Secondary School Programme
Science Oxford’s STEM Careers Programme is designed to create opportunities for secondary school students in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire to gain insight into STEM careers, and enhance their knowledge and skills to support their journey into a STEM career.
We aim to inspire and engage students with an early opportunity to improve their knowledge and understanding of STEM, engage with local employers and develop work-related skills. Through our STEM Insight Days and Weeks, STEM Summer Experiences, STEM Skills Workshops and Work Experience Placements, students can gain insight into various STEM careers.
We also celebrate and champion students’ hard work, commitment and enthusiasm in science at our Young Scientists of the Year Awards.
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STEM Insight Weeks
Our Insight Weeks give year 10 students a free week of thought-provoking insights into local STEM employers to gain valuable awareness of STEM careers.
Young Scientists of the Year
Young Scientists of the Year celebration honours some of the most outstanding Year 13 science students in secondary schools across Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
STEM Summer Experience
Our STEM Summer Experience gives year 11 to 13 students the opportunity to gain first-hand skills and insights direct from the experts.
STEM Insight Days
Over May half-term, students from Years 8, 9 and 10 can join us for a day of STEM career-focused activities to learn more about the working world of STEM.
STEM Skills Workshops
Our series of in-school Skills Workshops have been developed for classes of Year 9, 10 or 11 students. Workshops can be mixed and matched for a specific day, or delivered multiple times during the day.
STEM Work Experience
Our STEM Work Experience Placements are designed to give our young scientists an insight into the working world in a STEM setting.
Become a business partner
Would your company like to be involved with local schools? Would you like to raise the profile of your business locally? Would you like to inspire and inform young people about STEM careers and help to improve their employability skills? Our business partners share their time and knowledge with young people.
The best part was learning many new things about coding and engineering while making the robots. This experience has been a gold mine of opportunity from start to finish and that’s why I’ve loved it, alongside being able to meet and network with other likeminded people.
Student, on the STEM Summer Experience