Industry experience for teachers

摘要

Dr Sarah Peers explains the reasoning behind New Engineering Foundation's (NEF) Industrial Fellowship Scheme. The NEF Industrial Fellowship Scheme (IFS) is the only scheme in the UK in further education that supports teachers, trainers and lecturers to take up a placement for technical updating. Since 2005, the NEF (New Engineering Foundation, part of NEF: The Innovation Institute) has been offering grants to lecturers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths including, of course, the automotive sector) to spend 2-3 weeks in industry or at a research centre. Together with the NEF Masterclass programme of one-day events, the IFS remains a primary source of industry relevant technical enrichment for teachers in further education.