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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- 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 national frameworks
Meets Gatsby Benchmarks
Supports statutory careers education delivery
Meets Career Education Standard
Developing the Young Workforce
Quality indicators
- 2.2 Curriculum
- 3.3 Increasing creativity and employability
Meets the aims of inspirational CWRE
Supports statutory careers education delivery
Exploring self and society
Widening horizons
Overcoming barriers
Meets Learning for Life and Work (LLW)
Supports statutory careers education delivery
Delivers the skills and capabilities needed for adult life and work
Helps young people cope with the changing global economy
"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
Start nowSTEM 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.
