Support IT education: join IT Ambassadors

Share your passion for IT

Are you an employer or IT professional who wants to use your skills and experience to help inspire the next generation? Get involved with IT education by signing up for e-skills UK’s IT Ambassadors scheme.

There are many ways you can get involved:

• Provide work experience
• Provide content for our student careers websites
• Give a talk in a school
• Host an event for students
• Participate in an event for students
• Support an IT competition
• Support an IT club
• Sponsor a school computer club

Why IT Ambassadors?

Fewer students than ever are choosing to study IT-related degrees at university and the sector is experiencing shortages as a result. IT Ambassadors aims to harness the enthusiasm of people who work in technology to inspire more students to take up rewarding careers in IT.

Who can get involved?

From games designers to business analysts, software developers to project managers, IT professionals at any stage of their careers can become IT Ambassadors.

What will I be doing?

You’ll be supporting IT education and careers activity in schools and colleges across the UK. Ways you can get involved include:

• giving a careers talk in schools
• hosting visits to your company for students
• providing information about your company for our student careers website
• providing work experience for students

How IT Ambassadors works

1.    Find an activity

   Businesses and individuals can explore our activity pages to find a suitable way to get involved with schools. If you’re an individual volunteer, you can find something that matches your interests, experience and availability. If you’re a company you can find a range of activities designed to suit a variety of business interests.

2.    Get advice and guidance

We’ve got a range of resources to help you engage with schools. Everything from templates to case studies and guides are available for download on the activity pages.

 3.    Connect with a school

The IT Ambassadors scheme is a partner of the STEM Ambassador programme. You can find a local school to work with through STEMNET’s network of schools.

If you’re planning to work on an individual basis with students in schools you’ll be eligible for a free CRB check as part of the STEM Ambassador programme.

Start exploring the many ways you can get involved with IT Ambassadors.