ENTHUSE Partnerships empower schools, colleges and employers to share practise and work collaboratively with the aim to achieve:
SSERC is currently leading the following ENTHUSE partnerships in Scotland:
Amazon
Supported by Amazon, a large number of educators and their learners are benefitting from a series of professional learning events linked to digital technologies and the use of Vex robotics products for primary learning.
With opportunities across the entire 3-18 curriculum, we also designed a bespoke 2-day professional learning event for secondary teachers of Computing Science, hosted by the digital team at West Lothian College.
Apax
Supported by APAX, educators and learners move into year 2 with a professional learning event planned to take place in September 2024. Educators and schools involved have already received resources and input on VEX Go and the extended STEM capabilities of this resource.
In year 2, we will use another VEX product, VEX 123, which is much more aimed at Computing Science in the early years. A showcase event to demonstrate the impact of the 2 years of this programme is planned for early 2025.
BP Super Enthuse Partnership
In September 2024 a two-day professional learning event took place at Aberdeen Science Centre with 20 delegates taking part. Our workshops covered curricular areas such as forces, energy, electricity, renewables and other key STEM themes. An impact update took place in February 2024 with the funders. Year 2 has been planned: a 2-day event covering engineering and biodiversity in November at the Aberdeen Science Centre and a showcase event in May 2025.
UK Space Agency
This Enthuse Partnership is now underway with a creative and pioneering method of delivery, ensuring we reach even more teachers than before. Online events are taking place for 20+ primary schools across Scotland in space-based professional learning and our partner schools are also working towards the Space Education Quality Mark. This partnership launched in early 2024 and will run through to Easter 2025 with STEM Ambassadors from the space sector in Scotland supporting the wealth of activity taking place in schools.
Caterpillar Foundation
This Enthuse Partnership launched in early 2024 with an online welcome followed by a 2-day professional learning event for teachers of Environmental Science. We will continue to work with the group into the 2024/2025 academic year, supporting them to work with STEM Ambassadors in their classrooms and enhance their delivery of the Young STEM Leader Programme.
Charles River Laboratories
Supported by Charles River (Tranent) SSERC and a team of schools have now completed this year-long professional learning course. The aim is to identify ways - via a shared appreciation and understanding of mathematical techniques - to enhance learning for young people and ultimately contribute to raising attainment in STEM subjects via numeracy.
BP: Bucksburn and Dyce learning communities in Aberdeen
This partnership launched in early 2021 and made excellent progress over the last two years. . The focus was on building a consistent approach to maths and numeracy learning and teaching via a series of professional learning events for teaching staff in both clusters in primary and secondary schools. The hope is that there will be increased achievement and attainment in numeracy for learners across primary and secondary education. BP and La Salle Education supported the partnership.
Jacobs: Glasgow and West
SSERC has now completed this hugely successful partnership with Jacobs, their large team of STEM Ambassadors and partnership secondary schools in Glasgow and the West. A legacy event took place at Shawlands Academy to celebrate the impact.
Aramco: Northeast
This Partnership ended in March 2024 with an online showcase event focussing on the schools sharing impact evidence that the 2-year programme has made a difference in educators' pedagogy, learner experience, and sustained impact of change. Over the 2 years of the programme, the schools involved have developed their knowledge and skills in areas of Physics, Engineering, Construction and Digital Technologies.
Spectris: Dundee
This partnership ended in March 2024 with an online showcase event focussing on the schools sharing impact evidence that the 2-year programme has made a difference in educators' pedagogy, learner experience, and sustained impact of change. Over the 2 years of the programme, the schools involved have developed their knowledge and skills in Physics, Engineering, Construction and Digital Technologies.
Intergen: The M in STEM
Supported by Intergen Rocksavage, SSERC and a team of schools have now completed this year-long professional learning course. The aim is to identify ways - via a shared appreciation and understanding of mathematical techniques - to enhance learning for young people and ultimately contribute to raising attainment in STEM subjects via numeracy.