Science and Engineering Education - Grants Paid 2007-8
 

2007-2008
Total £7,078,210
Total payments made in 2007 - 2008 (from new and previous grants)
Association for Science Education £157,400
Towards a training programme for the professional development of school technicians.
Birmingham Local Education Authority £228,280
Towards the Collegiate Academy Partnership.
Gatsby Technical Education Projects (GTEP) £3,036,597
Towards GTEP programmes and core office costs:
• the Science Enhancement Programme (SEP)
• a fellowship programme for Further Education lectures
• the Physics Enhancement Programme
• the Gatsby Teacher Fellowships Programme
• the Teacher Effectiveness Enhancement Programme (TEEP)
Loughborough University of Technology £98,000
Towards a feasibility study to facilitate innovation in sports technology SMEs.
Manchester Metropolitan University £78,547
Towards the costs of the 'Realistic Mathematics Education Programme'
Mathematics in Education & Industry (MEI) £136,950
Towards the support and delivery of a range of mathematics programmes.
New Engineering Foundation £446,650
Towards the support and delivery of a range of programmes in the FE sector.
Royal Academy of Engineering £616,711
Towards the Best programme, the life sciences management fellowships programme, and support for the 14-19 Engineering Diploma.
Royal Society £1,185,888
Towards the costs of the Advisory Committee for Mathematics Education and to support the creation of a science education policy unit.
STEMNET £67,350
Towards the costs of disseminating good practice from after-school science and engineering clubs.
University of Cambridge £260,399
Towards the costs of a programme to support newly qualified science and design and technology teachers;
a design and technology leadership course;
the running costs of the Manufacturing Professor Forum;
implementation of the Growmore initiative; a review of the evolution of the IfM; and supporting a senior research fellowship at the IfM.
University of Middlesex £252,006
Towards the costs of the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP).
University of Oxford £171,862
Towards a programme to promote materials science in schools and colleges.
University of Sussex £157,937
Towards a Fellowship in ‘Understanding and Improving Technology Transfer in the UK’ and towards a pilot programme to train science teachers using live, interactive video communication.
The beneficiaries below received grant payments totalling less than £50,000
Daphne Jackson Trust £2,072
Engineering Development Trust £11,000
Foundation for Science & Technology £8,000
Israeli-Palestinian Science Organisation £38,519
Teach First £23,750
Techniquest £6,375
University of Manchester £45,000
University of York £48,917