Education/Industry Partners

We are working with the organisations below to deliver education/industry partnerships.

Leidos STEM Challenge

SSERC’s EIP with Leidos Innovations UK is in year three, with more to come. Year three of The Leidos/SSERC STEM Challenge has seen us partner with eight schools in Glasgow and the West.

 A combination of secondary, primary, and ASN schools have offered a series of career-based professional learning opportunities for staff and STEM challenges for their learners. Throughout the process, the growing STEM Ambassador team at Leidos has supported and mentored the staff and pupils.

This EIP celebrates and showcases its achievements at Leidos HQ in The Glasgow Skypark Building annually.

Leidos is a leading partner to the UK government and the Scottish government as well as having key client partners in transportation and energy. Leidos employs 1,200 people across the UK supporting technology and business process transformation programmes for clients such as the Home Office, the Ministry of Defence, the Metropolitan Police Service and NATS.

The success of this work in the UK and beyond shows that we are a trusted partner in the region and that our people can deliver innovative solutions to solve the most challenging problems.

For more information on Leidos (UK and Europe), visit their website at:  Leidos

Ocean Winds

The Education Industry Partnership between Ocean Winds and SSERC continues building on the success of each previous year.

With multiple STEM learning and engagement activities taking place across Scotland, young people can gain a greater awareness of the skills required by Ocean Winds for a career in the offshore wind sector.

Key successes include OW funded:

• STEM Leader Award, SL7, is the development and pilot of a new YSL Award aimed at young people in the senior phase of secondary school.

• FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge for 8 secondary schools in Moray, including training, robot kits, challenge kits and Regional Final at UHI Moray.

• EDT Industrial Cadets Bronze registration and Challenger activity days for S1/S2 pupils Fraserburgh Academy, Trinity High School and Royal High School.

• 34 wind turbine kits for secondary school teachers attending SSERC’s Environmental Science course.

• Prizes and Sponsorship of TechFest’s STEMNext essay competition for 16-19 year olds.

In addition, STEM engagement involves:

• 20 active STEM Ambassadors, delivering over 240 volunteering hours of activity this year.

• 6 OW mentors, supervised 4 Nuffield Research Placement students during Summer 2024.

• Support for DYW career events.

• Curriculum support for secondary schools.

For more information on Ocean Winds, visit their website at: OW

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