What are the benefits of STEM Assured?
For those providers that meet the
STEM Assured standard, there are a range
of associated benefits:
- Recognition of high performing STEM departments
- Ensures a high level of consistency in the quality of STEM education and training
- Industry confidence in the STEM education and training provided
- Potential for industrial partnerships, generating additional revenue streams fro
the college
- Improved employability of learners
- Better clarity of the learner journey
- Promoting cross-curricular collaboration in teaching & learning, KTT and business
innovation
- Joining a network of STEM Assured colleges
Headline:
STEM Assured is the standard for assuring the delivery of
vocational STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education and
training.
The standard has been specifically developed to assure the quality of an integrated,
cross - curricular approach to STEM vocational education. It is an outcomes-based
standard driven by the need to assure a more coherent, multi- and inter-disciplinary
approach to vocational STEM education and training.
The
STEM Assured process involves a critical review of a provider’s strategy
and approach to ensure their vocational STEM offer meets the needs of employers
and sectors. STEM Assured adds an industry-led assurance component to existing quality
assurance standards and/or systems.
The standard highlights performance in six areas – strategy and planning, engagement,
design and delivery, innovation, standards and impact.
The STEM Assured standard is applicable to Further Education colleges and other
vocational STEM training providers who have achieved quality marks such as high
Ofsted ratings in STEM subject areas, and other schemes (e.g TQS, IIP, Matrix).
Why do you need STEM Assured?
STEM Assured is the only standard that focuses on the quality and approach
to STEM education and training. Achievement of the standard validates your approach
to training and highlights areas of strength, specialism and capability. The
STEM
Assured standard can subsequently be used in your engagement with potential
learners and employer engagement activities.
Contact us to find out more.