With the implementation of the Government careers strategy in England and the Gatsby careers benchmarks, especially benchmark 4, teachers in England are expected to embed careers information in their classroom teaching. To help them deliver this benchmark, NUSTEM has developed sets of Careers in STEM postcards with the following elements:
- Links with employers
- Links with STEM attributes
- Links with KS3 science curriculum
The postcards are an easy way to introduce your students to careers and employers. They are mapped against the KS3 science curriculum and each postcard highlights 3 STEM employability skills (or attributes).
Although designed for KS3, the postcards can also be used in primary schools.
Download the resources
We currently have 3 sets of KS3 careers postcards which you can download and use in school.
Each set includes:
- Printable postcards
- Guidance document for teachers (includes KS3 curriculum mapping)
Click the images to download the zip files.
Other careers resources
Looking for our other careers postcards? You might be thinking of STEM Person of the Week.
Set 1 – Careers in Physics
Careers featured in this set:
- Animator
- Architectural technologist
- Audiologist
- Biophysicist
- Civil Engineer
- Electrician
- Environmental planner
- Food technologist
- Geophysicist
- Lighting technician
- Nuclear engineer
- Offshore engineer
- Pilot
- Radiographer
- Telecommunications engineer
- Water testing analyst
The careers in this postcard set are linked to employers in the North East of England.
Set 2 – Careers in Mathematics
Careers featured on this set:
- Acoustic engineer
- Actuary
- Air traffic controller
- Agronomist
- Chef
- Cost estimator
- Cyber security analyst
- Ecologist
- Epidemiologist
- Firefighter
- Marine engineer
- Nurse
- Pharmacist
- Prosthetists
- Sports scientist
- Visual effects artist
The careers in this postcard set are linked to employers in the North East of England.
Set 3 – Careers in Particle Physics
Careers featured on this set:
- Accelerator physicist
- Beamline technician
- Cloud architect
- Cryogenics technician
- Data scientist
- Diagnostic radiologist
- Electronic engineer apprentice
- Embedded systems engineer
- Energy manager
- Experimental particle physicist
- Mechanical engineer
- Project manager
- Quality assurance engineer
- Radiation protection supervisor
- Science communication officer
- Theoretical particle physicist
- Vacuum processing technician apprentice
The careers included in this postcard set are linked to UKRI projects. The set was funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), part of UKRI.
Set 4 – Careers in Physics (SEPNET)
Careers featured on this set:
- Architect
- Astronomer
- Electrical engineer
- Energy analyst
- Food technologist
- Games designer
- Geophysicist
- Laboratory technician
- Meteorologist
- Nuclear engineer
- Radiographer
- Spacecraft operator
- School teacher
- Visual Effect artist
The careers included in this postcard set are linked to SEPNET industrial partners and South East employers.
