Welcome to STEM Ambassador Community Live - ON DEMAND!

Here you can catch up on all of our STEM Ambassador Community Live sessions, kicking off with our new STEM Ambassador Inspiration series celebrating Volunteers Week 2026! 

SAVE THE DATE: Session 3 Date: 18th June Time: 15:30-16:30 - Is Creativity a Hidden STEM Superpower?  Exploring the false divide between Art and STEM

Join our new STEM Ambassador inspiration series, designed to motivate and inform your volunteering. During this session, we will hear from Hana Ayoob on ‘Drawn to Discovery: The importance of drawing’, followed by a live panel discussion to reflect on our roles in supporting and promoting creativity in young people. 

PANEL ONLY: Click Log In - top right, and log in using your STEM Ambassador details to view the full video including the keynote by Prof. Louise Archer

What creates and sustains inequalities in STEM? | STEM Ambassador Community Live 

In this STEM Ambassador Community Live session, host Katherine Ellis is joined by Professor Louise Archer, Defne and Shanet to explore STEM equity and how ambassadors can better support underrepresented young people.

Louise shares research from the ASPIRES study, including the importance of STEM identity, STEM capital and the role of schools, outreach and informal learning in shaping young people’s pathways into STEM.

The panel discusses representation, gender imbalance, SEND and neurodiversity, ethnicity, social class, sustained engagement, and how STEM Ambassadors can help “change the waterway” rather than expecting young people to overcome barriers alone.

Continue the conversation in the STEM Ambassador Community

PANEL ONLY: Click Log In - top right, and log in using your STEM Ambassador details to view the full video including the keynote by Yemurai

Are career ladders still relevant in STEM? | STEM Ambassador Community Live 

In the first STEM Ambassador Community Live session, host Helen Liddell is joined by Yemurai Rabvukwa, Millie Court and Alex Mort to explore how STEM Ambassadors can support young people to navigate modern STEM career pathways.

The panel discusses why it is okay not to have everything figured out, how careers can be more like climbing walls than ladders, and how young people can use their strengths, interests, hobbies and transferable skills to explore future opportunities.

The session also covers visible role models, neurodiversity and SEND, involving parents and carers in careers conversations, and helping young people communicate what “lights them up”.