The STEM sector has been riding a seemingly endless wave of growth. As humankind continues to reach for the stars, the work undertaken in tech, research and design is expanding exponentially. This has led to the creation of new job types and also to immense skills gaps across the sector. Employer demand for STEM qualifications and skills is high and will continue to increase in the future.
STEM is more than just a group of subjects it more closely reflects a skills set. It uses logic to creatively solve problems.
With STEM skills, you can make a big contribution to many of the big challenges facing society today. From designing visual for a new film, to working as a physiotherapist in a hospital, to inventing a new hi-tech health scanner, to manufacturing a new mobile phone, to writing the code for a new software programme or putting new satellites into space, there are thousands of exciting and well-paid opportunities.
There are different routes into STEM careers at different educational levels, from level 5 and 6, through apprenticeships or from relevant degrees and master programmes.
STEM crosses all career sectors and nearly every job in the future will require STEM/STEAM skills. In this page we are bringing together information on some of the more obvious STEM sectors.
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Physical and Mathematical Sciences is a broad sector, with many potential career paths for those with qualifications and suitable skillsets, including medical work, engineering, teaching, finance and technology.
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Philosophy, Political Science, Economics and Sociology (PPES), offers a coherent and integrated introduction to the study of social sciences and...
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Physiotherapists help relieve pain and treat or prevent physical difficulties sustained through ageing, injury, disability, or illness.
The stud groom’s role encompasses a variety of positions from handling stallions to foaling-down broodmares or preparing yearlings and is fundamental to the day to day running and operation of any study farm. A few tasks involved on a near daily basis are mucking out stalls, bringing horses in, educating foals and weanlings, and feeding horses.
Textile technicians set up, adjust and maintain the machinery used in textile production ensuring that the production runs smoothly and efficiently.
A Cloud operations engineer is a professional responsible for managing, monitoring and optimizing cloud-based infrastructure, applications and services within an organization. They play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth functioning of cloud environments by handling tasks such as resource provisioning, configuration management, deployment, automation and incident response.
Plans and runs events for clients according to their wishes. The events can be anything from small meetings, family occasions and weddings; to academic and professional seminars and international conferences.
Sings with a band, choral group or solo, recording songs and entertaining people with live performances.
Advises clients as to the value and potential earning power of their Commercial, Rural, and Residential property. Provide professional expertise in valuations, acquisitions, disposals, investments and rent reviews for all types of property.
A Mental Health / Psychiatric Nurse (RPN) is a specialist nurse who works with individuals who are experiencing mental illness or mental health issues.
A Rigging Artist is in charge of creating, maintaining, and expanding rigs for a variety of props, vehicles, characters, and other CG objects that need to be animated.
Gives specialist advice on complex legal issues and represents people in court.
Create designs for printed, woven and knitted fabrics, carpets and wall-coverings
Genetic technologists study biological specimens such as blood, bone marrow, tumours and amniotic fluid.