2. National HE STEM Programme 21 October 2008 Sarah Howls and Sarbani Banerjee

3. HEFCE support to raise demand Sustaining STEM

4. STEM demand raising projects Royal Academy of Engineering awarded £4.37 million for the London Engineering Project. Institute of Physics awarded £2.91 million for Stimulating Physics. A maths consortium led by the HE Academy subject centre for Maths, Stats and OR awarded £3.3 million for More Maths Grads. Royal Society of Chemistry awarded £5.25 million for Chemistry for our Future Project.

5. Current Regional Coverage Chemistry For Our Future South East, Yorkshire & Humber, North East Partial Rollout: North West, London, East Midlands London Engineering Project London More Maths Grads Yorkshire & Humber, West Midlands, London Stimulating Physics South East, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands

6. Adapting to change Moving to a National Programme

7. The changing environment DCSF 5-19 STEM Programme Increasing focus on STEM skills (Sainsbury review, Innovation Nation, Higher Education at Work) Employer engagement priorities Final report of the SIVS advisory group

8. Shaping the National Programme (1) Enhancement and enrichment – avoid duplication Minimise competition between subject strands Continuing focus on widening participation New and equal focus on skills and employer engagement

9. Shaping the National Programme (2) Impact and sustainability Sector owned and sector driven Location Governance

10. Identifying the host institution An invitation

11. Call for proposals Key criteria: Sustainable provision in the four key disciplines Senior management engagement and support Employer engagement Individual to lead National Programme bid development Outline of infrastructural support Costs Value added

12. A question of time We don’t have much of it: Call issued this week Proposals for host HEI submitted noon Friday 21 November 2008 Discussion with short listed institutions Final decision communicated by 28 November 2008 National Programme bid to be submitted in spring 2009 Board decision May 2009

13. National HE STEM Programme Contact:Sarah Howls, s.howls@hefce.ac.uks.howls@hefce.ac.uk Alex Lewis, a.lewis@hefce.ac.uka.lewis@hefce.ac.uk