The STEM Education teacher scholarship, funded by Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, covers 70% of fees. 15 scholarships are available.
The scholarship is available to students studying on the MA in STEM Education programme who are working in a state-funded school in England (e.g. comprehensive, academy, free school). This includes primary, secondary and FE-levels. They should be a specialist teacher in: Science, Mathematics, Computer Science, Design & Technology or Geography and have been teaching for a minimum of 6 months on application.
Find out if you are eligible, learn more and apply on the King's funding pages.
The Rosalind Driver Scholarship Fund was set-up in honour of Professor Driver’s seminal research concerning students’ ideas in science, carried out at Leeds University and King’s College London. The fund was endowed with the purpose of supporting the advancement of research in science education and takes the form of funding the fees and stipend for one or two PhD studentships per year within CRESTEM.
Rosalind Driver (1941–97) was a science teacher and academic whose work focused on the practice of teaching and learning science in schools, and in particular on the active role of the learner. Her 1983 book The Pupil as Scientist?, which was written primarily for teachers, articulated her central contention that children do not enter the classroom as ‘empty vessels’ but as active thinkers with their own preconceptions about the natural and physical world. In this account, the role of the teacher is to encourage scientific enquiry and experimentation in order to engage with and challenge these preconceived ideas.
Throughout her academic career, Ros worked with practising science teachers – mainly in West Yorkshire but also overseas, including Sierra Leone and Malaysia. The aim of this work was to influence and enhance teachers’ classroom practice; this was achieved through discussion of teaching strategies and collaborative development of learning materials. For Ros, collaboration with other researchers and practitioners was essential, and a way to ensure that her own thinking and practice remained fresh and relevant.
Applications for Ros Driver scholarships commencing October 2025 will be announced in the spring.
The Bernard Dawson Scholarship Fund was set up to support chemistry education research. Dr Bernard Dawson was an academic in chemistry education at King’s and pioneered new approaches to science teaching.
Dr Bernard Dawson (1924–2009) read Chemistry at King’s and continued on to complete his PGCE. He then taught in London schools for more than 10 years. He returned to King’s as an academic in the Faculty of Education, where he worked until his retirement, becoming Senior Lecturer in Science (Chemistry & Physical Science) Education. Among his many achievements in teaching, higher degree supervision and curriculum development, he was heavily involved from 1963-1986 with five of the National Science Teaching Projects, sponsored by the Nuffield Foundation. From 1987-1992 he initiated and then produced Surveys of Research and Development in Science Education. He was elected as a Fellow of King’s College London in 1984.
Applications for Bernard Dawson scholarships commencing October 2025 will be opened in the spring.