Welcome to the Equality and Diversity toolkit
This is an interactive toolkit to help you promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, (STEM) careers to people with a range of backgrounds and needs.
The toolkit is aimed at anyone who is in a position to influence or advise young people aged 11-16. This includes: parents/carers, teachers, careers co-ordinators, work related learning co-ordinators, Connexions/careers advisers and anyone involved in developing resources related to STEM subjects.
You can use the toolkit as a:
- Prompt - to remind you of things you can take into account when considering activities relating to STEM Careers.
- Resource - to give you ideas about where to look for particular information regarding equality and diversity specific to STEM and some more general points
Newsletters
STEM EQUALITY & DIVERSITY NEWSLETTER - FEBRUARY 2013
STEM EQUALITY & DIVERSITY NEWSLETTER - MAY 2012
STEM EQUALITY & DIVERSITY NEWSLETTER - FEBRUARY 2012
5 TOP DELIGHTS!
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Case Studies in the Resources and Tools section give quick answers to common questions
- Use the STEM Subject Choice and Careers Project 'Good Practice' document to get useful, practical hints on how to make materials more inclusive
- Have a look at the examples of inclusive posters, including the 'Engineering Islam' in Resources
- Make the Where Are You Now section your starting point for quickly checking the gaps in your knowledge
- The Top Tips has some handy hints on how to improve your practice in developing materials
Postcards from the Future
A new comic book from WISE for young women, giving a glimpse of the wealth of opportunities STEM careers have to offer
A list of the websites used and referred to in the site is in the resources section of this site.