Produced by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), these case studies describe work done by practitioners focusing on engaging employers with STEM teaching and learning in order to develop courses and materials that effectively meet employers’ needs and arm students with relevant, up to date industry...

From the Learning Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), this document summarises their Exploring Improvements in Teaching and Learning Through Employer Engagement project. It looked at developing links between institutions and employers in the Post-16 sector. The outcomes of the project can be seen in the series of...

There is widespread agreement about the importance of mathematics for individuals and for wider society. The Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education (ACME) believes that all students should receive high quality mathematics teaching from teachers who are themselves professional learners. A world-class education...

These booklets from the the Mathematics Centre at the University of Chichester have been developed primarily for teachers of students in the 16-19 age range with the support of projects and working groups such as the Training Agency funded Flexible Learning Approaches in the Sixth Form Mathematics Project and TEAM...

Engaging Mathematics 1, written by David Wells, first invites the reader to ask questions that relate to given situations. Mathematical growth often mirrors the questions and problems posed at the time. The reader is taken through some past developments in order to...

Engaging Mathematics 2, written by David Wells, invites the reader to reflect on their own mathematical activity. Do you tackle mathematics by turning to paper and pen, the computer, experimental apparatus or think in images and/or symbols? It is likely that the reader...

The third booklet in the Engaging Mathematics series, written by David Wells, invites the reader to consider different ways of looking at situations. Being able to relate to situations, experiences, structures, language and form is an important feature of learning. This...

Mathcentre provide these resources which cover a selection of the mathematics used in the field of engineering and include working with Fractions, aspects of Algebra and Arithmetic, through to Differentiation, Integration, Matrices and Complex Numbers.

They aim to offer support to students, in the early...

Opportunities for engineers exist at all levels and these career route maps from Neon show various routes through education and training to become a professional engineer in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Published by LSIS, this case study looks at a project at Nelson and Colne College. The college applied for funding from the LSIS STEM Programme to devise and deliver an action research project that would meet the needs of college students.

The team began by collecting the GCSE English Language data of...

Produced by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), this case study looks at the theme of embedding functional skills. From Strode College, the project engaged practitioners with professional development designed to share practice in subject knowledge and delivery of functional skills.

It aimed...

This booklet, provided by More Maths Grads, has been designed to highlight the ways that mathematics is used in daily life. There are a selection of enrichment activities which include games, card tricks and puzzles that can be used to demonstrate how much fun mathematics can be, as well as the many ways in which...

Produced in 2011 by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), these case studies describe work done by practitioners to develop enrichment and enhancement activities for students studying STEM-based subjects. These projects, drawn from across the FE and skills sector, present a wide range of possible ways...