Recruitment and retention of STEM teachers remain major challenges. STEM learning, a non-profit organisation, told the education select committee that increasing access to subject-specific professional development for STEM teachers could significantly improve retention, but is greater support needed from policymakers to achieve this? ‘Core maths’ was introduced in 2014 – but uptake remains lowThe current approach to maths GCSE has also been met with criticism. Increasing participation in vocational routes is one way to improve the availability of technical, occupation-specific STEM skills. Read the full report on the UK STEM skills pipeline from POST here