Welcome to our careers page at STEM East.  Whether you are a teacher, employer or student, we hope you find some resources of use.

Apprenticeships opening in September 2017- Leonardo 

Each year, Leonardo seeks to attract enthusiastic people to join one of their highly regarded apprenticeships.   They are a large employer of engineering, business and cyber apprentices in the UK, with over 400 graduates and apprentices in training at different facilities across the UK

For more information about the Apprenticeships at Leonardo, click here

Check out the brand new careers resource from Tomorrow's Engineers.      

It explores how to get jobs in 12 different areas of engineering 

 http://www.tomorrowsengineers.org.uk/

Are you a school or teacher looking for STEM related support for a careers event at your school.  Could STEM Ambassadors help?  STEM Ambassadors are a free of charge resource, covered for insurance and PVG Disclosure.   Get in touch if you would like to know more http://www.stemeast.org.uk/contact-us

For more information about Your Life's resources including the STEM Careers and World of Work, please visit http://www.yourlife.org.uk/

Make a difference – be an engineer

This new, interactive presentation introduces 11-14 year olds to engineering, inspiring them to think about a career in engineering. Developed in collaboration with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Institute of Physics, Institution of Civil Engineers and the Institution of Engineering and Technology, along with input from teachers and volunteers, it covers the diversity of engineering with the central message that engineers can improve people's lives and solve problems around the world.

**NOTE: We strongly recommend that you read the Presenter guidelines before delivering this presentation. You can download these using the button below or find out more by reading the 'Presenter guidelines' section below.

Download presenter guidelines

Download the presentation

The presentation covers:

- What engineering is 
- What engineers do
- How engineers impact on our everyday lives
- The range of jobs engineers are involved in through real life examples
- The different routes you can take to a career in engineering
- Where the jobs will be in the future

It has 13 examples of real engineers to explore with children along with videos of them at work, ideas for short activities you can do and discussion points to get them and keep them engaged.

Presenter guidelines

To help you understand how to use the slides we have developed a set of Presenter Guidelines which walk you through slide by slide so you can feel confident when you deliver the presentation to young people. 

For more information please visit Tomorrow's  engineers careers page, click here

To celebrate Tomorrow’s Engineers Week, we have created a set of posters for schools that illustrate the amazing breadth and depth of engineering, and inspire pupils to consider careers in the field. (preview of posters below)

To order a free set of A1 posters for your school, please email your school address to the education team.

education@raeng.org.uk

With so much on offer, visit Apprenticeships in Scotland. Updated daily with the latest apprenticeship vacancies in Scotland across a wide range of subject areas. Also great Apprenticeships in Scotland magazine, with case studies. 

Visit www.apprenticeshipsinscotland.com

New poster from IET to celebrate International Women's Day.   For a PDF copy, please get in touch 

Some useful resource points of contact :- 

National STEM Directories www.stemdirectories.org.uk

Arkwright Scholarship Trust www.arkwright.org.uk

Energy Institute www.energyinst.org.uk

Engineering Development Trust (EDT) www.etrust.org.uk

Enginuity www.enginuity.org.uk

Find School Workshops www.findschoolworkshops.co.uk

Further Mathematics Network www.fmnetwork.org.uk

Industrial Trust www.industrialtrust.org.uk

Institution of Engineering Designers www.ied.org.uk

Institution of Nuclear Engineers www.inuce.org.uk

Institute of Physics www.iop.org

Institute of Physics & Engineering in Medicine www.ipem.ac.uk

Maths Careers www.mathscareers.org.uk

Maths Inspiration www.mathsin

National Science Learning Centre www.sciencelearningcentres.org.uk

National Skills Academy for railway Engineering www.nsare.org

Primary Engineer www.primaryengineer.com

Royal Academy of Engineering www.raeng.org.uk

Royal Aeronautical Society www.raes.org.uk

Specialist Schools & Academies Trust www.specialistschools.org.uk

The Chartered Institute of Building www.ciob.org.uk

The Diploma in Engineering www.engineeringdiploma.com

The Institution of Chemical Engineers www.icheme.org

The Institution of Civil Engineers www.ice.org.uk

The Institution of Engineering & Technology www.theiet.org

The Institution of Marine, Engineering & Tech www.imarest.org

The Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining www.iom3.org

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers www.imeche.org

The Institution of Structural Engineers www.istructe.org

The Royal Institution of Naval Architects www.rina.org.uk

Universities & Colleges Admissions Service www.ucas.ac.uk

UK Resource centre for Women in STEM www.setwomenresource.org.uk

Women into Science & Engineering & Construction www.wisecampaign.org.uk

Women’s Engineering Society www.wes.org.uk

Young Engineers www.youngeng.org

The Welding Institute www.twi.co.uk

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