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Becoming a STEM Enthusiast

A range of free videos about STEM subjects for outreach activities and staff development have been produced by the Becoming a STEM Enthusiast project:

Outreach - Making Choices: Why Choose STEM Subjects? (1 short clip, 1 long clip)

Outreach - Stepping Up:...

Action on Access

The Action on Access mission is to promote inclusivity and diversity, and the broadest possible access to higher education. They shape and influence both policy and practice and broker dialogue between policy-makers and practitioners. They also challenge...

Cogent Sector Skills Council

Cogent is the UK's industry skills body for chemicals, pharmaceuticals, nuclear, oil and gas, petroleum and polymer businesses, and we also have a key role in meeting the skills needs of emerging technologies.

As an employer-led Sector Skills Council...

National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement

The National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement [NCCPE] was established in 2008 as part of the £9.2m Beacons for Public Engagement initiative.

The Beacons for Public Engagement initiative is a four-year project designed to create a culture change...

National STEM Organisations

Below you'll find a list of national STEM providers whose work should be of use and / or interest to STEM practitioners:

BrightsideUNIAID

Our vision is of a society where all individuals are inspired and empowered to achieve their potential through...

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Widening Participation Articles & Reports

Alongside reports and updates from our own WP projects and useful resources that can be accessed through our Good Practice Guide, the below STEM and widening participation-related articles, documents and reports have helped inform our work:

Austin M & Hatt S (2005) The Messengers are the Message: A Study of the Effects of Employing HE Student Ambassadors to Work with School Students, Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, Vol 7 No 1

Budd C (2003) Communicating Maths and Science, MSOR Connections, Vol 3 No 2

Coyne J & Goodfellow J (2008) Report to the Secretary of State, DIUS, on Universities' Links with Schools in STEM Subjects

Dyson J (2010) Ingenious Britain: Making the UK the Leading High Tech Exporter in Europe, A Report for the Conservatives

Gartland C, Hawthorne H & McLoughlin CM (2010) Discourses, Identities & Learning: Implications for the Training of Student Ambassadors in Engineering, output from the London Engineering Project

Harrison M (2009) The London Engineering Project Evaluation Report

Harrison T & Shallcross DE (2009) What should be expected of successful engagement between schools, colleges and universities, SSR, 91(335)

Institute of Maths and its Applications (2010) More Maths Grads Final Report

Norton T & Thomas H (2009) Beyond the Curriculum: Opportunities to Enhance Employability and Future Life Choices

Regional Employment and Skills Partnership (2009) STEM: Demand and Supply of Skills in the South West

Sandford P (2008) Widening Participation in HE - Perceptions, output from the London Engineering Project

Streeting W & Wise G (2009) Rethinking the values of higher education - consumption, partnership, community?, A Report for the QAA