Stem Teacher Internship Programme

in 2016, dublin city university (dcu), accenture and the 30% club launched a pilot internship programme aimed at highlighting the careers available to pre-service stem teachers, as well as giving them hands-on experience of stem in the workplace. cwit has supported the stem teacher internship programme by facilitating 11 student teachers from science education, to complete a twelve-week paid internship in accenture, aib and intel in 2017. it is estimated that these student teachers will have the ability to reach over 440,000 students once qualified. 2018 sees further expansion of the programme with vodafone, virgin media, ey, microsoft and ibm offering internships. this is a paid 12-week summer internship, with a variety of roles in data analysis, coding, testing and project development. the authentic, first-hand experience of applying stem in the work environment as well as exposure to other stem professionals empowers the teachers to confidently articulate the vast range of oppor