Invigorate - science and mathematics education
The continuing decline in the take up of mathematics and physical sciences among young people has serious consequences. Modern society requires a scientifically literate population and science itself must be constantly renewed by successive generations of talented young people. Across the UK, since 1991 entries for physics, mathematics and chemistry A-levels have fallen overall by 37%, 25% and 10% respectively.
The Royal Society is taking steps to reverse this trend and can play a key role in bringing together the broader scientific community. In pursuing what will be a substantially enlarged activity, we will concentrate on building common cause amongst key science and maths organisations to bring a co-ordinated voice to government through the SCORE and ACME partnerships.
Objectives
- Develop a Royal Society Science Education Policy Unit
- Create science and mathematics education research fellowships
- Support a co-ordinated, unified voice for science and maths education
- Bringing scientists and engineers into Schools
For further details of these four projects please click here
Each year, the Royal Society Partnership Grants scheme awards grants of up to £3,000 to support exciting and creative partnerships between schools and practising scientists and engineers. Each year, the Royal Society awards between 60 and 70 grants to both primary and secondary schools to run projects as diverse as investigating the bacteria growing on our skin to producing a sound-proofing material suitable for a school ICT suite. The Partnership Grant provides funding for: scientific equipment, kept by the school; travel for students to access research laboratories; expenses for the scientist or engineer partner; and teacher supply cover to plan the project and take children outside of the normal school curriculum.
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