#BrumSciCommThe Copper Development Association has recently launched its 2018 Uncover Copper competition, inviting UK students aged 11–16 to explore copper’s essential role in our present and future to win great prizes for themselves and their schools. The Uncover Copper competition calls on students to uncover copper, seeking it out in buildings, health and medicine, and […]
Arcola Energy, specialising in Hydrogen Fuel Cell based technologies, are coordinating an educational event during the Summer holidays (21st to the 26th of August). The event is called the Hydrogen Hack, and is the first of it’s kind. The hack is taking place in 10 centres around the UK with a final show-&-tell/prize-giving event to […]
Science made simple turns 15 years old in July this year and we’re holding a film competition to encourage students and adults to make some science simple in 60 seconds or less. In case you haven’t come across it, I wanted to just flag it up as there is an adult ‘open’ category and we’d […]
The Royal Society of Chemistry is offering large grants, £2,000 to £10,000, to support public and schools engagement events and activities. The grant scheme, which is open to both members and non-members, is designed to support schools engagement activities that aim to: enrich student’s chemistry education and not solely deliver the curriculum provide students with […]
For its 2018 Annual Conference, the Association for Science Education will be going to the University of Liverpool from 3-6 January. Now is the time to submit a proposal to run a session. This is Europe’s largest science education conference, attracting around 2,500 delegates – all with an interest in, and passion for, science education. […]
During the Christmas holidays in 2016, from Friday 26 December to Thursday 1 January, 56 secondary school students aged 16–18 will spend a week in the Italian Alps doing astronomy activities and becoming part of a vibrant international community of alumni and astronomers. Applications are now open for the ESO astronomy camp 2016. To apply, […]
The Lancashire Science Festival 2017 will be open from 29 June to 1 July and is held at the University of Central Lancashire’s Preston campus. The 2016 festival reached over 17,000 people and we are hoping to replicate this for 2017. But…we need you! Applications are now open for submissions to this year’s festival. We […]
Apologies for the last minute notice of this request. Sarah is in need of 2 female engineers for an event at Swanshurst School next week and they do not need to be STEM Ambassadors. The event is taking place between 8.30 – 3.30pm on Tuesday 19th July. The day will involve a Q&A session about […]
The closing date for the ASE’s 2016 Great Bug Hunt competition is the 17th June! Open to all Primary Schools… ‘The Great Bug Hunt competition is a fun and fascinating way to introduce children to the weird and wacky world of mini beasts. So grab a bug net and awaken their sense of discovery and adventure […]
Leading educational charity The Smallpeice Trust is offering Year 9 students in Coventry the chance to explore the exciting world of engineering on a residential course this summer, which will see them working alongside experts from the likes of Aston Martin, BMW and Jaguar Land Rover. Coventry has long been at the centre of the […]
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