This guide was developed through the STEM Subject Choice and Careers Project. It 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. The guide can be used in conjunction with the Quick Guide for...

This resource contains information comparing qualifications in the UK and Ireland as well as the second video in the "Quiz the scientist" series.

This guide has been developed through the STEM Subject Choice and Careers Project. It is designed to help teachers, learners, employers and anyone involved in work experience develop strategies for creating good quality placements for young people age 14–19. The question and answer format has been used to...

Jassel Majevadia is currently completing a PhD which will contribute to the safety of nuclear energy. Working on her Mac in coffee shops at Imperial College, she is able to apply her knowledge of mathematics and physics to perform new calculations and improve understanding of the way in which tiny bits of materials...

Jo Shien Ng works to develop more and more sensitive electrical components called 'avalanche photodiodes' used in everything from satellites that look at the Earth from space, to body scanners in hospitals and airports. She does this by applying an understanding of the behaviour of materials developed through...

You may have seen Maggie Aderin-Pocock presenting BBC's The Sky at Night, asking Jeremy Paxman to hold a torch while she described a lunar eclipse, or on the sofa of a breakfast television show or The One Show talking enthusiastically about science. You may not know that she has hung out of the back of military...