Wales HE STEM Celebration Event – Wednesday 13th June 2012, Cardiff Bay
The event took place on Wednesday 13th June to celebrate the projects undertaken in Wales by universities and their partners as part of the National HE STEM Programme (Higher Education Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). It had two main elements:
Michael Grove, Programme Director, National HE STEM Programme, and Phil Gummett, Chief Executive, HEFCW, opened the afternoon event which had the following themes:
- Student transition to HE (including outreach and widening participation)
- Graduate skills
- Workforce up-skilling
- Working with employers
In addition, the new publication Embedded Employability: A guide to enhancing the university curriculum was launched by Dr Robert Leese, Director, Smith Institute for Industrial Mathematics, and Professor Noel Lloyd, former Vice-Chancellor, Aberystwyth University.
The individual presentations for the afternoon session are available to download:
Jane Artess, HECSU, here
Martin Brunnock, Tata Steel, here
Duncan Lawson, Sigma, Coventry University here
Robert Leese, Smith Institute for Industrial Mathematics, here
Kath Maddy and Laura Roberts, Strategic Regional Working with Schools and Colleges, here
Leslie Rees, Cardiff University Placements Toolkit, here
Alan Shore, Workforce Up-skilling in Photonics, here
Peter Treadwell, Engaging with Employers, here
The reception and exhibition in The Senedd was sponsored by David Rees AM and hosted by Professor Richard B Davies, Vice-Chancellor, Swansea University. The exhibition included stands providing information on HE STEM projects in Wales by theme and on the work of the professional body partners in the National HE STEM Programme. Following an opening speech by Professor Davies, speeches were made by David Rees AM and the Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science, Mrs Edwina Hart CBE. The Minister then awarded prizes to the winners of the Cutting Edge STEM Poster competition which was open to early career researchers in STEM departments in Wales.
