To discover and explore what it’s like to be a chemical engineer working in different industries, young people can access a new interactive virtual work experience programme called 'Engineering a sustainable world'. Alongside the programme is a mini project called the sprint where they can try a real-world task. 

Signpost school students you meet at careers fairs or STEM outreach events to the virtual work experience programme. To support you, a double-sided postcard is available to order. The postcard gives a summary and a QR code for both the virtual work experience and the sprint. You can request these through the DiscoverChemEng order form. Also, you can download a PowerPoint presentation which can be printed for display or shown on a screen.

Summary of the virtual work experience programme

Bite-sized interactive modules about chemical engineering and its importance in energy, food and drink, water and healthcare​.

• different career routes explained
• skills needed to help employability
• find out where chemical and process engineers work
• quizzes and tasks
• downloadable certificate to record achievement​
• over 6 hours of content.

Summary of the sprint

Set by an engineer, the sprint is a real-world task which can be completed at any time. ​School students will be guided through this mini-project by a real engineer working in the energy sector.

Skills practised:

• problem-solving
• mathematical skills ​
• applying existing knowledge in a new setting​
• interpretation of an engineer’s process flow diagram​
• downloadable certificate and workbook as a record of the completed task
• completed in 30 to 90 minutes.

Go to our dedicated page for virtual work experience to access the programme and the sprint.