Experiences

Inspire your students with brilliant in-school, online and offsite STEM experiences.

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AI Explorer Workshop (KS3)

Inspire future innovators with an interactive AI workshop exploring data, algorithms, coding, and ethical decision-making.

  • Ages 11 to 14
  • In-school
  • Half a day
  • Cost applies
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Target Net Zero

Can using heat more efficiently help us reach Net Zero by 2050? A free workshop to explore how reducing heat loss and recycling waste heat could help build a greener future.

  • Ages 11 to 14
  • Offsite
    • Oriel Science, Swansea SA1 1JF
    • Oriel Science, Swansea SA1 1JF
  • 1 to 2 hours
  • Free
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Thales Summer of STEM

Join Thales' summer series of free STEM webinars: a unique opportunity to hear directly from industry professionals, gain new skills and be inspired by the possibilities a STEM career can offer. Tuesdays at 11am.

  • Ages 11 to 18+
  • Online
  • Up to an hour
  • Free
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Learning with LEGO® Education

Spark critical thinking through hands-on play! Organise a LEGO® Education workshop to transform STEM concepts into classroom reality.

  • Ages 11 to 16
  • In-school
  • Full day
  • Cost applies
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RWE Virtual Work Experience

Discover how offshore wind helps power homes across the UK and explore the wide range of careers behind one of the country's fastest-growing renewable energy industries.

  • Ages 11 to 18
  • Online
  • Flexible project work
  • Free
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Surprising Science Magic Show KS3+

Can you find the sneaky science behind the tricks and curious objects? This show encourages scientific enquiry and critical thinking skills.

  • Ages 11 to 18+
  • In-school
  • Up to an hour
  • Cost applies
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Space Industry Experience in VR

Travel to the International Space Station in this breath-taking VR experience where students move around the ISS in zero-gravity.

  • Ages 11 to 18+
  • In-school
  • Full day
  • Cost applies
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VEX V5 Robotics Competition

Get involved in the world's largest robotics competition and bring your students' STEM skills to life!

  • Ages 11 to 18
  • In-school
  • Multi-session
  • Cost applies Bursaries available
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VEX IQ Robotics Competition

Get involved in the world's largest robotics competition and bring your students' STEM skills to life!

  • Ages 11 to 14
  • In-school
  • Multi-session
  • Cost applies Bursaries available
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The Big Ideas Programme

A STEM and enterprise programme focused on sustainability and youth empowerment - nearly 37,000 students nationwide have benefitted so far!

  • Ages 11 to 14
  • In-school
  • Multi-session
  • Cost applies
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Shedding New Light on the Universe

Visit Oriel Science in Swansea for a thrilling workshop that explores the mysteries of space.

  • Ages 11 to 14
  • Offsite
    • Oriel Science, Swansea SA1 1JF
    • Oriel Science, Swansea SA1 1JF
  • 1 to 2 hours
  • Free
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RC Racing Careers Workshop (Skills & Future Pathways)

Turn your sports hall into a high‑energy racing arena and help students recognise their strengths, build confidence and explore future career possibilities.

  • Ages 11 to 16
  • In-school
  • Full day
  • Cost may apply Bursaries available
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Hands-on RC Racing Workshop (Physics & Engineering)

Turn your sports hall into a motorsport lab for the day and help students connect classroom physics to the real world.

  • Ages 11 to 16
  • In-school
  • Full day
  • Cost may apply Bursaries available
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Digdata NEXT STEP career challenge

Students gain hands-on virtual work experience with data champions from leading brands and services through fun, innovative challenges.

  • Ages 14 to 18
  • Online
  • Flexible project work
  • Free
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Digdata FIRST STEP Career Challenges

Students gain hands-on virtual work experience with data champions from leading brands and services through fun, innovative challenges.

  • Ages 11 to 14
  • Online
  • Flexible project work
  • Free
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FIRST Tech Challenge

Robotics, role models and competition – inspire your students with the career-ready skills to engineer a better future.

  • Ages 11 to 18
  • In-school
  • Multi-session
  • Cost may apply Bursaries available
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Blueprint Engineering

These exciting educational workshops allow children the chance to follow blueprints and Computer Aided Designs (CAD) to make some incredible machines and buildings.

  • Ages 11 to 18+
  • In-school
  • Full day
  • Cost applies
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Suffolk energy-from-waste facility tour

Find out what happens to Suffolk's non-recyclable rubbish at the SUEZ energy-from-waste facility.

  • Ages 11 to 18+
  • Offsite
    • SUEZ recycling and recovery UK, Suffolk
    • SUEZ recycling and recovery UK, Suffolk
  • 1 to 2 hours
  • Free
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EcoCode with the micro:bit

Workshops that empower students to explore sustainable computing. Using the micro:bit, participants design creative, climate-focused tech solutions through the lens of the latest research into sustainability.

  • Ages 11 to 14
  • In-school
  • 1 to 2 hours
  • Cost may apply Bursaries available
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The Matilda Effect

A funny, ideas-rich new play responding to the challenges faced by women scientists now and then. Touring November 2026.

  • Ages 11 to 18+
  • In-school
  • 1 to 2 hours
  • Cost applies
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Motorsport STEM Experience Day at TeamSport

An experiential offsite trip that immerses young people in the exciting range of STEM careers that power the motorsport industry.

  • Ages 14 to 16
  • Offsite
    • Birmingham Oldbury, B69 4JX
    • Leeds, LS10 1NQ
    • London Acton, W3 0RF
    • London Docklands, SE7 8NJ
    • London Mitcham, CR4 2AP
    • Manchester Trafford, M17 1NF
    • Birmingham Oldbury, B69 4JX
  • Full day
  • Free
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Cool Careers

Hands-on LEGO refrigeration activity inspiring students to explore STEM skills, careers, and pathways in the cooling industry.

  • Ages 11 to 18
  • In-school
  • 1 to 2 hours
  • Free
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The S-RC Cup

Students design, build, and race remote control cars, gaining hands-on STEM experience and motorsport career insights.

  • Ages 11 to 18
  • In-school
  • Flexible project work
  • Free
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Robotics and Automation Workshop

10 Million People, One System: a hands-on engineering challenge where students solve the real logistics problems that power modern life.

  • Ages 11 to 18
  • In-school
  • Half a day
  • Cost applies
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Climate Schools Programme

Empower your students to explore innovative solutions to climate change and develop skills with the Climate Schools Programme.

  • Ages 11 to 14
  • In-school
  • Multi-session
  • Free
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If you were an engineer, what would you do?

A UK-wide STEM competition tasking students with interviewing an engineer, and identifying a problem in the world around them they want to solve.

  • Ages 11 to 18+
  • In-school
  • Multi-session
  • Free
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Cybersecurity and Cryptography Workshop

 

Engage your students with a hands-on cryptography workshop that turns code-breaking into an exciting, real-world challenge while building essential cybersecurity skills.

 

 

  • Ages 11 to 14
  • In-school
  • Full day
  • Cost may apply Bursaries available
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Tech She Can live lessons and assemblies

Live virtual lessons and assemblies aimed at inspiring students to consider a career in technology!

  • Ages 11 to 14
  • Online
  • Up to an hour
  • Free
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STEM Clubs Technicians

An exciting STEM and careers awareness programme that combines practical activities linked to real world context of technical roles.

  • Ages 11 to 16
  • In-school
  • Multi-session
  • Free Bursaries available
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The Big Bang Challenge

Inspire your students to get creative and build a STEM project in easy step-by-steps using The Big Bang Challenge!

  • Ages 11 to 18
  • In-school
  • Flexible project work
  • Free
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The Wonderstruck Rocket Show

A spectacular journey through the history and science of rockets. Plenty of inspiring demos, science content and lots of curriculum links!

  • Ages 11 to 18
  • In-school
  • Up to an hour
  • Cost applies
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Compressed Air Rocket Workshop

Let your students become rocket scientists in this hands-on workshop where they will design, build and launch their own compressed air rocket!

  • Ages 11 to 18
  • In-school
  • 1 to 2 hours
  • Cost applies
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Hovercraft Workshop

Students work in small teams using their STEM skills to build and modify a small hovercraft. The session ends with an exciting race-off!

  • Ages 11 to 18
  • In-school
  • Half a day
  • Cost applies
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AI & Machine Learning Workshop

Your students will learn both physical computing and coding concepts and build, program and train a robot buggy with AI capabilities.

  • Ages 11 to 16
  • In-school
  • Full day
  • Cost may apply Bursaries available
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STEMdrones - Drone Coding Workshop

Take STEM learning to new heights with this hands-on drone coding workshop.

  • Ages 11 to 16
  • In-school
  • Full day
  • Cost may apply Bursaries available
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5park Workshop Days by Amazelab

Unlocking curiosity: how the 5park Box sparks STEAM learning through play and discovery.

  • Ages 11 to 14
  • In-school
  • Half a day
  • Free Bursaries available
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Fan-Powered Car Workshop

Students work in small teams using their STEM skills to design, build, test and improve a small fan-powered car. The session ends with an exciting race-off!

  • Ages 11 to 14
  • In-school
  • 1 to 2 hours
  • Cost applies
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Code in motion

Empower students to design, build and code robots using Scratch and Python with this free, curriculum-aligned STEM robotics workshop at Baylab!

  • Ages 11 to 16
  • Offsite
    • Baylab, Reading RG2 6AD
    • Baylab, Reading RG2 6AD
  • Half a day
  • Free
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STEM Work Experience in VR

Connect STEM to real-world careers using virtual reality. Don't just teach students about engineering, let them experience it.

  • Ages 11 to 18
  • In-school
  • Full day
  • Cost applies
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Thales Virtual Work Experience

A unique opportunity to explore one of the world’s most innovative technology organisations – and discover STEM careers your students may never have considered.

 

 

  • Ages 11 to 18+
  • Online
  • Flexible project work
  • Free
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Energy Quest

Students 'act like an engineer’ in Energy Quest, working together to generate energy, make clean water, or design a shelter

  • Ages 11 to 14
  • In-school
  • Half a day
  • Free
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The Scholars Programme

University-style tutorials led by expert PhD tutors, inspiring a love of learning and boosting student confidence and attainment.

  • Ages 11 to 18
  • In-school
  • Multi-session
  • Cost applies
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The Scholars Programme (online)

Online university-style tutorials led by expert PhD tutors, inspiring a love of learning and boosting student confidence and attainment.

  • Ages 11 to 18
  • Online
  • Multi-session
  • Cost applies
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Operation Spitfire 4 Schools programme

A package of in-school lessons with accompanying STEM kit, expert visits, museum tour and workshop, plus an extra-curricular project designed to inspire Stoke and Staffordshire's future engineers with their local history of engineering prowess.

  • Ages 11 to 14
  • Offsite
    • The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
    • The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
  • Multi-session
  • Cost applies
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STEM workshops at The Learning Lab

Engaging, immersive and hands-on STEM workshops inside a working Deep Tech incubator.

  • Ages 11 to 18
  • Offsite
    • Science Creates Old Market, Bristol
    • Science Creates Old Market, Bristol
  • 1 to 2 hours
  • Free
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ICE CityZen 2026

Give your students the chance to shape our world this autumn in an exciting digital civil engineering competition!

  • Ages 16 to 18
  • In-school
  • Multi-session
  • Free
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i2E Prosthetics in Motion

Pupils work in teams to build their own prosthetic arm using a LEGO Spike kit, then use basic code to control their arm.

  • Ages 11 to 16
  • In-school
  • Half a day
  • Cost applies
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The Big Bridge

Step into the world of engineering, build a massive bridge, and spark excitement for STEM through teamwork and fun!

  • Ages 11 to 14
  • In-school
  • 1 to 2 hours
  • Cost applies
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Discover transistors with the Joule Thief

Discover the fascinating world of transistors in this exciting and practical workshop exploring how the electrical circuits have transformed our lives.

  • Ages 11 to 18+
  • In-school
  • Up to an hour
  • Free
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Team Repair

Team Repair lets students get hands-on fixing real gadgets, inspiring the next generation of sustainably minded engineers and scientists.

  • Ages 11 to 14
  • Online
  • Full day
  • Cost applies
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UCL Engineering Systemisers

Introduce students to systems thinking through interactive simulations and real-world engineering challenges. This award-winning UCL-led workshop builds leadership, decision-making and problem-solving skills, with a recognised JSTP certificate.

  • Ages 11 to 18
  • In-school
  • Full day
  • Cost applies Bursaries available
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Cars Maths in Motion F1 Simulation Day

Students work in teams to set up virtual racing cars and then compete against each other in a Formula 1 Grand Prix simulation.

  • Ages 11 to 14
  • In-school
  • Full day
  • Cost applies Bursaries available
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Renewable Energy Work Experience with Ørsted

This virtual work experience programme will introduce students to some of the most exciting careers in the renewable energy sector.

  • Ages 16 to 18+
  • Online
  • Flexible project work
  • Free
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Engineering Educates: Robotics Challenge

Inspire 11-14 year-olds to think as engineers, finding solutions to real-world problems and challenges using robotics.

  • Ages 11 to 14
  • In-school
  • Flexible project work
  • Free Bursaries available