Silverstone Museum is steering future careers in motorsport, F1, and beyond as it announces its new STEM Pitstop Outreach Program. Aramco supports the program under the Aramco Global STEM Education Citizenship Program, enabling partners to advance STEM education worldwide.
The award-winning Silverstone Museum will deliver free educational workshops nationwide to inspire future engineers and scientists with hands-on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) sessions using real F1 and motorsport technology and artefacts, bringing learning to life for thousands of young people.
The new program, which is supported by Aramco, focuses on educational youth-led STEM solutions that solve real-world challenges in motorsport with creativity, engineering skill, and social impact. This innovative initiative aims to inspire a new generation of STEM talent with bespoke sessions tailored to all ages and groups, including special educational needs and out-of-school provision. The pioneering Pitstop program is on track to help the museum take pole position in its mission to drive careers industrywide and inspire the STEM stars of tomorrow.
Rob Jaina, Director of Curation & Leaning at Silverstone Museum, said: “We are thrilled to take this new learning initiative on the road. Through the exciting new Pitstop program, our expert-led sessions support STEM learning for all ages, delivered directly into schools and colleges the length and breadth of Great Britain. Our Outreach Officers will visit schools unable to travel to the Museum due to geographic or economic reasons, prioritizing disadvantaged communities to make this STEM-focused, interactive learning experience accessible to all.”
Education is central to Silverstone Museum’s mission, with more than 16,000 educational visits to the Museum made in the last two years, helping accelerate interest in STEM subjects. The new mobile STEM Pitstop outreach program takes the STEM learning experience even further.
Mazin Dabbagh, President & CEO of Aramco Europe, said: “This outreach program bookmarks the latest chapter of our long-standing collaboration with Silverstone Museum, which has already benefited thousands of students – many of them living in disadvantaged communities across the United Kingdom.
“Aramco is dedicated to developing unique mentoring, learning, and training programs for young people, and we recognize that supporting STEM through every stage of a child’s educational journey is essential in nurturing our next generation of innovators.
“By illuminating the many potential career paths that motorsport offers to students who embrace these key subjects, we are making the all-important connection between the classroom and the workplace.”
Phil Lawrie, Chief Executive Office at Silverstone Museum, said: “Silverstone Museum is incredibly proud of its excellent track record in delivering dynamic educational workshops for thousands of schoolchildren and students every year. This new STEM learning initiative, funded via a significant donation from Aramco, allows us to take Silverstone Museum’s highly successful STEM program (using real F1 and motorsport props and assets) nationwide and beyond.
“The target is to reach an additional 15,000 young people annually through STEM Pitstop, with schools being provided this invaluable opportunity free of charge. The initiative speaks to the Museum’s charitable mission to further STEM learning – taking STEM to socially disadvantaged young people is a primary goal.
“Furthermore, the program aligns with the government’s mission to develop the UK as a champion of science and very much supports the development of the next generation of engineers and technicians – something that is highly relevant to the Silverstone ecosystem, which is located in the arc of the Ox-Cam Growth Corridor.”
Numerous VIP guests, including dignitaries, esteemed educators, and business leaders, attended the prestigious Pitstop program launch at Silverstone Museum. Aramco is delighted to be partnering with Silverstone Museum to help accelerate young people’s interest in STEM learning.
For more information and to book tickets go to https://www.silverstonemuseum.co.uk/
For more information on the new STEM Pitstop Outreach Programme contact outreach@silverstonemuseum.co.uk
