STEM Equality and Diversity Useful Websites
Government links
EHRC
http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/
Equalities UNIT
http://www.equalities.gov.uk/
DCSF
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/
Health & Safety Executive
www.hse.gov.uk/
Direct Gov
http://www.direct.gov.uk/Discrimination
Unions
ACAS
http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1461
TUC
http://www.tuc.org.uk/
Teachers/Education
NAS/UWT
http://www.nasuwt.org.uk/index.htm
NUT
http://www.teachers.org.uk/
Trident for Teachers
www.trident-edexcel.co.uk
CASE
www.case.org/
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Careers /Guidance
Connexions
http://www.connexions-direct.com/
Prospects
www.prospects.ac.uk/
Business-Related
Business in Schools
http://www.businessinschools.co.uk/
NHS Careers
www.nhscareers.nhs.uk
www.berr.gov.uk
Gender
WISE
www.wisecampaign.org.uk/
UKRC
www.ukrc4setwomen.org/
WES
www.wes.org.uk/
YWCA
www.ywca.org.uk
Geri Project
http://www.geriproject.org/
Women into Non-traditional Occupations
www.winto.org
The Women's Engineering Society
www.wes.org.uk
Women in Technology
www.womenintechnology.co.uk
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Women and Manual Trades
www.wamt.org
Disability
SKILL
www.skill.org.uk/
RADAR
www.radar.org.uk/
Shaw Trust
www.shaw-trust.org.uk
Treloar
www.treloar.org.uk
Professor Stephen Hawking
http://www.hawking.org.uk/
Race and Ethnicity
Windsor Fellowship
www.windsor-fellowship.org/
Stephen Lawrence Trust
www.stephenlawrence.org.uk/
Geri Project
http://www.geriproject.org/
General Teaching Council for Britain
www.gtce.org.uk/network/traveller/traveller_file.pdf
LGBT
Stonewall
www.stonewall.org.uk/
Terence Higgins Trust
www.tht.org.uk/
Press for Change
www.pfc.org.uk
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Mermaids
www.mermaidsuk.co.uk
The Gender Trust
www.gendertrust.org.uk
Age
Brightside Trust
www.thebrightsidetrust.org/
Sutton Trust
www.suttontrust.com/
Religion and Belief
Inter Faith Network for the UK
www.interfaith.org.uk
General Inclusion
Leeds Animation Workshop
www.leedsanimation.org.uk
EHRC: Young People Know Your Rights
http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/your-rights/young-people-know-your-rights
DCSF Single Equality Scheme
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/des
Paywizard
http://www.paywizard.co.uk/main/what-she-earns
Family-Related Issues
Campaign for Learning
http://www.campaign-for-learning.org.uk/cfl/index.asp
Family Learning
http://www.familylearning.org.uk/
National Children's' Bureau
www.ncb.org.uk/
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Sites Specific to STEM Careers
STEM Subject Choice & Careers
http://www.stemnet.org.uk/home.cfm
Future Morph
http://www.futuremorph.org/
Scenta
http://www.scenta.co.uk/home.cfm
Institution of Civil Engineers
http://www.ice.org.uk/
Centre for Science Education
http://www.shu.ac.uk/research/cse/stem-careers.html
Information and educational resources linked to biology careers.
www.societyofbiology.org
Institute of Physics
http://www.iop.org/
London Engineering Project
www.thelep.org.uk/
Noisemakers
www.noisemakers.co.uk
Royal Society of Chemistry
http://www.rsc.org/
Maths Careers
http://www.mathscareers.org.uk/
More Maths Grads
www.moremathsgrads.org.uk
Architects for Change
http://www.architecture.com/TheRIBA/WhatTheRIBADoes/Policy/EqualityAndDiversity/ArchitectsF
orChange.aspx
E-skills
www.e-skills.com
Design and technology association
www.data.org.uk
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Websites with Role Models
www.stemnet.org.uk
Click on Teachers to see the range of resources available
Click on Sub-Regional Contract Holders to find out how to get ambassadors
(people who are willing to come and talk to pupils) in your area
www.noisemakers.org.uk
Click on noisemakers to view the profiles of a variety of younger people involved in STEM
careers
www.ukrc4setwomen.org
Click on Resources then view Personal Stories and Other Case Studies.
http://www.getsetwomen.org/
The GetSET Women database on the UKRC website can be used to search for women who work
in STEM careers, scientists, mathematicians, engineers etc.
www.windsor-fellowship.org
Home page and click on REACH National Role Models Programme and Pre 19 Programmes
www.wes.org.uk
Click Taking a Leading Role; view Role Model Study, especially Useful Websites
www.businessinschools.co.uk
General website to help schools engage with business. May have useful links who can supply
appropriate role models
www.geriproject.org
Click on Role Models
www.scenta.co.uk
Click Careers, Click Working in STEM. Use Role Model page to search for role models, view
also other sections especially Case Studies
www.wisecampaign.org.uk
Click Inspirational Women
www.thelep.org.uk
Click on Teachers and STEM Days if you are in the London area and would like to host a STEM
Day - the LEP will organise the role models and activities with you
http://www.britishchambers.org.uk/find-your-local-chambers
Try your local Chamber of Commerce who may be able to put you in touch with appropriate role
models
www.jivepartners.org.uk
Click Products and Resources for ideas about how to encourage organisations that might be
resistant to change
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Websites with Work Experience Guidance
www.rsc.org/Education/SchoolStudents/careers.asp
Careers pages from the Royal Society of Chemistry, including pages on work experience
placements.
www.britishscienceassociation.org/crest
Gives information on the different levels of CREST awards and how they can be achieved.
www.hse.gov.uk/youngpeople/workexperience/index.htm
Specific information related to work experience placements for young people by The Health and
Safety Executive
www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/workexperience.shtml
A page on the NHS careers website where the downloadable pdf version of the work experience
pack is available
www.direct.gov.uk/en/EducationAndLearning/14To19/Years10And11/
DG_10013569
Government website containing useful guidance about work placements and links to other sites.
Aimed mainly at young people.
www.iebe.org.uk/index.php/business
The Institute for Business Excellence was launched in June 2009 and brings together individuals
and organisations working in the space between education and business.
Employers’ Guide - Home
is a new site to support engagement between employers and education including the provision of
work experience placements.
www.trident-edexcel.co.uk/tsec4.asp
The employer pages of the Trident Edexcel website. Other sections are aimed at learners and
teachers.
www.trident-edexcel.co.uk/tsec3_guide4p.asp
A guide for parents and carers to help them support young people in work experience placements.
www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/cei
The Centre for Education and Industry is involved in research and teaching in work related
learning, vocational education and training, and enterprise education.
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