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STEM

STEM

STEM or STEAM as is also known is about the integration of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. The A in STEAM adds in Arts, but, I can just about draw the curtains so I’m in the STEM camp.

For longer than I can remember I have been involved with schools and giving back. Although the focus has changed slighty, the core stuff remains pretty similar. The sort of history is a bit like…

School STEM project

A school decides that it wants to do a project. It used to just ask the local businesses to volunteer a graduate. they would then go to the school and be chaperoned around if they were lucky to help the students do stuff. It’s a reasonable way to go about it but relies on consistent teaching and time given to the students. I did once meet one of my students at work and that was kind of nice.

Regional STEM stuff

This works a lot better. My local one collects and marries up requests from schools with registered STEM peeps. This way I’ve got involved with..

Mentoring

I now mentor, or rather have been for about 5ish years. I do this internally with graduates and also with Arkwright Scholars. This is for ‘A’ Level students who are interviewed before being given the scholarships. These are very clever young people, most are very driven people and far brighter than me. A pleasure to work with.