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Maths and physics teaching: PhD graduates to get cash incentive Maths and physics teaching: PhD graduates to get cash incentive
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University fellows with a PhD in maths or physics are being offered thousands of pounds in extra wages to become school teachers in England. University fellows with a PhD in maths or physics are being offered thousands of pounds in extra wages and benefits to become school teachers in England.
They will be paid £40,000 a year for two years as teaching trainees. Other postdoctoral teacher trainees start on a minimum salary of £19,000. Under a programme joint-funded by the government and businesses they would receive a benefits and salary package of up to £40,000 a year for two years.
The scheme - for non-selective state schools - aims to get more young people to study the subjects for longer. Other postdoctoral teacher trainees start on a minimum salary of £17,000.
It will "build a pipeline" from schools to the world of work, ministers say. The scheme aims to get more young people to study the subjects for longer.
It follows a warning last summer by recruitment expert Prof John Howson, of Oxford Brookes University, of a shortage of maths and science teachers.It follows a warning last summer by recruitment expert Prof John Howson, of Oxford Brookes University, of a shortage of maths and science teachers.
'Salary uplifts''Salary uplifts'
The "Maths and Physics Chairs" programme will be joint-funded by the government and businesses including Samsung, GlaxoSmithKline, Barclays and BAE Systems. The "Maths and Physics Uplift Programme" is part of the Researchers in Schools training programme for PhD graduates.
Teachers on the programme will also be paid £40,000 for a third year when they are fully qualified. It is joint-funded by the government and businesses including Samsung, GlaxoSmithKline, Barclays and BAE Systems.
The Department for Education (DfE) said sponsors would provide £75,000 over three years to fund "salary uplifts" and the cost of training and placing applicants in schools. Individual trainees are sponsored through the programme, including a salary "uplift".
It forms part of the Researchers in Schools training programme for PhD graduates. The teachers on the programme will also be paid £40,000 for a third year when they are fully qualified.
In the first year of the scheme, PhD graduates are trained to achieve qualified teacher status.
During the second year they teach to meet the full requirements of their "newly qualified teacher" year but through a reduced timetable so they can "promote research and champion university access within schools" and can also carry out their own academic research.
Education minister Elizabeth Truss said too many teenagers thought maths and physics were "niche subjects", adding: "That couldn't be further from the truth.Education minister Elizabeth Truss said too many teenagers thought maths and physics were "niche subjects", adding: "That couldn't be further from the truth.
"They open the door to careers in everything from business or journalism to technology or engineering."They open the door to careers in everything from business or journalism to technology or engineering.
"By getting experts into schools we can build a pipeline from GCSE through to A-level and beyond into the world of work - teenagers studying these subjects will go on to underpin a flourishing UK economy," she said."By getting experts into schools we can build a pipeline from GCSE through to A-level and beyond into the world of work - teenagers studying these subjects will go on to underpin a flourishing UK economy," she said.
'Champion university'
The DfE said it would make teaching of the subjects "more inspirational, practical and cutting-edge - transforming the way the subjects are taught in schools in England and inspiring more pupils to study them".The DfE said it would make teaching of the subjects "more inspirational, practical and cutting-edge - transforming the way the subjects are taught in schools in England and inspiring more pupils to study them".
"This will lead to more young people going into highly paid careers using these qualifications," it added."This will lead to more young people going into highly paid careers using these qualifications," it added.
PhD graduates are trained to become qualified teachers in the first year of the scheme - including through classroom teaching at a teaching school.
During the second year they teach a reduced timetable so they can "promote research and champion university access within schools" and can also carry out their own academic research.
As well as teaching at their own school, they will conduct master classes for pupils in networks of schools and set up free online maths and physics resources for schools to use.
They will be expected to establish links between schools, universities and business.
They will also help pupils to get work experience at the businesses that have sponsored them.