We’ve some brilliant new ways to inspire students about future careers in Engineering, Digital, Operations and Computer Science thanks to our successful partnership with Amazon. Young people may never have considered STEM careers as an option – but that could be about to change!
Firstly, we have three very interactive Amazon career ‘tours’ (more about them below). Then we have two virtual events where students can hear LIVE from and chat to Amazon employees.
And it doesn’t stop there – Amazon volunteers can come into your school to support your own activities, giving students even more chances to explore and be inspired. Together with the tours and live events, it’s a powerful mix that makes STEM careers feel real and achievable for anyone.
Amazon career tours
Each career tour includes short videos from Amazon employees actually doing the job, and fun quizzes to recap learning. You can run these whenever suits you. And you can make it hugely interactive by having students compete against each other using their own devices, or play as a class without devices. Individual students can also watch these in their own time.
Teacher toolkits are also provided for each tour – from scripts to help with delivery to student learning handouts.
How to use the career tours:
- Start whenever and wherever using Kahoot! which is a games based learning platform – you don’t need an account or to sign up, so it’s really easy using the links provided.
- Run a career tour as a complete activity (times range from 30-50 minutes). Or they’re purposely designed so you can break them into sections or ‘stops’ on the way.
- Intersperse students’ learning by inviting workplace volunteers in virtually or in-person. This works in tandem to really bring careers to life, and students can ask questions too!
Tour 1: Robotics Fulfilment Centre Tour
In this tour students step inside Amazon’s world of super-fast fulfilment to meet the people who design and bring the technology to life. They’ll learn about hardware and software, how Amazon pick, pack and ship orders worldwide and how engineering is vital in facilitating this.
Tour 2 : Prime Video career tour
This c30 minute interactive tour explains how Amazon’s Prime Video is powered by AI, Machine Learning and lots more. Students will discover how Amazon delivers film and video content onto Prime Video and into your living room – using computer science paired with incredible people.
Tour 3 : Amazon Web Services – data centre career tour
This tour of Amazon’s Web Services will show students future careers directly from Amazon employees; to discover the technology behind cloud computing. Learn the part that STEM roles play in defending the cloud from cyber attacks, where data centres fit in and how you can stream from anywhere at anytime.
LIVE virtual events for schools
We’re running two live events – one in October for Primary schools and another in November for Secondary/Colleges – both are free to schools, and we welcome as many schools as possible to join us on Zoom for these really interactive sessions.
Event 1 : Inspiring STEM futures – fulfilment centre
Wed 15 October 2025 (primary)
Join this fun, virtual event where pupils will hear from different Amazon employees about their jobs, how they discovered it and lots of insider knowledge. It’s interactive and specifically aimed at primary age children. They can quiz our volunteers and see the amazing technology and robots used in fulfilling millions of orders.
Event 2 : Inspiring STEM careers – streaming and cloud
Wed 12 November 2025 (secondary)
This brilliant, virtual event involves engineers working on cutting-edge streaming and cloud technologies. Students will hear first-hand about the innovative work driving these industries, discover what a typical day is like and explore the skills and technology that make it all happen.
Invite engineers into your school
We have MANY Amazon and other STEM career volunteers that you can invite into your school. You can search for volunteers on the Inspiring the Future platform by job title and sector – and if they’re not local to you, invite them to join you virtually!
They’ll be happy to talk about their job, what inspired them to take the STEM route, what subjects are useful to have, different types of engineers and lots more.
Speaking to someone actually ‘doing the job’ makes a world of difference.
I’m an employer – how can we get involved?
There are various ways you can work with Inspiring the Future – opportunities include…
- encouraging your employees to volunteer and visit schools (online or in person)
- funding a specific project of your choice (that inspires the next generation of engineers for example, or targets young people in a specific area or demographic)
- hosting a careers-related event at your workspace
- featuring in our video resources for schools
- joining our teacher training sessions to educate schools on the sector.
For anything relating to Inspiring the Future please complete the expression of interest form and we can have a chat about how you can get involved – however big or small. We are a small charity and greatly appreciate anything you can do.
I work in a school and this is perfect for inspiring our students
That’s great to hear! When you join Inspiring the Future, you immediately gain access to our workplace volunteers – there are tens of thousands of them from really diverse sectors and walks of life. You have direct access to them – you don’t need to come through us to arrange anything. It’s whenever suits you to fit in with your curriculum, your timescales and your vision.
They have amazing experiences that will inspire you – and your students!
It’s quick and easy to join Inspiring the Future – and there’s no cost to schools.
I’d like to join as a volunteer
We’re always on the lookout for lovely new people to join our 90,000+ strong volunteers from the world of work. Whatever sector or walk of life you’re from, we’d love you to join us in making a difference to young people’s futures.
The impact can be immediate – both for you and for them. It is hugely rewarding and important work. And you only have to give one hour a year.
About Amazon Future Engineer
Amazon Future Engineer is a comprehensive childhood-to-career program aimed at increasing access to computer science education for students from underserved and underrepresented communities.
It provides students with increased access to computer science and career exploration across a whole range of age groups.
Programmes for primary pupils range from Virtual Career Talks, Fulfilment Centre Tours, Coding with Python plus more! For secondary school students and teachers there are comprehensive tours, competitions, challenges and career exploration Class Chats.
Learn more at www.amazonfutureengineer.co.uk
