These videos, produced by the O.R Society, aim to explain what Operational Research (O.R.) is through a wide range of case studies and can be...

This interesting set of short videos from the Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche, highlight the various jobs involved in the production of a new drug. None of the roles described are science laboratory research roles, but cover the various careers in the management of clinical drug trials, showing how being a...

This Catalyst article describes the work of five young people who work in the pharmaceutical industry. The industry employs more than 70 000 people in the UK in a variety of roles including drug development and scientific research, manufacturing and making the medicines, IT, statistics, testing the drugs and...

In this video Dean Scaife talks about the skills he needs as he works as an Apprentice Mechanical Fitter.  He discusses why his job is important in the overall scheme of the ship build and how he can apply the skills he uses in his job to his everyday home life.  He also speaks about properties of metals and other...

In this video Sam Creed discusses how playing with Lego in his youth sparked his interest in engineering and how those skills and experiences still apply in his role today.  He also touches upon problem solving and how building 'big robots' can be really satisfying.  

A set of six inspiring green engineering careers posters showing how engineers transform the way we travel, eat, use, power things, build and breathe. Includes suggested discussion points and homework tasks.

Produced by the Learning Skills Improvement Service, these materials help to demonstrate effective practice. By Dereham Sixth Form College, this case study looks at the themes of knowledge and transfer technology and progression in STEM. This project aimed to look at a way of encouraging continuation of STEM...

Produced by Science & Plants for Schools (SAPS), these materials look at the work of plant research scientist, Jess Chu. Through investigating vitamin C in plants, students gain a greater understanding of the career opportunities available in plant biology.

From the Institute of Physics, this collection of resources gives careers information for students, teachers and careers advisers. There is a set of video clips that follow the work of individual scientists as they show how physics is applied in their work. The video clips illustrate concepts in physics and how...

The Inventive podcast uses storytelling to encourage listeners to find out more about engineers and what they do.  In each episode, Professor Trevor Cox interviews an engineer, and then a writer uses that interview as inspiration for a piece of fiction. The podcast brings...

Help encourage your child's STEM skills, passion and talent with this parents' guide to engineering careers.

RCUK Careers in Research provides a selection of stories providing an insight into life as a researcher and the different career paths which researchers’ take. The stories feature researchers from all seven Research Councils and cover a broad range of disciplines.

This digest of the InGenious project has been produced for policymakers, and looks at how classroom teaching can be improved to enhance students’ learning of STEM subjects and improve the uptake of STEM careers.

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This report looks at developing classroom teaching to enhance students’ learning of the STEM subjects and improve the uptake of STEM careers.

Teachers and employers taking part in the Ingenious Project prepared, either jointly, or separately, 35 classroom activities whose purpose was to place learning within...