Graphic Science, Existing STEM ambassadors (formerly SEAs) - opportunities in the West of England region.

One of our existing ambassadors, Sam Whitmarsh of Astrazeneca, was awarded a prize for the UK's Most Dedicated STEM Ambassador at the STEMNET Awards Ceremony, which took place at the House of Lords on Monday 21st June 2010. Atkins in Bristol were also shortlisted for the Most Dedicated Employer award. More details.

Please find below some of the current opportunities for existing STEM Ambassadors in the West of England region (incorporating Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset). For more information on these opportunities contact Claire Dimond (contact details below). If you have completed an activity with schools through your company or through another scheme please do let us know or update your records on the database!We are always looking for case studies so if you have done something recently in a school that you think should be shared please do let us know.

A primary school in Bristol is looking for ambassadors who can support them with the topic ‘inventions’. This might be by giving a talk about an invention you work on e.g. aeroplane or mobile phone and what your job involves. The topic will take place during June 2010.

Greenpower is a competition in which teams of secondary school students design and build a car using a provided kit and then race them at a regional heat with the winning teams competing at the final at Goodwood. The Western Regional Heat will be held on 27^th June 2010 at Castle Combe near Chippenham. 10 volunteers are needed for various tasks including checking that the cars and the teams are all prepared for the race, safety checks and track marshalling; supervising the race, recovering any cars that become stranded, supervising pit stops etc.

A secondary school in Bath is running a 2 week long STEM project with an enterprise element in which their Year 8 students will design and make hats and then put on a fashion show for which tickets will be sold. Ambassadors are required on the final day, Friday July 2^nd 2010 to prepare the students for their final input in the morning and bring the whole project together for judging, displays, fashion shows and prize presentations in the afternoon. Those students who wish to gain a CREST Award for this will require a mentor so any ambassadors who would like to go in during the two weeks to help with the designing and making aspect are also welcomed.

A school in South Gloucestershire is holding a careers event for Year 10s on 13^th May 2010, from 2-3pm. The school are looking for ambassadors to host a stand during this period, promoting their company or sector and talking to students about jobs in that field.

A Primary School in South Gloucestershire is looking for ambassadors who can talk to their Year 6 students about their jobs to illustrate potential career paths and opportunities in their local community. The school are looking for ambassadors to come in at the end of June or early July.

A school in Clevedon is holding a World of Work Day on Tuesday 13^th July 2010 from 9am – 1pm. For this the school is looking for employers to talk to 120, 6^th form students who will be split into 3-4 groups of 50 minute sessions. They would like a talk, giving a description of the job role, the business, their career route and what progression/training routes are available. If you could include an element of interactive activity or examples of interesting situations that have arisen in their work, that would be great.

A secondary school in Weston –Super-Mare is also holding a ‘World of Work Day’ on 19^th July 9am-12.30pm whereby ambassadors will give an informal talk to groups of 15-20 Year 10 students on a rotation basis to talk about career areas, description of the job roles, the business, career routes and what progression/training routes are available. This will be followed by a question & answer session.

There are two Science Cafes in Bristol; one at the Tobacco Factory on the last Monday of the month and the other at the Pierian Centre on the first Wednesday. They are always looking for speakers. The format consists of a talk from the speaker for 10-15mins, followed by questions from the audience. The whole event lasts about an hour in the evening. The audience is predominantly adults. Contact us if you are interested in getting involved.

MEET OUR STEM Ambassadors - New case studies added. More to come soon!

Further information for potential Ambassadors

GET IN TOUCH:

If you are interested in getting involved in any of the above opportunities, or would like to discuss further opportunities, contact Claire Dimond on 01275 47 49 48.