This month our Community Focus is on Leadership and development and STEM Learning is exploring the potential to develop a Level 3 Laboratory Technician Apprenticeship for schools, in partnership with Best Practice Network, an established apprenticeship training provider. The programme would be...
The countdown to Tuesday 3 March 2026 has officially begun. Join us for this exciting free virtual event adventure for everyone, presented by the UK’s European Space Education Resource Office (ESERO-UK) at STEM Learning and in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the UK...
When we talk about Leadership and Development, it’s easy to picture formal CPD: a course, a certificate, a training day with a workbook and a follow-up quiz. Useful? Absolutely. But it’s not the whole story. Some of the most impactful professional learning I’ve experienced (and witnessed)...
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Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a global moment to celebrate achievements, spotlight role models, and keep pushing for full and equal participation in STEM. UNESCO’s 2026 theme is “From vision to impact: redefining STEM by closing the gender gap”, a great...
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The Week in Education (3–10 Feb 2026): what STEM teachers might want to notice A conversational long-read pulling together education headlines (and a few wider stories) from Schools Week, FE Week, Tes, Sky News and the EEF. 1) Reading, curriculum access, and the “what do we put in front...
Leadership, development and real-world routes: Celebrating National Apprenticeship Week February’s Focus of the Month is Leadership and Development, and few pathways develop confidence, capability and career readiness quite like a high-quality STEM apprenticeship. National...
Each year on 11 February, we celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a moment to recognise the achievements of women in Science and to reflect on the work still needed to make science and engineering truly inclusive for everyone. Across the STEM Community and here at STEM...
We are delighted to announce that the 2026 IOP Awards for Teachers of Physics and School and Further Education Technicians are now open for nominations. Visit iop.org/awards to find out more and make a nomination. Complete your nomination by Sunday 15 March 2026. ...
You’ve qualified and you feel you should know everything, but secretly you don’t – now what? Liz Gibbs I was lucky in my early career. My first teaching job was in a tiny village school where everybody knew everybody. I took over from the local butcher’s wife who had taught Year 2 in...
AI Sprints are about people, stories and truth. So often in education, we hear from people who claim to predict the future by describing the present, and they do it with such conviction. Somewhere in the noise lie the reliable voices. Those who have genuine stories to tell, ones of...
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