STEM education, which stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics, has perhaps never been so important. The need to compete globally in an increasingly technological age has seen a renewed focus on this kind of learning, aiming to encourage a whole new generation of students to specialise in fields of this nature.
The best schools are places where ideas and experimentation are encouraged and where impediments and obstacles to learning are removed as much as possible. In some of the humanities, arts and languages subjects little more is needed than a comfortable space in which to study, learn and share ideas. But for some of the sciences and more hands-on subjects, specialist equipment is needed in order to...
