Subject: Pan-STEM
Visits to schools and colleges to deliver talks, lectures and conferences to students are a very common means of outreach. Such activity presents the opportunity to:
Talks / lectures can be delivered several times a day to different classes or delivered to larger groups of students over lunchtime. It is also possible to host afternoon schools' conferences for several hundred students at a time. This is something that the University of Bristol's ChemLabS department has had experience and success in.
Talks, lectures and conferences provide an opportunity to engage either undergraduate or postgraduate students in facilitating delivery, either through support provided to experiments, case studies of what it's like to study at university or designing and delivering their own lecturettes.
Children aged 8 - 19.
A range of universities across the SW run these types of outreach activities as listed below:
University of Bristol
Department of Physics - Talk topics include: Particle Physics; The Physics of Ice Cream; The Science of Taste and Flavour; The Science and History of Chocolate. Contact Dr Helen Heath (School Liaison Officer) on 0117 928 8725
Department of Chemistry (ChemLabS) - For information on their afternoon schools' conferences, contact Sue Williams (Secretary) or call on 0117 928 8313
University of Bath
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Specialise in careers talks at local schools in studying engineering at degree level. Contact Dr Chris Bowen (Reader and Admissions Tutor) or call 01225 383660
Department of Mathematical Sciences - Deliver many lectures around the country and are closely involved with the MOTIVATE video conferencing project with distant schools. Contact Professor Chris Budd or call 01225 386241
Department of Chemistry - Have experience in delivering lunchtime talks for up to 100 Year 9 and 10 students from schools and colleges across Swindon. For more information, please contact Dr Steve Roser or call 01225 386569
Department of Physics - Undertake regular School / FE College visits to deliver talks on topics of general interest in physics / astrophysics. For more information, please contact Dr Gary Mathlin or call 01225 386441
University of Plymouth
School of Mathematics and Statistics - Deliver some 19 different types of talks to schools in the local area. For more information, contact Martin Lavelle (Associate Professor) or call 01752 586868
School of Marine Science and Engineering - Deliver a talk on 'Girls into Technology' for Year 8 - 12 students. For more information, contact Dr Liz Hodgkinson (Lecturer) or call 01752 586127
Faculty of Science and Technology - Provide advice and guidance at schools' careers events and attend and support science fairs. For more information, contact Beau Le Bredonchel (WP officer) or call 01752 584510
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