – Teacher Information Session
Our All About STEM website hosts our Student Introductory and Student Application Presentations, which teachers can use to introduce their Y12 students to the Nuffield Research Placement Programme. However, we realise you may have questions you want to ask too. Join this session for the chance to speak directly to our Nuffield team.
How to Be Successful and Thriving – STEM Club Workshop
Club leaders will gain inspiration, ideas and practical tips for developing their club, as well as an understanding of the importance of STEM Clubs and an appreciation of the vital role the STEM Club leader has in supporting and enthusing students.
2 hour session.
The workshop is open to secondary schools, Sixth Form and FE colleges across England with KS3, KS4 and KS5 provision.
The workshop includes practical activities, opportunities to network and the sharing of best practice. The workshop explores the following topics:
-consider the definition of a ‘Thriving and Successful’ club and the STEM Clubs criteria
-how to maintain interest with senior leadership, parents, local industry, community, students and how club leader skills can translate into the classroom
-promoting best practice through support networks and collaboration
-how to enhance student engagement by creating opportunities for responsibility and looking at ways to enhance essential skills and raise careers awareness
-understanding the benefits of impact, student evaluation and recognition schemes and how to gather evidence
-identifying challenges, competitions, projects and activities that engage student interest and how to plan activities, adapt projects and avoid potential pitfalls
-adding extra benefit through trips and visitors
-identifying funding sources and grants available nationally, regionally and locally; and exploring how to apply for grants and understand what information organisations are seeking
-generating opportunities, ideas or projects that could produce funding
-seeking materials and resources and how to approach local companies
Nuffield Research Placements – Student Information Session
This session is for Y12 students (and their parents/carers) who have begun an application, or who are interested in applying, for the 2022 Nuffield Research Placement Programme. Join us to find out more about the programme or to ask any questions you have about the application process.
Nuffield Research Placements – Provider Information Session
This session is for individuals from academia or industry who are interested in, or planning to, host a Y12 student for a 2 week Nuffield Research Placement in Summer 2022. Join us to find out more about the programme and what is involved in hosting a student placement.
Preparing for British Science Week
With BSW 2022 fast approaching on 11th March now is the time to consider how you can celebrate and explore the theme of ‘Growth’ in your classroom.
While it’s obvious that topics such as plants and the human body might relate to the theme this year, we also want to explore how you can use STEM ambassadors to explore personal and career growth in STEM.
Come along to this session to meet our inspirational ambassadors, to see how they got to where they are now and to find out how to request them effectively to help in your classroom.
Nuffield Research Placements – Teacher Information Session
Our All About STEM website hosts our Student Introductory and Student Application Presentations, which teachers can use to introduce their Y12 students to the Nuffield Research Placement Programme. However, we realise you may have questions you want to ask too. Join this session for the chance to speak directly to our Nuffield team.
Nuffield Research Placements – Student Information Session
This session is for Y12 students (and their parents/carers) who have begun an application, or who are interested in applying, for the 2022 Nuffield Research Placement Programme. Join us to find out more about the programme or to ask any questions you have about the application process.
Increasing Access and Uptake of Vocational and Technical Education
This session will facilitate open discussion/awareness raising regarding effective transition, highlighting employer need in relation to LMI. Sharing good practice and encouraging effective collaboration with schools and colleges will be key themes. The Baker Clause Consultation will be a focus.
Suggested Audience: Careers Guidance Professionals, School Liaison Teams, Careers Leaders, Enterprise Advisers, Enterprise Coordinators.
Nuffield Research Placements – Teacher Information Session
Our All About STEM website hosts our Student Introductory and Student Application Presentations, which teachers can use to introduce their Y12 students to the Nuffield Research Placement Programme. However, we realise you may have questions you want to ask too. Join this session for the chance to speak directly to our Nuffield team.
Nuffield Research Placements – Student Information Session
This session is for Y12 students (and their parents/carers) who have begun an application, or who are interested in applying, for the 2022 Nuffield Research Placement Programme. Join us to find out more about the programme or to ask any questions you have about the application process.
Nuffield Research Placements – Provider Information Session
This session is for individuals from academia or industry who are interested in, or planning to, host a Y12 student for a 2 week Nuffield Research Placement in Summer 2022. Join us to find out more about the programme and what is involved in hosting a student placement.
Creative ways to Engage and Work with Employers
This session will focus on innovation and creativity approaches to address the challenges around increased workplace demand. FE colleges are central to the country’s social and economic recovery. This event aims to highlight the mutual benefits of close working links between colleges and employers and aims to promote further discussion.
Suggested Audience: Curriculum Leads, Apprenticeship Leads, Faculty Leads, Careers Leaders, CPD Leads, Enterprise Advisers, Enterprise Coordinators.