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Young People
Read about the characters in our comics and see how they decide. Take a tour of ‘Choose your own path’ to see what jobs and courses interest you.
Professionals
The Be What You Want campaign aims to help young people make informed decisions about what they want to do after they leave school. Our campaign materials include a resource for teachers which includes activities to support the aims of Curriculum for Excellence.
Parents & Carers
Parents and carers have a huge role in breaking down gender stereotypes and making sure that their children feel pressured into decisions based on their gender. ‘Choose your own path’ is a resource to help young people research different courses and jobs.
Find out how our six characters decided what they are going to do once they leave school.
Find out how about the paths our professionals; what they studied and what advice they can give you.
The Blog
Arlene McConnell - guest post
Arlene McConnell is the IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year. Arlene is supporting the Be What You Want campaign and tells us below how she became a Radar and Advanced Targeting Systems Engineer at Selex Galileo.
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