The MA in STEM Education provides a national, international and practically-oriented understanding of the ways in which core debates across formal and informal STEM education can shape responses to pressing social and environmental questions.
Students on the programme explore new ways to teach and engage people with STEM, as well as discussing the benefits of using innovative approaches to teaching climate change. By further developing their own STEM educational practice, they formulate and already apply practical responses to the question: What will STEM education look like in the future?
The WIPRO scholarship, opening up opportunities for teachers. For many of the teachers who have studied on this programme, the scholarship played a significant role in their initial decision-making to apply. While they wanted to think more deeply about their STEM education practice, they needed the financial support of the scholarships to be able to explore STEM education research and practice further.
Harry Gowlett, 2022 alumni, teaching full-time as a D&T teacher in Norwich, said: “When considering completing a Master’s course, I was concerned about how I would fund my studies, as there are very few funding opportunities currently available. The WIPRO scholarship significantly contributed to being able to complete the MA STEM Education course, without such an opportunity I would have seriously debated whether to complete the course or not.”
His classmate Rasha Jomaa, 2022 alumni, a full-time physics teacher in West London, said: “Being awarded the scholarship for the MA STEM Education allowed me to access an opportunity that may not have been achievable otherwise. Although the Master’s course is of great value, I may not have been able to cover the expense without the scholarship.”
