March 2026

Last week we were delighted to find out that our Play, Be, C resource has been shortlisted for another award! The Bett awards focus on technology in education, and we’re shortlisted in the Early Years Produce or Service. Play, Be, C is a free, online resource which supports adults working in early years to deliver […]

An important part of NUSTEM’s role is supporting academics in Northumbria University to translate and communicate their research to new audiences. We first worked with Northumbria University’s maths academic Matteo Sommacal during the sixth-form evening lecture, where he fascinated year 11 and 12 students with the complex beauty of fractal geometry. In the summer term […]

I’ve got a bit of a bone to pick with some recent role-models campaigns that have portrayed women and other minorities working in STEM. In short, why the artistic treatment of the people in them, has made them look a bit, well, weird. This isn’t a dig at designers who’ve created the campaign graphics. My […]

We’re making a bit of a habit of this: NUSTEM have won the STEM Initiative Award from the Educate North Awards, which celebrate achievements across Higher Education, Further Education, and Sixth Form sectors in the North of England. Specifically, the STEM Communities project on which we’ve been collaborating with Woodhorn Museum in Ashington has won. […]

As we start to gear up for the new academic year, we’ve taken a bit of time to look back at what we’ve achieved as a team over the past year, and the past 10 years! Our annual report is now available for your delight and reading pleasure. You can download it here: Annual Report […]

Last night the NUSTEM team were delighted to receive the 2025 William Thompson, Lord Kelvin Gold Medal from the Institute of Physics at an event hosted at The Oval, London. The citation read: For pioneering new methodologies and pedagogies in physical sciences outreach and engagement, taking a nuanced, long-term approach to supporting children’s physics and […]