STEM skills shortage threatens UK low-carbon sector
£6.7bn annual growth at risk if skills deficit not addressed.
Find out more about the new research by Shell Springboard
Supporting STEM
Engineers and scientists have revolutionised our world, from communications through to healthcare. Their skills are also essential to meeting the world’s energy demand whilst reducing carbon emissions. To sustain innovation and growth, the UK needs to double the number of people becoming engineers. The programmes below tell our STEM story.
Inside Supporting STEM
The Bright Ideas Challenge
What will cities look like in 2050? How will they be powered to be vibrant, healthy and clean places to live? The Bright Ideas Challenge, Shell’s cross-curricular schools’ competition, invites young people aged 11-14 to use their creativity, problem solving, teamwork and STEM skills to devise innovative solutions that could power cities of the future. With fantastic STEM prizes up for grabs, there’s every reason to think big!
This is Engineering
Shell are on a mission with The Royal Academy and other partners, to change the face of engineering and demonstrate the diversity and variety of the profession.
Year of Engineering
Shell is a proud supporter of the Year of Engineering – a Government campaign that aims to provide inspiring engineering experiences to a million young people in 2018.
Tomorrow’s Engineers
To help inspire the next generation of engineers we have invested a further £1million in Tomorrow’s Engineers.
SCDI Engineers and Science clubs
Designed to spark enthusiasm in STEM subjects by encouraging children across Scotland to take on fun, hands-on experiments.
Girls in Energy
An intensive year-long course that gives young women the information and inspiration they need to pursue a career in the energy industry.
Shell Engineering Scheme
A two-year programme giving young adults the skills they need to secure jobs in the energy sector.
QEPrize for Engineering
The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering celebrates the world’s most inspirational engineering.
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