Education
Formula Student STEM Lead
Lead STEM outreach activities at the Formula Student competition hosted each year at Silverstone.
Formula Student (FS) is Europe's most established educational engineering competition and celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2023.
The competition aims to develop enterprising and innovative young engineers and encourage more young people to take up a career in engineering, with over 100 university teams taking part every year.
The Formula Student STEM Lead is responsible for coordinating the Formula Student education outreach programme.
Time commitment and location
There are quarterly Formula Student Competition steering committee meetings held virtually.
The competition is a five-day each year and hosted at Silverstone in the East Midlands.
Requirements and training
The Formula Student STEM Lead needs be a registered STEM Ambassador with a current Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Registration is carried out by STEM Learning UK. Find out more about how to register as a STEM Ambassador.
Online GDPR training as you will have access to and use of personal contact information.
IMechE Education outreach training is recommended and freely available online, with some face-to-face sessions throughout the year.