RESOURCES

www.engineeringdiploma.com

Diploma in Engineering website

Here you will find guidance on making employer

engagement in the Diploma in Engineering work for your consortium. Visit: www.engineeringdiploma.com

The Teachers’ Guide

The Teachers’ Guide helps all members of school and college staff to learn about working with employers and to understand the benefits of doing so. The Teachers’ Guide provides: • A one-stop-shop for help with working with employers.

• Advice on how to contact employers and establish partnerships.

• Guidance that is suitable for all educational establishments.

• Comprehensive information on all the methods of working with employers: work experience, mentoring, school sponsorship and more. Visit: www.teachers-guide.org

14 to 19 reform guidance

Government guidance is available and includes several useful documents for employer engagement,

such as Employer Engagement: A Guide for

Consortia, a work-related learning guide for 14 to 19-year-olds, and the quality standards for work experience. There is also an employer engagement self-assessment toolkit, which contains a comprehensive set of measures for consortia to consider. This information is expected to be updated

on the new Department for Education website in due course. Visit: www.education.gov.uk

Education Business Partnership Organisations (EBPOs)

EBPOs exist to help education make and sustain links with local and national business. To find your nearest EBPO, go to the Institute for Education Business Excellence website below and navigate to ‘Organisations’ and then ‘EBPO Directories’. Visit: www.iebe.org.uk

STEMNET

STEMNET creates opportunities to inspire young people in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. To achieve this, STEMNET works with thousands of employers and schools through programmes such as STEM Ambassadors and the STEM Clubs Network. STEMNET provides experiences that go far beyond the classroom – unlocking potential and inspiring the next generation of scientists, engineers, technologists and mathematicians. Details of how you can get involved can be found online. Visit: www.stemnet.org.uk

Business in Schools initiative

An online resource which ‘match-makes’ between schools/colleges and businesses wishing to help them. You can specifically request Diploma support, or include other areas such as mentoring, classroom talks, and support for STEM subjects. Visit: www.businessinschools.co.uk

This supplement has been produced by Delivering Diplomas magazine in association with Semta, Cogent, IMI (The Institute of the Motor Industry), GoSkills, SummitSkills, and Energy & Utility Skills, the six Sector Skills Councils involved in the Diploma in Engineering. This supplement has been produced as a digital edition and in hard copy. It is also available to download online at www.deliveringdiplomas.com. Delivering Diplomas is a termly magazine that is delivered free in hard copy to every Diploma consortium and which is available to all as a free digital edition. Contact the editor, Chris Parr, on chris.parr@markallengroup.com or 020 7501 6750.

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