TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT Career inspiration
students energised and engaged in classrooms, laboratories, and self-study spaces throughout the school. As well as challenging and inspiring students in subjects they genuinely enjoy, and preparing them for life beyond the school, the EMS institutional ethos is one of kindness, community, and acceptance. Students are trusted to use vacant classrooms when they wish, there is reciprocal treatment between students and teachers as equals, and while educational drive is a key motivator for all parties, pastoral care remains central to supporting and empowering students to reach their full potential.
Students ‘at a critical
stage of decision making’ The IHEEM presentation was given to over 60 Year 12 students, all at a critical stage of decision making around the next steps of higher education or routes into their chosen careers. Alison Ryan, Deputy Healthcare Lead for Mott MacDonald, related to students her own experiences of choosing to study Physics at university level, and only later following up with an HNC in Building Services Engineering, with Martyn Jeffery also tracking a considerable career shift, from early experiences in the Royal Navy, to Director of Estates, and later becoming an independent engineering management consultant.
Both presentations were well received
by the body of engaged students, underlining the potential to steer and refine specialist study and professional development over time. There was also considerable detail given regarding the day-to-day responsibilities, longer-term
Alison Ryan, IHEEM Past-President and Deputy Healthcare Lead for Mott MacDonald, presents at Exeter Mathematics School.
objectives, and project work that each position could entail, allowing students an insight into the opportunities available across a range of healthcare engineering and estates management roles.
Importance of ‘nurturing’
students Exeter Maths School Assistant Head Teacher, Liam Cantle, explained more about the importance of nurturing students who are engaged in STEM subjects, and the support the school offers to prepare students for further education and career development. He said: “Exeter Mathematics School is a Maths specialist sixth form where students study A-levels in Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics, and/or Computer Science, or a
We were keen to engage with an organisation which could both give an insight into a specific area of engineering – to really get an understanding of what a day in the life of, and the career of an engineer looks like – and also offer an insight into the various subsectors of engineering
Liam Cantle,
Exeter Maths School Assistant Head Teacher.
fourth A-level at the neighbouring Exeter College. The school aims to prepare students for future study and careers which are mostly in Mathematics, Science, Engineering, and Computing. Students experience an enriched curriculum, with skills lessons in programming and literacy taught alongside an individual and two group projects – one with an academic from the University of Exeter, and one with a company. Each year about 10 companies work with the school to provide projects for students to complete over the course of a term, which include three or four engineering companies. After leaving EMS, most students go to university, with around 10-15% pursuing engineering courses, and 5-10% starting degree-level apprenticeships (half of which are in Engineering).” He continued: “Careers make up a significant part of the academic and pastoral curriculums within the school, where we prepare students to thrive in employment and on future courses. We also want to highlight opportunities, develop skills, and enable students to learn about careers and the labour market. We are very grateful to speakers who give up their time to give talks to our students, giving an insight into their careers and industries. Last year we identified a gap in our provision to promote engineering careers, which in itself is such a varied sector. We were therefore keen to engage with an organisation which could both give an insight into a specific area of engineering – to really get an understanding of what a day in the life of,
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