Suitable for 14–19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, in STEM clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 sociology. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This teaching resource explains the work of Dr Sangeeta Chattoo, from the University of York, UK. Her research uses a sociological and an ethnographic approach to health to better understand the links between policy interventions, health outcomes and race, ethnicity, caste, tribe and gender across low- and middle-income countries such as India and Nepal. • This resource also contains an interview with Sangeeta and offers insight into careers in sociology. If your students have questions for Sangeeta, they can send the questions to her online by visiting the Futurum link below, scrolling down to the end and typing in the question(s). Sangeeta will respond! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Sangeeta’s research and encourages them to contemplate how ways in which sociological and ethnographic approaches can be used in other scientific fields. • The PowerPoint reiterates the key points in the article and includes further talking points to encourage students to reflect on their own skills and aspirations. This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE). If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!

Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom or shared with students online. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 English Language and Linguistics. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This teaching resource explains the work of Professor Lisa Green, based at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the US, who leads research investigating the variation and grammar of African American English in children and adults. Her findings will include insights into the properties of children’s early language use and the stages of development involved. • This resource also contains an interview with Lisa. If you or your students have a question for her, you can submit it online – go to the article using the Futurum link below and scroll to the bottom of the page. Lisa will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Lisa’s research, and tasks them to conduct their own linguistics study. This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE). If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!

Suitable for 14–19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, in STEM clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 musicology and music technology. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This teaching resource explains the work of Dr Jan Herbst and Dr Mark Mynett, from the University of Huddersfield, UK. Their research seeks to examine and understand how leading metal producers define and create ‘heaviness’ in music and their productions. • This resource also contains an interview with Jan and Mark and offers insight into careers in musicology and music technology. If your students have questions for Jan and Mark, they can send the questions to them online by visiting the Futurum link below, scrolling down to the end and typing in the question(s). Jan and Mark will respond! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Jan and Mark’s research and encourages them to explore the concept of ‘heaviness’ by having a go at mixing a song created by Jan and Mark. This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE). If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!

Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom or shared with students online. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Science, Engineering and Technology. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This teaching resource introduces the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), in the US, which works to inspire young girls to get excited about engineering and to know that they belong in the engineering and tech community. It introduces the SWENext programme and includes links to enable students to join. • This resource contains an interview with Kavya, a 10th grade SWENext Influencer. If you or your students have a question for Kavya or the SWE team, you can submit it online – go to the article using the Futurum link below and scroll to the bottom of the page. They will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on SWE’s work, and tasks them to imagine their life as an influential engineer. This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE). If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!

Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom or shared with students online. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Portuguese and Biology. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks ): Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This Portuguese teaching resource explains the work of Dr Valeria Faggioli and Dr Mayra Osorio who are working on separate projects under the sustainable food production branch of the CABANA programme, which aims to accelerate the implementation of data-driven biology to overcome a range of environmental challenges in Latin America. • This resource also contains interviews with Valeria and Mayra. If you or your students have a question for them, you can submit it online – go to the article using the Futurum link below and scroll to the bottom of the page. Valeria and Mayra will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Valeria and Mayra’s research, and tasks them to think about what research they would conduct in the field of sustainable food production. • This resource is also available in English and Spanish from the link below. This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE). If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!

Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom or shared with students online. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Spanish and Biology. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This Spanish teaching resource explains the work of Dr Valeria Faggioli and Dr Mayra Osorio who are working on separate projects under the sustainable food production branch of the CABANA programme, which aims to accelerate the implementation of data-driven biology to overcome a range of environmental challenges in Latin America. • This resource also contains interviews with Valeria and Mayra. If you or your students have a question for them, you can submit it online – go to the article using the Futurum link below and scroll to the bottom of the page. Valeria and Mayra will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Valeria and Mayra’s research, and tasks them to think about what research they would conduct in the field of sustainable food production. • This resource is also available in English and Portuguese from the link below. This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE). If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!

Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom or shared with students online. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Biology. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This teaching resource explains the work of Dr Valeria Faggioli and Dr Mayra Osorio who are working on separate projects under the sustainable food production branch of the CABANA programme, which aims to accelerate the implementation of data-driven biology to overcome a range of environmental challenges in Latin America. • This resource also contains interviews with Valeria and Mayra. If you or your students have a question for them, you can submit it online – go to the article using the Futurum link below and scroll to the bottom of the page. Valeria and Mayra will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Valeria and Mayra’s research, and tasks them to think about what research they would conduct in the field of sustainable food production. • This resource is also available in Spanish and Portuguese from the link below. This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE). If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!

Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom or shared with students online. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Chemistry, Physics, Biology & Geology. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This teaching resource explains the work of Dr Babette Hoogakker, based at Heriot-Watt University in the UK, who leads the FARGO project, which studies past dissolved oxygen concentrations in the Pacific Ocean. The aim is to improve understanding of the longer-term seawater oxygen cycle and improve climate models of the future. • This resource also contains an interview with Babette and her colleague in the field of palaeoceanography, Dr Catherine Davis. If you or your students have a question for Babette or Catherine, you can submit it online – go to the article using the Futurum link below and scroll to the bottom of the page. They will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Babette and Catherine’s research, and tasks them to think about what research they would undertake to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development goal number 14, ‘Life Below Water’. This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE). If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!

Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom or shared with students online. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Mandarin, Biology & Chemistry. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This Mandarin teaching resource explains the work of Professor Tuck Seng Wong and his team, based at The University of Sheffield in the UK, who are applying the concept of Darwinian evolution to engineer biological systems for industrial applications. • The article also contains interviews with Tuck and the team. If you or your students have a question for them, you can submit it online – go to the article using the Futurum link below and scroll to the bottom of the page. The team will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on the team’s research, and tasks them to think about how they would apply biomanufacturing technology to an industry. This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE). If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!

Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom or shared with students online. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Biology & Chemistry. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • These teaching resources explain the work of Professor Tuck Seng Wong and his team, based at The University of Sheffield in the UK, who are applying the concept of Darwinian evolution to engineer biological systems for industrial applications. • The article also contains interviews with Tuck and the team. If you or your students have a question for them, you can submit it online – go to the article using the Futurum link below and scroll to the bottom of the page. The team will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on the team’s research, and tasks them to think about how they would apply biomanufacturing technology to an industry. • The animation summarises the team’s work and is accompanied by the script. • The PowerPoint reiterates the key points in the article and includes further talking points to encourage students to reflect on their own skills and aspirations. This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE). If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!

Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 physics. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This teaching resource explains the work of Dr Daniel Pitonyak, a nuclear physicist at Lebanon Valley College, USA. He is investigating the 3D structure of hadrons and uncovering the origin of the proton’s spin. • This resource also contains an interview with Daniel and offers an insight into careers in nuclear physics. If your students have questions for Daniel, they can send them to him online. All they need to do is to go to the article online (see the Futurum link below), scroll down to the end and type in the question(s). Daniel will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Daniel’s research and challenges them to explore how we can harness the power of nuclear physics to produce electricity. • An animation about Daniel’s work is available through the weblink, along with a downloadable script. This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE). If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!

Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 physics, maths, chemistry and engineering. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This teaching resource explains the work of Discover Materials, an organisation promoting the field of materials science and engineering. From lunar homes constructed from moondust and astronaut urine, to bamboo cricket bats, explore the incredible applications of and opportunities in materials science and engineering. • This resource also contains interview with members of the Discover Materials team and offers an insight into careers in materials science and engineering. If your students have questions for any of the team, they can send them to them online. All they need to do is to go to the article online (see the Futurum link below), scroll down to the end and type in the question(s). The team will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on the applications of materials science and engineering and challenges them to design an experiment to investigate the material properties of chocolate. This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE). If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!

Suitable for 14–19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, in STEM clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 astronomy and astrophysics. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This teaching resource explains the work of Dr Gail Zasowski, from the University of Utah, USA. Her research seeks to better understand where and when our Milky Way galaxy formed its hundred billion stars, and help understand how the infant Milky Way grew into the massive spiral galaxy we see today. • This resource also contains an interview with Gail and offers insight into careers in astronomy. If your students have questions for Gail, they can send the questions to her online by visiting the Futurum link below, scrolling down to the end and typing in the question(s). Gail will respond! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Gail’s research and encourages them to contemplate why it is important to understand more about the Milky Way and how it might affect our understanding of other galaxies. This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE). If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!

Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom or shared with students online. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Biology. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This teaching resource explains the work of Dr Sarah Knowles, from the University of Oxford in the UK, who is studying the microbiomes of wild mice to learn more about microbiomes and how they impact the health of their hosts. • This resource also contains an interview with Sarah. If you or your students have a question for her, you can submit it online – go to the article using the Futurum link below and scroll to the bottom of the page. Sarah will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Sarah’s research, and tasks them to map their microbiome. This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE). If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!

Suitable for 14–19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, in STEM clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 computer science. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This teaching resource explains the work of Dr Oli Buckley, an associate professor in cyber security at the University of East Anglia, UK. He is investigating ways to optimise chatbot technology for individuals and increase the trust needed for ensuing conversations to help users. • This resource also contains an interview with Oli and offers an insight into careers in computer science. If your students have questions for Oli, they can send the questions to him online by visiting the Futurum link below, scrolling down to the end and typing in the question(s). Oli will respond! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Oli’s research and encourages them to explore how much and in what context people are willing to share different types of sensitive information with chatbots. This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE). If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!

Suitable for 14–19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 biology, conservation, biodiversity and philosophy. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This teaching resource explains the work of Professor Charles Pence, Faculty of Philosophy, Arts and Letters at Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium. He is investigating the correlation between how the definition of biodiversity may affect how effectively societies are able to conserve natural ecology. • This resource also contains an interview with Charles and offers an insight into careers in the philosophy of science. If your students have questions for Charles, they can send the questions to him online by visiting the Futurum link below, scrolling down to the end and typing in the question(s). Charles will respond! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Charles’ research and challenges them to consider how the current definition of diversity is affecting efforts of conservation around the world. • The article and activity sheet are also available in French through the link below. This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE). If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!

Suitable for 14–19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 biology, conservation, biodiversity and philosophy. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This teaching resource explains the work of Professor Charles Pence, Faculty of Philosophy, Arts and Letters at Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium. He is investigating the correlation between how the definition of biodiversity may affect how effectively societies are able to conserve natural ecology. • This resource also contains an interview with Charles and offers an insight into careers in the philosophy of science. If your students have questions for Charles, they can send the questions to him online by visiting the Futurum link below, scrolling down to the end and typing in the question(s). Charles will respond! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Charles’ research and challenges them to consider how the current definition of diversity is affecting efforts of conservation around the world. • The PowerPoint reiterates the key points in the article and includes further talking points to encourage students to reflect on their own skills and aspirations. • The article and activity sheet are also available in French through the link below. This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE). If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!

Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom or shared with students online. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 Biology. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This teaching resource explains the work of Professor Brian Seymour, of Edward Waters University, in the USA, who studies the immune system’s response to airborne substances that can trigger allergic reactions such as asthma, the mechanism of the diseases and how to protect individuals from their harmful impacts. • This resource also contains an interview with Professor Seymour. If you or your students have a question for him, you can submit it online – go to the article using the Futurum link below and scroll to the bottom of the page. Professor Seymour will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Professor Seymour’s research, and tasks them to devise a community health programme. This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE). If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!

Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 physics and maths. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This teaching resource explains the work of Dr Akhshay Bhadwal, an experimental physicist at Nottingham Trent University, UK, and Dr Joseph Cousins, a mathematician at the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde, UK. They are combining their skills and expertise to understand how nematic liquid crystals, used in the screen of phones, TVs and computers, behave. • This resource also contains interviews with Akhshay and Joseph and offers an insight into careers in physics and maths. If your students have questions for Akhshay and Joseph, they can send them to them online. All they need to do is to go to the article online (see the Futurum link below), scroll down to the end and type in the question(s). Akhshay and Joseph will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Akhshay and Joseph’s research and challenges them to conduct their own experiment to investigate the physics of rivulets. This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE). If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!

Suitable for 14–19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 computing and computer science. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This teaching resource explains the work of Dr Yu Chen, an Associate Professor at Binghamton University, State University of New York, USA. He is investigating ways to increase the data security of online audio and video streaming and reduce deepfake attacks. • This resource also contains an interview with Yu and offers insight into careers in electrical and computer engineering. If your students have questions for Yu, they can send the questions to him online by visiting the Futurum link below, scrolling down to the end and typing in the question(s). Yu will respond! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Yu’s research and challenges students and learners to get a first-hand experience of creating deepfake videos. This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE). If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!