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• Technician Registration - An Introduction

  We believe a common framework of registration for STEM technicians will ensure the skills and knowledge learnt within technician pathways develop in line with industry’s needs. We are working with professional bodies to build this framework.

• Our Work with Physics Teachers - an introduction

  The shortage of physics teachers in the classroom continues to be a significant concern. Over the last decade we have undertaken a substantial programme of work designed to recruit and retain high quality physics teachers.

• ACME

  We support the Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education, which acts as a single voice for the mathematics education community to government, influencing policies with a view to improving the outcomes of mathematics teaching and learning.

• Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge

  Since 1991 we have provided substantial grant funding to Cambridge University’s Institute for Manufacturing. This support reflects our view that manufacturing is vital to the UK and our desire to foster interaction between universities and industry.

• Diagnostic Subject Knowledge Testing

  We are developing diagnostic tests to help define the subject knowledge required to be a specialist physics or chemistry teacher and to allow teachers to identify gaps in their own knowledge and find appropriate resources to address them.

• Gatsby Teacher Fellowships

  Gatsby Teacher Fellowships supported maths, science and design & technology teachers to carry out curriculum development by designing and implementing innovative projects to transform teaching and learning in their classes and subjects.

• Knowledge and Technology Transfer Projects

  From the early 1990s we funded several projects to strengthen partnerships between universities and industry. In 2010, as our involvement in the area of Knowledge and Technology Transfer drew to a close, we published a review of our work in the field.

• Learning Skills for Science

  This programme supports teachers in developing pupils’ research, problem-solving and communication skills relevant to science. Originally developed at the Weizmann Institute in Israel, we have adapted and developed it for use in the UK.

• Marketing Initiative for Teacher Recruitment

  We support the Marketing Initiative for Teacher Recruitment, which aims to increase the number of applicants to physics teacher training courses by helping training providers improve their marketing strategies, events and promotional material.

• Materials Science Education at Oxford University

  We funded the Oxford University Materials Science department to raise awareness of materials science by extending its school outreach programme and developing new courses and resources on materials science for teachers, trainees and pupils.