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National HE STEM Programme
21 October 2008
Sarah Howls and Sarbani Banerjee
HEFCE support to raise demand
Sustaining STEM
STEM demand raising projects
• Royal Academy of Engineering awarded £4.37 million for the London Engineering Project.
• Institute of Physics awarded £2.91 million for Stimulating Physics.
• A maths consortium led by the HE Academy subject centre for Maths, Stats and OR awarded £3.3 million for More Maths Grads.
• Royal Society of Chemistry awarded £5.25 million for Chemistry for our Future Project.
Current Regional Coverage
• Chemistry For Our Future• South East, Yorkshire & Humber, North East• Partial Rollout: North West, London, East Midlands
• London Engineering Project• London
• More Maths Grads• Yorkshire & Humber, West Midlands, London
• Stimulating Physics• South East, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands
Adapting to change
Moving to a National Programme
The changing environment
• DCSF 5-19 STEM Programme
• Increasing focus on STEM skills (Sainsbury review, Innovation Nation, Higher Education at Work)
• Employer engagement priorities
• Final report of the SIVS advisory group
Shaping the National Programme (1)
• Enhancement and enrichment – avoid duplication
• Minimise competition between subject strands
• Continuing focus on widening participation
• New and equal focus on skills and employer engagement
Shaping the National Programme (2)
• Impact and sustainability
• Sector owned and sector driven
• Location
• Governance
Identifying the host institution
An invitation
Call for proposals
Key criteria:
• Sustainable provision in the four key disciplines
• Senior management engagement and support
• Employer engagement
• Individual to lead National Programme bid development
• Outline of infrastructural support
• Costs
• Value added
A question of time
We don’t have much of it:
• Call issued this week
• Proposals for host HEI submitted noon Friday 21 November 2008
• Discussion with short listed institutions
• Final decision communicated by 28 November 2008
• National Programme bid to be submitted in spring 2009
• Board decision May 2009
