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Semiconductor Skills in Schools

A programme of hands-on resources and support to teach core electronics skills plus careers events to inspire young people about the industry.

Semiconductor Skills in Schools

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Designed to help students understand the diverse careers available in the semiconductor industry, this project combines full day career events at universities and workplaces as well as giving students an opportunity to get hands-on with electronics through free classroom resources.

It's completely free for schools to take part and the provider's reusable Music Mixer and Logic and Arithmetic kits, designed to support Physics and Computer Science teaching at GCSE/SQC and A level/Scottish Highers, are accompanied by comprehensive teacher and student resources.

This initiative will be focused on providing regional support in North East England, South West England, central belt of Scotland, South Wales and Northern Ireland.

Learning outcomes

  • Improve engagement, interest or enjoyment in STEM subjects

  • Improve attainment and progress in STEM subjects

  • Learning what the engineering workplace is like

  • Develop engineering employability skills

  • Improve awareness and aspirations for STEM-related study and careers

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

Subjects and topics

    • Computing
    • Design and Technology
    • Engineering
    • Maths
    • Physics
    • Electronics, robotics and programming
    • Energy and environment
    • Entertainment, sound and lighting
    • General engineering
    • Materials, products and manufacturing
    • Medicine and healthcare
    • Space and aerospace engineering
    • Transport

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:

  • Learning from career and labour market information
  • Linking curriculum learning to careers
  • Encounters with employers and employees
  • Experiences of workplaces
  • 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:

  • Creativity - Using imagination and generating new ideas

  • Listening - Receiving, retaining and processing information

  • Problem solving - Finding solutions to challenges

  • Teamwork - Working cooperatively with others to achieve a shared goal

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