The National STEM Centre was established through funding from the Gatsby Charitable Foundation as a result of recommendations from the 2006 STEM Programme Report. You may find out more about the Centre’s objectives and activity in the 'About us' section of this website.

At the heart of the National STEM Centre is our purpose built physical library, housing extensive collections of support materials for teachers and lecturers. The collections are available for visitors to view onsite, and selected collections are available online through our eLibrary.

The National STEM Centre leads the government's STEM Programme, bringing together business, industry, charitable organisations, professional bodies and others with an interest in STEM education to facilitate closer collaboration and more effective support for schools and colleges.

As part of our STEM Programme work the Centre offers facilities to support the work of partner organisations (our 'STEM Associates').

Yes. Teachers, lecturers and STEM organisations are welcome to visit the National STEM Centre physical resource collections throughout the year. You may arrange a visit by contacting us, but please give us at least 24 hours' notice. A member of the team will contact you to make arrangements for your visit.

For schools, colleges and STEM Associates who wish to use the Centre’s meeting and events facilities (see ‘What we offer’) please email enquiries@nationalstemcentre.org.uk.

For STEM Associates interested in collaborating with the National STEM Centre please contact the Centre’s Director, Jenifer Burden, by email enquiries@nationalstemcentre.org.uk.

The STEM tab on the top menu bar provides links to a range of information and support for STEM education.

Visit STEM in your region to find out about a range of STEM educational support in your region. This section of the site also provides a context for major STEM industries and employers in your region.

You may subscribe to our Newsletter when you register. To keep up to date with regular News stories posted on the National STEM Centre website subscribe to our news Webfeed.

The National STEM Centre is not a funding organisation and does not award any grants.

The Centre is currently offering two specific funding projects to support STEM teachers and lecturers:

• During 2010/11, in partnership with the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics, we are offering a small number of grants to foster STEM Knowledge Networks in schools and colleges. The application process for grants has now closed. If you are interested in finding out about the work of a STEM Knowledge Network in your region, please contact us.
• In August 2011 we will be running a residential summer school for teachers new to A-level Mathematics. Attendance at the summer school is subsidised by funding from the Clothworkers' Foundation. Applications for the 2011 summer school are not yet open. To be notified of the application opening date, please register for our Newsletter and/or newsfeed.

The National STEM Centre team includes colleagues with STEM education expertise, who often contribute to conferences and events. For further information please email enquiries@nationalstemcentre.org.uk.

Many organisations offer formal continuing professional development opportunities for STEM teachers and lecturers.

The UK has a large number of organisations with a strong tradition of supporting STEM education. Government, charities, subject associations, learned societies and industry partners are committed to working with teachers and lecturers in engaging young people with STEM subjects. Organisations sharing this ambition are welcome as STEM Associates at the National STEM Centre. For further information please visit the STEM Associates section of this website or contact us.

We welcome possibilities for collaboration, please contact the Centre's Director, Jenifer Burden, via enquiries@nationalstemcentre.org.uk.

We appreciate feedback on the National STEM Centre website and eLibrary. Please contact us with your suggestions for improving our service.

The majority of resource collections in the eLibrary do not require you to sign in to the site.

However, there are some collections that are available only to registered users of the eLibrary. This enables us to record how popular particular resources are, and provide more detailed feedback to resource providers. Also, you will not be able to download video from the eLibrary unless you are logged in.

There are other benefits to registering and logging in with the eLibrary. For example, on your 'my dashboard' page you will receive bespoke suggestions of resources that you may find interesting, for example, when new materials are added to the eLibrary. Registered users are also able to share their expertise by rating and/or commenting on resources, which helps us to improve the eLibrary service.

Registering with the website is straightforward. Once you have registered simply select ‘Sign in’ from the very top of the webpage and enter your email address and password.

Any registered user of the eLibrary may rate and comment on a resource. We are also working with a group of Teacher Associates who are writing longer reviews of resources they have used in their classroom. If you are interested in working with us on developing the eLibrary we would love to hear from you. Please contact us with 'Teacher Associate' included in the subject line.

We are currently working on the next phase of development, which will enable members of the National STEM Centre community to share their own resources.

Problems with viewing certain media files may be due to the particular browser versions. If you are using Internet Explorer you may wish to try using a different browser instead, such as Firefox: www.mozilla.org/firefox. If you are using Windows 2000 or Windows XP and you are unable to view particular resources, please contact us describing your problem, your feedback is very useful in helping us to improve the eLibrary service.

The National STEM Centre is committed to helping resource providers disseminate their STEM resource materials to teachers and lecturers. Please contact us if you would like to discuss building a collection in the eLibrary.

Copyright for the resources within the eLibrary rests with the providers of the materials. Resource files in the eLibrary are covered by specific copyright information, which can be found by following the link beside each resource file. Full details of copyright restrictions are available in our Terms & Conditions.