Five Tribes - Personalising Engineering Education

The core work showing the value of addressing the needs of all communities in the promotion of engineering in  society.  ©IMechE 2016

When STEM? - A Question of Age

Early work highlighting the importance of aligning informal learning with the correct age groups who are most receptive in their formal learning to change their perceptions and behaviours.  ©IMechE 2010

Big Ideas in Engineering Education

The need to present engineering as a people-focussed, problem solving socially beneficial discipline.  This is set in the context of emphasising the "made-world" at all levels of education from primary upwards.  ©IMechE and The Royal Academy of Engineering 2016

Leading the Change

An IMechE analysis of the need to make parallel interventions across multiple layers (inspiration, information, transformation, understanding, and influencing) to stand any chance of success.  ©IMechE 2015

Thinking Like an Engineer - Implications for the Education System

An analysis to show there are six "Engineering Habits of Mind" that can bring about a mindset shift in education in schools, especially at primary level.  ©The Royal Academy of Engineering / The Centre for Real World Learning 2014

Science Capital

Based on work led by Professor Louise Archer, the concept of Science Capital has now been developed to be a reflective framework that involves making small tweaks to existing practice so as to re-orientate science lessons in ways that can better connect with the reality of students' lives and experiences.  ©UCL 2017

The UK STEM Education Landscape

A review of the multiple (too many) interventions available for schools to promote engineering.  The conclusions focus on the need for better support for teachers and better careers advice available for their students.  © The Royal Academy of Engineering 2016

We Think It's Important But Don't Quite Know What It Is -

The Culture of Engineering in Schools

The output of research in schools and student "Debating Matters" events which show the general absence of engineering in schools rather than the negative stereotypes that might otherwise have been expected.  © IMechE 2017

Realising the Potential of Technology in Education

The UK Department for Education strategy for Education Technology issued in April 2019 which has lead to the EdTech Demonstrator Programme.  © Crown copyright