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Whether you’re a scientist, a nurse, a games designer, a boat builder, a care assistant or an engineering apprentice, a foundation in STEM learning helps you to develop your employability skills and transferable competencies. English, maths and science study are critical to these careers.

If you are interested in Science, Technology, Engineering and/or Maths studying for a STEM-based career is for you. With literally thousands of different careers on offer this is one of the UK’s and Plymouth's fastest growing sectors.  There are jobs to suit many different skill sets, from programming to design, from research to medicine, and a huge array of different environments in which to work

People with maths and science skills are in demand, with opportunities to enter the sector at entry level if you have good GCSE’s in English, maths and a science subject - nearly all businesses will have elements of STEM so you could work across a broad range of industries including those as diverse as medicine, finance, retail, sport and leisure.