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.
 

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  • 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
 

5 TOP DELIGHTS! 

  •  Case Studies in the Resources and Tools section give quick answers to common questions    

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  • Use the STEM Subject Choice and Careers Project 'Good Practice'  document to get useful, practical hints on how to make materials more inclusive 

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  •  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

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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.