The National STEM Centre promotes collaboration across STEM education and houses the UK’s largest collection of STEM teaching & learning resources, allowing teachers online access to material previously only available in hard copy.

In 2008 we agreed one of our largest grants in support of education to create the National STEM Centre in York.  The Centre, co-located with the National Science Learning Centre, houses the UK's largest accessible physical library of resource materials to support the teaching and learning of science, design & technology, engineering and mathematics. 

The collections range across materials for the 5-19 age group, and include resources produced by government, learned societies, charitable foundations and commercial publishers.  Alongside contemporary materials - including print, multimedia, and practical resources - is a growing archive collection which showcases several decades of curriculum development. 

The video below gives an overview of the National STEM Centre, its facilities and its plans for the future.

Introduction to the National STEM Centre

In addition to the library of resource materials, a key aim of the Centre is to facilitate and promote greater collaboration between the many organisations working in STEM education. To this end, alongside national and regional stakeholder events, the Centre offers on-site facilities (including meeting rooms, event support, and hot-desking space) for STEM partners to support their work with schools and colleges.