Working as STEM Ambassadors

Relating school subjects to potential future training and workplace opportunities is a challenging aspect of education, not least due to the range of influences that feed into important decisions at key stages in young people's school careers.

As STEM Ambassadors, ALIenergy's Education Officers are part of a nationwide movement of professionals committed to enhancing skills in these critical subject areas and raising awareness of the vital contribution expertise in them has to offer in building skills capacity for the society of the future. With a total of 19 local hubs, the STEM Ambassador network brings together a huge range of volunteers from a variety of STEM related sectors, professions and academic areas. STEM Ambassadors' contributions of time, energy and expertise can have an enormous impact on events, helping young people, parents, carers, teachers and others to see at first-hand the relevance and importance of these subjects and explore pathways to pursue them.

ALIenergy's Education and Skills Development Programme is closely related to its support for the principles and visions of the STEM Ambassador project, in particular the following key aspects: 

The high demand for STEM skills

The UK urgently needs employees with skills in STEM subjects. In engineering alone, 100,00 engineers are needed each year between now and 2025 to meet the demand. 

'The Government is committed to ensuring the UK remains at the leading edge of science, research and innovation.' 

The variety of exciting STEM career paths 

In comparison with those from other academic backgrounds, young people with STEM qualifications have a much greater choice in the employment market as so many careers are based around STEM subjects. Whether the qualifications people have to offer come from traditional routes through success at school before achieving higher qualifications at a university, or via more practical work experience based progress, STEM skills are needed across a wide variety of industries and work environnments from hospitals to schools, factories to field work, out at sea and as far out as space! 

Why not start by having a look at our options page which has more information on the range of choices in STEM industries and jobs, as well as a quick reference guide on ways to get to a job you love.