STEM On Track

Learning outcomes

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  Improve engagement, interest or enjoyment in STEM subjects

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  Improve attainment and progress in STEM subjects

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  Develop engineering employability skills

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  Improve awareness and aspirations for STEM-related study and careers

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  Challenge stereotypes by showing the diversity of disciplines, people and skills involved in engineering

Gatsby benchmarks

The Gatsby benchmarks are a framework for good careers guidance for schools across all of England and in some areas across the rest of the UK. This experience helps your school to reach the following benchmarks:

• Linking curriculum learning to careers
• Encounters with employers and employees
• Encounters with further and higher education

Essential skills

The essential skills every young person needs to succeed in education and their future career. Find out more at the Skills Builder Partnership. This experience builds the following skills:

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  Planning - Setting goals and designing routes to achieve them

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  Creativity - Using imagination and generating new ideas

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  Leadership - Supporting, encouraging and motivating others to achieve a shared goal

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  Listening - Receiving, retaining and processing information

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  Problem solving - Finding solutions to challenges

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  Teamwork - Working cooperatively with others to achieve a shared goal