SSERC can offer free advice to all members. Within these pages you will find.
– Health & Safety information and model risk assessments. – Guidance on appropriate equipment and laboratory design. – Information on troubleshooting practical activities.
You can also find much other useful advice in our various STEM Bulletins which you can access from HERE.
Professional Learning
SSERC offers a vast portfolio of professional learning (PL) programmes for STEM educators in Scotland. Our curricular based PL is offered to everyone: childminders, early years workers, primary and secondary staff as well as lecturers, technicians and those who work with young people in non-formal settings such as youth workers and in the CLD sector.
SSERC offers a wide range of STEM engagement and enrichment programmes to further increase access to, and participation in STEM, well beyond the classroom setting. There are leadership opportunities for young people with the Young STEM Leader Programme as well as programmes to link educators in all sectors with industry partners and STEM Ambassadors to create enhanced STEM learning events for young people in Scotland.
SSERC offers a large number of credit and levelled professional learning (PL) courses designed specifically for technicians.
You’ll also find free advice, health and safety information and updates, model risk assessments, and a range of resources deigned to make technician life that little bit easier.
Within this section you can find a large selection of teaching resources covering a range of Science and Technology areas. The vast majority of these involve hands-on practical work and range from simple experiments for early years through to Advanced Higher project ideas and teacher demonstrations.
You can also find much useful information in our various STEM Bulletins which you can access from HERE.
2022/23 YSLPAnnual Report (Download a copy)