Useful Links

Education links

• www.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/education
  BBC Online Education

• www.britcoun.org/education
  British Council education and training web

• www.connected-earth.com/learning
  Connected Earth is a collection of learning resources aimed at key stages 2-4 based on science and communications

• www.delni.gov.uk
  Northern Ireland Department for Employment and Learning

• www.dcsf.gov.uk/
  Department for Children Schools and Families

• education.guardian.co.uk
  Guardian online

• www.hefce.ac.uk
  Higher Education Funding Council for England

• www.hefcw.ac.uk/
  Higher Education Funding Council for Wales

• www.nationalgrideducation.com
  The National Grid Education programme ‘School Power’ is an online education programme of engaging facts, presentations, interactive stories, activities and fun experiments around the area of power. The resources are aimed at 4 to 11 year olds, their teachers and parents.

• www.sfc.ac.uk/
  Scottish Higher Education Funding Council

• www.scit.wlv.ac.uk
  Map of all UK universities and research institutes hosted by University of Wolverhampton

• www.stemforum.org.uk
  STEM Advisory Forum

• www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/
  Times Higher Education Supplement online

• www.theiet.org
  Schools/Colleges science, engineering, and technology curriculum support.

• www.tes.co.uk
  Times Education Supplement online

• www.universitiesuk.ac.uk
  Universities UK

• www.universities-scotland.ac.uk
  Universities Scotland

Career links

• www.tda.gov.uk
  The Transition to Teaching Programme - a scheme designed with employers to promote a new career in teaching to high-performing employees who are considering a mid to late career change.

  Download The Transition to Teaching Programme Brochure (308KB)

• www.youngeng.org
  Young Engineers the national network of science, engineering, electronics and technology clubs in schools and colleges

• www.whynotchemeng.com
  Chemical Engineering its a blast!

• www.engineergirl.org
  Ideas, careers info and advice for budding engineers especially girls

• www.agr.org.uk
  Association of Graduate Recruiters

• www.prospects.csu.ac.uk
  Higher Education Careers Services Unit

• www.ucas.ac.uk
  Universities and Colleges Admissions Service for the UK

• www.ukrc4setwomen.org/
  Advice and information for women at any stage of a career in engineering or science

Activities

• www.engineering-team-challenge.co.uk
  Engineering Team Challenge

• www.forumforthefuture.org.uk
  The Academy is partnering with Forum for the Future in a collaborative initiative that will encourage change in the UK engineering profession, so that it can make a positive contribution to sustainability

• www.jamesdysonfoundation.com
  James Dyson Foundation – a charity that aims to inspire more young people to study engineering and become engineers. They have some free education resources available for schools at this site