STEM Insight Days
Our STEM Insight Days aim to inspire Year 10 and 11 students to pursue further education and STEM careers by showing them what it’s really like to work in STEM.
Each set of days (2-3 days) involves a busy schedule of:
- Visits to and from local STEM employers and facilities
- Interactive skills-based workshops
- Meeting experts and hearing first-hand about working in STEM
- Discovering diverse roles and career pathways.
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The next STEM Insight Days will take place over February half-term, from Monday 15th to Wednesday 17th February 2027.
Application will open soon.
Who is it for?
Whether someone has found their passion and has ideas of what they would like to do in the future, or they’re still looking, STEM Insight Days are for them. We’re looking for students who are:
- Passionate about STEM subjects.
- Considering STEM for further study or a career
- Looking for more insight into local STEM industries
- Motivated, committed and ready to dive in!
Who should apply?
- Students must be in Year 10 or 11, or of equivalent age if home educated
- They must either live or attend school in Oxfordshire or Buckinghamshire
- They must be studying three STEM subjects at GCSE level (Mathematics, Computer Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Design and Technology)
- They must be able to attend all days in full.
Recent events
October half-term 2026: Inspiring careers in STEM
Students gained insight into careers spanning Global Health, Digital, Engineering and Climate!
Students found what it’s really like to work in STEM
Over three action-packed days, they:
- Went behind the scenes at leading STEM companies in Oxfordshire, including:
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- Oxford Instruments at their High Wycombe site, learning about materials analysis and nanoanalysis technologies, and touring their manufacturing workshop.
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals in Abingdon (Milton Park), unlocking the secrets of crime-scene DNA via Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and gel electrophoresis
- Diamond Light Source at Harwell, the UK’s national synchrotron science facility, learning how a particle accelerator works and how synchrotron techniques are used in real-world research such as medicine, archaeology, and environmental science
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- Heard first-hand from experts from STEM businesses and research institutions and discovered diverse roles and interesting career journeys.
- Took part in hands-on workshops, developed skills and experienced real research. They learned how to make AI work for them and found out how engineering technologies can save cities from environmental catastrophe.
- Met other students interested in science and tech.
At the STEM Careers Carousel, I found out valuable information on real life organisations as well as advice on my present situation with a range of professionals
Student, on STEM Insight Days
