Overview
Our objectives
The key objectives of the National STEM Centre are to:
- Bring together STEM partners with a shared mission to support STEM education - facilitating collaboration.
- House the UK's largest collection of STEM teaching and learning resources - providing teachers of STEM subjects with the ability to access a wide range of support materials.
The National STEM Centre is funded by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation
STEM teaching and learning resources
The National STEM Centre houses the largest open collection of resources for teachers of science, design and technology, engineering and mathematics in the UK.
Alongside contemporary resource materials including print, multimedia, and practical resources, is a growing archive collection, which showcases several decades of curriculum development.
Resources for use with early years to post-16 students are freely available as physical and eLibrary collections. The eLibrary currently contains over 4,000 teaching resources for the STEM subjects.
More information for visitors to the physical library can be found in the document below and you can search the physical library catalogue.
Facilitating STEM education collaboration
The National STEM Centre:
- Brings 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.
- Provides on-site facilities for STEM partners to support their work with schools and colleges (including meeting rooms, event support, and hot-desking space). These facilities are available to our STEM Associates (partner organisations, schools and colleges).