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05 Mar 2010
The situation is really serious. It is a good regulation and the effect on training is unintended, but it has reduced opportunities for teachers - Professor John Holman, national director for STEM
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25 Feb 2010
Thursday 25th February sees the launch of the UK’s first Lab 13 at a secondary school. Crown Hills Community College in Leicester will be unveiling its new dedicated science space, where experiments are driven by imagination and curiosity, independently of the curriculum.
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10 Feb 2010
Over 70 pupils aged 11–22 years from across the East Midlands will hone their reporter skills when they gather for the fifth regional STEM Student Journalist Media Workshop on Thursday 11th February. They will join the growing army of young writers and film-makers who have been recruited by the East Midlands Development Agency (emda)-funded STEM Partnership, to boost the coverage of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) news stories. The forthcoming National Science and Engineering Week (NSEW), 12-21 March, will be an ideal platform for the students to start their STEM reporting.
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27 Jan 2010
The National Space Centre's Space Academy team has been invited to take centre-stage at the world's largest space education conference at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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26 Jan 2010
A new masters-degree training course to develop specialist maths teachers in primary schools is being launched in the county. The professional Mathematics Specialist Teacher Programme (MaST) has been created following recommendations in an independent review of maths teaching in early years settings and primary schools. It states that every primary school should have access to a Mathematics Specialist Teacher by 2019.
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06 Jan 2010
One group of UK students could be about to follow in the footsteps of Charles Darwin on a voyage to the Galapagos Islands. The trip is first prize in a competition being organised by the Wellcome Trust to celebrate the end of Darwin 200, the bicentenary of Darwin's birth.
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09 Dec 2009
Engaging young people with Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) subjects is vital to the future of the UK's economy. This was the resounding message at the East Midlands Development Agency (emda) conference held at the Nottingham Science Park on 18 November 2009. The event saw representatives from educational institutions, regional businesses, industries, and local authorities gather to learn about the East Midlands and “Enriching the STEM workforce of tomorrow”.
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09 Dec 2009
Schools and students have been successful in the regional awards designed to inspire the interest of East Midlands students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) subjects.