Typical activities in which Ambassadors may get involved are:

• supporting schools activities such as Science and Engineering clubs
• helping with school's STEM competitions, events and awards
• assisting in extra-curricular STEM experiences
• offering mentoring, careers guidance and positive role models
• helping to provide work-based placements for teachers and students.

Just a few examples of Ambassadors tremendous work:

Michelle Dow - Education and Diversity Manager for British Gas & SEA

Michelle Dow began her career as an apprentice service engineer for British Gas at the age of 16, and now works as a Recruitment and Diversity Specialist for British Gas’s Engineering Academy. As a SEA, she regularly supports GETSET events providing science and engineering challenges for up to 200 girls. Michelle normally mentors a team of about 10 girls, and aims to show them that young women can be engineers too.

Daksha Patel - Electronics Engineer & SEA

Daksha Patel is an angineering manager for a Leicester-based company that designs hardware and software for sophisticated fire alarm systems. Together with one of her electronics engineers, she has visited a number of schools where she talks about her career, challenging their ideas about what hardware and software engineers do, before setting them a challenge, like building a bridge, which she then helps to judge. Daksha's company also runs Women into Science and Engineering (WISE) events, where local girls are invited to come to the company and see some of the work they do.

Rob Grundy - Neuroscientist & SEA

SEA Rob Grundy has been visiting sixth-formers at Harlow college in Essex for two years, supported by his employer, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).  Sometimes Rob leads the whole class with the help of their teacher.  In one experiment students learned how to extract their own DNA from their cheek cells.  Rob has also given talks; the one on animal testing was especially well received.  Also attended by the sociology and general studies students, it gave everyone a great insight in to what is a highly emotive issue.

Since the programme was launched in 2002, Science and Engineering Ambassadors have taken part in around 24,000 volunteer activities, working with over 750,000 pupils aged between 5 and 19.

View online or download the following document for a selection of detailed case studies of Science and Engineering Ambassadors.