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Web: www.discoverengineering.co.uk

Discover Engineering has been developed and funded by Gradcracker - the careers website for graduate engineers. Discover Engineering provides a gateway to hundreds of brilliant websites for young engineers. Here you’ll find everything you need to know about how to become an engineer.

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Web: www.stemit.org.uk

Stemit - Dedicated to the future of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Information Technology

Stemit supply teachers with exciting and innovative IT based lesson resources for STEM subjects and by doing so provide UK industry with the future talent for a healthy economy.

Stemit is a not for profit organisation working with the Royal Academy of Engineering, supported by the Royal Society and sponsored by the Lloyd's Register Educational Trust, the University of Southampton and the University of Birmingham and a number of blue chip companies who are passionate about STEM careers.

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Web: www.scenta.co.uk

scenta, initiated by The Engineering and Technology Board (the etb), works with leaders in the science, engineering and technology (SET) community to provide a gateway to the best information and resources for those pursuing a career in SET.

Through the aggregation of the best of existing initiatives, and through a suite of leading-edge communication technologies such as i-Seminars, scenta acts as a meeting point for people in SET, their peers, and the information providers and professional organisations that they seek.

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Web: www.data.org.uk

The Design and Technology Association (DATA) provides support, advice and subject leadership for all those involved in D&T education.

Whether working in a primary or secondary school, a university or school-based training institution, a local authority or as a consultant, there are services to make professional life easier and more effective.

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Web: www.ase.org.uk

The Association for Science Education (ASE) exists to improve the teaching of science. Its Trust Deed goes on to elaborate on the Objects of the Association which includes promoting education

• by providing an authoritative medium through which the opinions of teachers of science may be expressed on educational matters and
• by affording a means of communication among all persons and bodies of persons concerned with the teaching of science in particular and education in general.

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Web: www.enginuity.org.uk

Enginuity is a website that tells you what engineering and technology careers are all about, that includes a downloadable careers resource pack and loads of additional information on engineering.

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Web: www.semta.org.uk

Semta (Sector Skills Council for Science, Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies) - working with employers to improve performance through skills

Semta is the Sector Skills Council for Science, Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies. Semta supports UK businesses in achieving global competitiveness through investment in skills.

Every business depends on the skills of its workforce to drive productivity, growth and success. Semta works with companies in its sector to understand skills needs and provide solutions to meet those needs.

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