Engineering a Sustainable World virtual work experience with IChemE
Discover and explore what it’s like to be a chemical engineer working in different industries.
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Overview
To discover and explore what it’s like to be a chemical engineer working in different industries, young people can access this interactive virtual work experience programme called 'Engineering a sustainable world'.
The programme features bite-sized interactive modules about chemical engineering and its importance in energy, food and drink, water, and healthcare. The modules include:
- Different career routes explained
- Skills needed to help employability
- Find out where chemical and process engineers work
- Quizzes and activities to help students improve their knowledge
Logistics
Hosted by experience provider Springpod, the programme features over 6 hours of engaging content that can accessed on demand.
Students are able to download a certificate record their achievement.
The work experience programme is accompanied by a mini project also listed on Neon called the IChemE Sprint where students can try a real-world task.
Details
- School subject
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- Biology
- Chemistry
- Design and technology
- Engineering
- Maths
- Physics
- Curriculum links
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- Design and technology: Cooking and nutrition
- Engineering
- Biology: Material cycles and energy
- Physics: Energy
- Technologies - Food and textile technology
- Technologies - Craft, design, engineering and graphics: Application of engineering
- Sciences - Planet earth: Energy sources and sustainability
- Sciences - Planet earth
- Biology
- Design thinking and engineering: Engineering
- Physics: Energy transfer
- Sciences - Organisms and health: Interdependence of plants and animals
- Technology & design - Manufacturing
- Sciences - Earth and universe: The environment and human influences
- Sciences - Forces and energy
- Technology & design - Control
- Participation level
- Independent work
- Duration
- Multi-session - flexible
- Cost
- Free
- Location
- Online
Learning outcomes
- Improve engagement, interest or enjoyment in STEM subjects
- Learning what the engineering workplace is like
- Develop engineering employability skills
- Improve awareness and aspirations for STEM-related study and careers
- Challenge stereotypes by showing the diversity of disciplines, people and skills involved in engineering
Frameworks
Gatsby benchmarks
The Gatsby benchmarks are a framework for good careers guidance for schools across all of England and in some areas across the rest of the UK. This experience helps your school to reach the following benchmarks:
- 4 - Linking curriculum learning to careers
- 5 - Encounters with employers and employees
- 6 - Experiences of workplaces
- 7 - Encounters with further and higher education
EqualEx
- Introduce and Inspire
- Investigate and Explore
- Apply and Demonstrate
Essential skills
The essential skills every young person needs to succeed in education and their future career. Find out more at the Skills Builder Partnership. This experience builds the following skills:
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Enrichment framework
- 5 - An accessible and engagement enrichment offer
- 6 - An enrichment offer that works in partnership
- 7 - An outcomes-focused enrichment offer
