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Welcome to the STEM Community.  It's a safe, professional space for you to collaborate with fellow professionals to find solutions which unlock your potential. As members of the community, you can build a supportive network and explore ways to improve the quality of your teaching.  It's your STEM Community, there's so much that you - the members - will learn from each other and we are here to learn from you too!  We'll encourage you, stimulate some discussion and, from time to time, signpost some useful things.  We're excited to find out what you will discover and share with your fellow members...

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    You’re Qualified - Not Finished

    By: Tim Bradbury 5 days ago
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    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 the same classroom for 30 years. Talk about big, experienced shoes to fill. One day a pupil wanted to ...

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    AI Sprints: Finding the Stories Worth Telling

    By: Alex More 10 days ago
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    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 transformation and hope. This is why I started the AI Sprints – to surface the stories worth telling, and to give people ...

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    Weekly news round up: 28/01/26

    By: Tim Bradbury 11 days ago
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    The Week in Education: What mattered for STEM 21–28 January 2026 Policy pulse: phones off, AI on Phone-free school day affirmed. The education secretary wrote to heads stating schools should be “phone-free environments” all day, including breaks and not using phones as calculators. Expect inspectors to check policies and consistency in practice. Sky coverage: phone-free letter AI ...

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    Weekly news round up: 20/01/26

    By: Tim Bradbury 19 days ago
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    This Week in Education (UK) – 14–20 January 2026 Welcome back to your weekly round-up tailored for UK STEM teachers. Below you’ll find the key developments from the past seven days, with a STEM-first lens but a full view of the wider education landscape. Where stories overlap (e.g. multiple outlets covering the same announcement), I’ve consolidated to avoid duplication and highlighted the most actionable ...

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    Samsung Solve for Tomorrow: Breaking barriers in STEM

    By: Tim Bradbury 23 days ago
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    Last week on STEM Community Live, I was joined by Jessie Soohyun Park, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at Samsung, and Becky Patel, Head of Education and Learning at Tech She Can, to explore a topic that feels more urgent than ever: how we break down barriers into STEM and technology, and how schools can help young people develop the skills they’ll need for a rapidly changing future. At ...

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    The 2025 Chemist-tree Champions

    By: Tim Bradbury 23 days ago
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    The Winners of the 2025 Chemist-Tree Competition are... 🥇 1st Place @Katherine Groves Katherine takes the top spot with a show-stopping Chemist-tree creation that wowed the community. 🥈 2nd Place @Laura Winter Laura’s beautiful and cleverly crafted decoration earned her second place. 🥉 3rd Place @Louise Mair Louise’s entry impressed with its balance of design and ...