Impact
Through our targeted programmes, we empower and inspire a diverse group of young people to pursue STEM education and careers, while enabling young people from underrepresented groups to develop essential skills, knowledge, and confidence in STEM disciplines.
Theory of Change in a nutshell:
At EDT and Industrial Cadets, we are dedicated to ensuring that all young people have access to enriching STEM experiences, inspiring role models, and comprehensive career pathways. We believe that talent and interest in STEM are spread equally across society, and we are committed to creating pathways that allow every young person to thrive in STEM studies and careers.
However, we recognize that opportunity is not equally accessible. Factors such as socio-economic background, gender, where they grow up, and ethnicity all influence how likely young people are to choose STEM studies and thrive in STEM careers. This is holding young people back and depriving our society of the diverse voices and skilled future leaders we need to tackle urgent challenges like climate change.
Refusing to accept this status quo, we work collaboratively with donors, funders, industry partners, and STEM professionals to breakdown these barriers and create equal opportunities. Our Theory of Change serves as a roadmap, linking our programmes and interventions to measurable outcomes and impacts, ensuring that we can effectively monitor and evaluate our success as we strive to empower the next generation of STEM leaders.
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Our commitment to change
We deliver and accredit programmes which:
- Connect young people to employers, provide work-place experiences and build career readiness skills.
- Target young people from underserved communities and groups who are underrepresented in STEM.
- Develop technical STEM skills and knowledge, as well as essential skills such as teamwork, problem solving and resilience.
- Provide young people with role-models and mentors from diverse backgrounds, challenging preconceptions of who can be successful in STEM.
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Driving engagement & innovation
We work in partnership with employers, educators, and impact organisations to:
- Build the Industrial Cadets Community of best practice, committed to driving diversity in STEM.
- Ensure that programmes are building the skills and knowledge needed by industry.
- Support the STEM sector to deliver engagement and outreach programmes which meet benchmarks for education and careers guidance.
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Transformative outcomes
The catalysing changes this will bring about for young people include:
- New and developed skills and knowledge.
- Improved understanding of the academic and vocational pathways into STEM, and confidence in pursuing these pathways.
- Increased inspiration to pursue STEM studies and careers, and confidence that they can succeed, whatever their background.
Long term impact
Impact
Reduced skills gap in the STEM industry/sector.
Enhanced economic growth and competitiveness through a skilled workforce.
Improved social mobility and opportunities for young people from underrepresented communities.
Our statistics speak for themselves:
40
%
Students entitled to Free School Meals
1,700,000
Hours of learning delivered to young people across the UK
250,000
Industrial Cadets experiences to date
1,383
Educational Institutions Engaged
50
%
Students from ethnic minorities
318
Industry partners across the UK
878
Volunteers gave their time to support us
45
%