Unlock a STEM future for every student

A brand new CPD course for science teachers. Providing simple, evidence-based strategies to make STEM feel relevant, accessible and achievable for your students.​

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  • 1 hour
  • Online & flexible
  • ASE-evaluated
  • Certificated
  • Free

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Why does it matter?

Only 25%

of young people think science is relevant to real life

Science Education Tracker, 2024

32%

don’t think science is for them

Science Education Tracker, 2024

9.4m

people work in STEM — and the UK needs 10% more by 2030

UK STEM Skills Pipeline, 2025

£1.5bn

lost each year to the STEM skills gap

UK STEM Skills Pipeline, 2025

What you’ll learn

Science capital and future skills

  • The difference between essential and future skills
  • The impact of the science capital teaching approach
  • How to embed science capital and future skills in everyday practice

AI as a teaching tool

  • Linking curriculum content to STEM careers
  • Using AI to boost science capital without extra workload
  • Generating effective prompts and critically evaluating outputs

Meets Gatsby Benchmarks

Supports statutory careers education delivery

Benchmark 2

Learning from career and labour market information

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Benchmark 3

Addressing the needs of each pupil

Read more about Benchmark 3

Benchmark 4

Linking curriculum learning to careers

Read more about Benchmark 4

"Applying STEM Futures Unlocked to my teaching has made a huge difference. My students are so excited to come to lesson and discover how science links to the world around them."

Head of science, Secondary school

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STEM Futures Unlocked is brought to you by STEM education experts.

This course supports science teachers in developing their students' future skill set and science capital.

It aims to boost STEM aspirations for every young person and close the UK's STEM skills gap.

Developed by We Are Futures and evaluated by ASE, it provides high-quality, evidence-based CPD, bringing science to life in every classroom.