52 Uni Outreach Activities
Description Subject: Maths The Take Home Challenge competition has been run successfully for many years by Mathematical Education on Merseyside. The challenge consists of a range of questions for pupils to complete over the February half-term, with...
Description Subject: Maths ‘Maths at Work’ days were first successfully run by the Further Maths Network. They involve employers delivering hands on workshops to pupils at an event hosted by an HEI. Pupils typically complete four workshops in a day...
Description Subject: Maths During its More Maths Grads programme, the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications tried and tested many different hands-on outreach workshops. Titles of some of these workshops include: Airmiles, Golden Curve...
Description Subject: Engineering As part of the London Engineering Project, London South Bank University staged a Solar Car Challenge competition which engaged local schools and was supported by HEI student ambassadors. The challenge can be run as a...
Description Subject: Engineering This activity involves an HEI staging a 1-day interactive hands-on event for 30 – 50 pupils. Its aim is to show how creative engineering can be. Pupils work in teams of 4 – 5 to develop and market a new product using...
Description Subject: Engineering This activity involves an HEI engaging with 30 – 50 local school pupils to host a 1-day event that both celebrates Islamic culture and focuses on the contribution made by the Muslim world to engineering and science...
Description Subject: Chemistry Students are introduced to the area of forensic science and its relevance to chemistry and analytical skills. Students are given a murder mystery scenario which has to be solved using techniques such as...
Description Subject: ChemistryStudents complete a practical synthesis or separation using the university laboratories and equipment. Students then analyse their synthesised compounds using TLC, NMR and IR spectroscopy to deduce what they have made...
Description Subject: ChemistryChemLabS opens the laboratories most Wednesdays throughout the year as well as other days outside of undergraduate term time. Students will spend around two and half hours doing practical laboratory work which...
Description Subject: Chemistry To support teachers and students with their understanding of spectroscopy, ChemLabS hold several morning and afternoon sessions for groups of up to 50 students at a time. Students are split into small groups and are...
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