Alumnus pioneers STEM hub to inspire secondary school students

The new STEM hub offers students opportunities to engage with a wide range of contemporary topics including Artificial Intelligence (AI), global warming, robotics and sustainability through hands-on building, modelling and making.

It was set up by David Mensah, a graduate of the MA in STEM Education at King's and Director of Learning of STEM at the Halley Academy in South East London, who wanted to improve students’ confidence, teamwork, innovativeness, creativity, problem-solving and critical thinking abilities.

Students at the secondary school get the chance to join the Green Power Racing Car Club, The Eco-school club, The Robotics Club as well as take part in the Annual STEM Day where they are given challenges to complete, such as making speakers or building models of the national grid, wind turbines and automated water pumps. 

In an effort towards closing the gender gap in STEM careers, the hub also includes an initiative Girls in STEM (Gi STEM) that brings together a group of gifted and talented girls who are passionate about the STEM subjects. Gi STEM exposes them to different careers, role models and career lectures with prominent females within STEM.

The development of the STEM hub has been supported by funding from the Indian technology company, Wipro, which funds scholarships for teachers for the MA programme.