What is Go4SET?
Go4SET links teams of six Year 8/9 (England) and S2 (Scotland) pupils with companies and universities to offer a 10 week science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) experience.
By providing a real and live STEM project, Go4SET will raise the pupils’ awareness and highlight the exciting future career opportunities in STEM.
Work-related learning within an industry and enterprise context is at the core of the Go4SET experience. Pupils will benefit from personal development education enhancing their powers of creativity and innovation.
The UK needs to increase the number of pupils pursuing careers in Science, Engineering and Technology. Support from Industry and business is sought for this initiative and can help to make an important contribution to the future of Science, Technology , Engineering and Maths through inspiring the pupils to become involved at this key stage in their education.
Research has shown that the exposure of younger age groups to businesses based on Science, Engineering and Technology encourages more students to choose post-16 courses in these subject areas, eventually leading to the study of STEM degrees at university.
Go4SET will empower young people to make informed decisions about their Key Stage 4/Standard Grade options particularly with regard to STEM subjects and courses and stimulate their interest in these subjects.
