Expression of Interest by DXF Industry Partners

Please complete the following form which will enable us to organise an engagement between yourself and the activity/session you would like to volunteer with. While we will do our upmost to ensure a successful result, completing this form does not guarantee the engagement. A staff member from Digital Xtra Fund will be in touch to confirm details about the engagement once the request has been approved by the event/activity organisers.

If you have any difficulties filling out the form or require further details about the engagements, please email [email protected]

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I/We give my/our consent for Digital Xtra Fund to collect my/our personal information (e.g., Name and Email) for the purpose of engaging with this particular activity/session. Disclaimer: The personal information requested in this form will be kept confidential and collected solely for the purposes of facilitating an engagement with the relevant grant recipient. We do not share any of the collected data with any other third parties.*

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Employee Engagement Opportunities

This section lists out opportunities with the various initiatives funded for Round VII (2022/2023) and engage with young people by sharing knowledge and skills within the Tech sector.

Please select the sessions you would like to volunteer or attend.*

St Cadoc's Primary: Careers/Skills Talk

St Cadoc's Primary: Digital Safety Talk

East Renfrewshire Council: Careers/Skills Talk

Saint Matthew's Academy: Career/Skills Talk

McLaren High School: Judge/Referee/Reviewer

Saint Matthew's Academy: Mentoring Opportunity

AFBE: Online STEM Talk

The Schools of Engineering and Technology: Supporting Teachers

Saint Matthew's Academy: Career/Skills Talk

Saint Matthew's Academy want to invite guest speakers to their First Lego League Club for Career/Skills talk. The volunteers can share experiences about how they got in their career and what a career in tech is like. It could be an informal chat or presentations (10 to 20 minutes long), allowing for plenty of time for questions and engagement.

Please indicate the date(s) you are available.*

Please provide details about what information/activities you would like to offer during your engagement (max. 500 characters).*

It could be an informal chat, quiz or presentations (anything from 10 to 20 minutes long)

Any other comments

AFBE: Online STEM Talk

AFBE (Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers) are looking for STEM professionals to give talks to inspire young people on their monthly Online STEM events.

Please indicate the date(s) you are available.*

Please provide details about what information/activities you would like to offer during your engagement (max. 500 characters).*

Any other comments

The Schools of Engineering and Technology: Supporting teachers

The Schools of Engineering and Technology are looking for industry support in-person to help support teachers in coding/programming, using LEGO Education Prime kits in different ways to support all learners.

Please indicate the date(s) you are available.*

Please provide details about what information/activities you would like to offer during your engagement (max. 500 characters).*

For this engagement, it should be some form of training/support to help teachers (approx 1hr or less)

Any other comments

East Renfrewshire Council: Career/Skills Talk

East Renfrewshire Council's DigiSTEM club are inviting female engineers and coders to give aspirational career/skills talks inspire female pupils in learning digital technology.

Please indicate the date(s) you are available.*

Please provide details about what information/activities you would like to offer during your engagement (max. 500 characters).*

It could be an informal chat, quiz or presentations (approx 1hr or less)

Any other comments

St Cadoc's Primary: Digital Safety Talk

St Cadoc's Primary School are looking for volunteers from industry who could share/discuss about responsible digital behaviour and staying safe online to pupils.

Please indicate the date(s) you are available.*

Please note: Timings will be within school hours 9 to 3:15pm (breaks at 10.40 to 10.55 and 12.35 to 1.35)

Please provide details about what information/activities you would like to offer during your engagement (max. 500 characters).*

It could be an informal chat, quiz or presentations (approx 45mins or less)

Any other comments

St Cadoc's Primary School: Career/Skills Talk

St Cadoc's Primary School Girls Coding Together Club would like to invite guest speaker(s) who could share/discuss the career opportunities to the girls to show them what can be achieved. In tandem, explaining the relevance of what they have been doing in school to a career in tech.

Please indicate the date(s) you are available:*

Please provide details about what information/activities you would like to offer during your engagement (max. 500 characters).

It could be an informal chat, quiz or presentations (anything from 10 to 40 minutes long)

Any other comments

McLaren High School: Judge/Referee/Reviewer

McLaren High School: Stirling-wide Robotics Primary competition involves 8-12 schools competing together. They are looking for Industry Partner(s) who could take part in the judging of the event, or be an enthusiastic adult there to chat to each team and offer positive feedback on their progress. Possibilities for a 2-3 minute speech during the awards ceremony and presentation of an award.

Please indicate if you would be available to attend in-person on 24 May 10am to 12.30pm:*

Yes

No

Please indicate what role would you like to undertake:*

Judge

Referee

Reviewer

Please provide details about what information/activities you would like to offer during your engagement (max. 500 characters).

Any other comments

Saint Matthew's Academy: Mentoring Opportunity

Saint Matthew's Academy are looking for guest speaker(s) to give a talk or a lesson in tech to help inspire female pupils to pursue tech/computing.

Please indicate the date(s) you are available:*

Please provide details about what information/activities you would like to offer during your engagement (max. 500 characters).

Any other comments

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Expression of Interest by Digital Xtra Industry Partners (2023/24)

Employee Engagement Opportunities

Saint Matthew's Academy: Career/Skills Talk

AFBE: Online STEM Talk

The Schools of Engineering and Technology: Supporting teachers

East Renfrewshire Council: Career/Skills Talk

St Cadoc's Primary: Digital Safety Talk

St Cadoc's Primary School: Career/Skills Talk

McLaren High School: Judge/Referee/Reviewer

Saint Matthew's Academy: Mentoring Opportunity