How can science, technology and engineering industries support your school? STEM Learning’s ENTHUSE programme offers some answers
Growing STEM
education T
he UK has a strong reputation for STEM education – and the not-for-profit organisation
STEM Learning intends to keep it that way. Backed by funding from government, charities, trusts, foundations and businesses, its goal is to establish a world-leading STEM education, raising attainment among young people and inspiring them into careers in the field. STEM Learning is the country’s
leading provider of CPD to primary and secondary teachers, with a wide range of educational experts (including former teachers, heads of departments and scientists with experience in schools) who design
and deliver training and produce the more than 15,000 free resources for schools and colleges on its website. At the heart of STEM Learning’s
activities is the ENTHUSE Partnerships programme. This delivers bespoke long-term learning support for groups of schools, in collaboration with STEM employers and local delivery partners (usually education consultancies). Around 150 partnerships of between six and ten schools were established last year, each with a dedicated advisor. Running over two years, each ENTHUSE Partnership receives £25,000 worth of support and has a projected reach of around 64 teachers and 6,400 young people.
With a budget provided by local
STEM employers, each partnership can bring together all of STEM Learning’s initiatives – from teacher CPD to STEM ambassador role models from industry, summer camps, work experience, volunteering, STEM clubs and teacher placements in industry or university. Schools also gain from working with each other, often across the primary/secondary divide. While each partnership is designed as a unique programme, there is a common focus on building student aspiration, attainment and careers awareness. As well as covering the costs of
CPD and travel, funding is also available for cover teaching so that teachers are freed up to attend training. As STEM Learning’s partnership development officer Danny Knight says: ‘We are well aware of the pressures on teachers’ time. One teacher who was attending training on augmented reality skills said she wouldn’t have been able to attend without her cover being paid for. She would still
‘The world is rapidly
changing in these subject areas and it’s really
important teachers have up-to-date knowledge’
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