STEM Subjects

(asked on 18th January 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to encourage young people to pursue STEM subjects at school, college and university.


Answered by
Nick Gibb Portrait
Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 26th January 2018

The Government is committed to tackling our shortage of STEM skills so we can grow the workforce that a dynamic and growing economy continues to require. The Department is doing this by investing £406 million to increase pupil participation in maths, digital and technical education. This includes a new post-16 maths premium and a new £84 million programme to improve the teaching of computing – both of which should encourage increased take-up of these subjects.

The Department has committed to improving STEM careers advice in schools in the recently published Careers Strategy. The Department is also widening the pool of young people that consider engineering as a career through the Year of Engineering campaign, which will showcase the variety and creativity of modern engineering.

To improve the development of technical STEM skills, the Department is introducing T levels, which will be developed with employers, and provide progression opportunities into skilled work or higher level study, including degrees.

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