Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home. This resource links to KS4 and KS5 geography and citizenship. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • This teaching resource explains the work of Dr Elsa Lee, a researcher at the University of Cambridge, UK. She is investigating how participation in local waterway regeneration projects in England and South Africa influences a sense of global citizenship in young people. • This resource also contains information about the organisations Elsa is working with and offers an insight into careers in environmental sustainability education. If your students have questions for Elsa, they can send them to her online. All they need to do is to go to the article online (see the Futurum link below), scroll down to the end and type in the question(s). Elsa will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Elsa’s research and challenges them to take part in activity in their own neighbourhood to investigate whether this influences their own sense of global citizenship. • The article and activity sheet are also available in Zulu and Spanish through the weblink below. This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE). If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!

Suitable for secondary and high schools, and college, this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, school clubs and at home. This resource links to KS3, KS4 and KS5 politics, citizenship, sociology, philosophy and ethics. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • How much influence do industries have over the regulatory agencies responsible for policing these same industries? This is what Dr Eva Heims at the University of York is hoping to discover, and it may be less than the media would have us believe. • This resource also contains an interview with Eva about her career path. If your students (or you) have questions for Eva, you/they can send them to her online. All you need to do is to go to the article online (see the Futurum link below), scroll down to the end and type in the question(s). Eva will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Eva’s research. • The animation summarises the key points made in the article, making it a fantastic resource to use in the classroom or at home. There is also a script to accompany the animation. This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE). If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!

Suitable for secondary and high schools, and college, this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, school clubs and at home. This resource links to KS3, KS4 and KS5 religious studies, citizenship, sociology and philosophy. It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks: Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers • The world is home to a stunningly diverse array of religions, and globalisation means that different groups of followers are mixing more than ever. In Japan, ‘mainstream’ and ‘minority’ religions have different connotations – and this brings with it the potential for tension. Professor Erica Baffelli of The University of Manchester, in the UK, is exploring how minority religions in Japan are perceived and portrayed, and what this means for their follower. • This resource also contains an interview with Erica about her career path. If your students (or you) have questions for Erica, you/they can send them to her online. All you need to do is to go to the article online (see the Futurum link below), scroll down to the end and type in the question(s). Erica will reply! • The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on Erica’s research. This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE). If you like these free resources – or have suggestions for improvements –, please let us know and leave us some feedback. Thank you!