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Swansea University STEM Ambassador Receives Royal Society Of Biology Outreach And Engagement Award

We are thrilled to congratulate STEM Ambassador Dr Claire Price on this prestigous Award! The Postdoc researcher has been recognised for bringing a science festival to South Wales.

The RSB Outreach and Engagement Awards celebrate researchers who communicate their scientific work using novel methods that effectively engage with their target audiences.

Dr Price curated and delivered the first Bitesize Science Festival in her home town of Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales during the summer of 2019 – the first science festival of its kind in the town, and one of the first few to be held outside a university city.

Dr Price also teamed up with the local high school and trained pupils to deliver science activities to younger children, with the help of researchers from Swansea University.

As a result of this, the high school has also launched its first science club to help pupils take part in more outreach and engagement.

A dedicated science communicator, Dr Price also is a science advisor to Abercanaid Community School and has been previously involved in Soapbox Science events, Pint of Science events and other, more specialised science exhibitions.

Dr Price said of receiving the award: “I am completely shocked and awed to have received this award. I got involved in outreach and engagement because I love being able to share my passion for science with others."

Llongyfarchiadau Claire!

Apply now to become a CyberFirst School or College

CyberFirst Schools (CFS) encourages collaboration between local schools, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), national and local companies and organisations who share the aim of encouraging young people to engage with computer science and the application of cyber security in every day technology.

NCSC is increasing the scale and ambition of the scheme to formally recognise more schools and colleges across the country who are committed to providing a structured approach to excellence in cyber security education. They are beginning a phased regional rollout with Welsh schools being early participants. 

Schools must apply before December 11th.

Learn more about the programme and apply here. 

TechFest 2020

TechFest is going digital this year!

TechFest has embraced recent changes in order to continue our mission to promote STEM to a wider audience. 

Launch into our first ever digital TechFest programme and we look forward to three weeks of digital presentations and activities from presenters old and new to inform and entertain you.  

Our Programme is on the website and further details on how to book a place at one of the digital presentations are all just a click away.

The Activity Weekend (14 & 15 November) is many people's favourite part of TechFest so this year we have made it digital as well. We have two days filled with content from some amazing STEM sources as well as competitions with prizes you won’t want to miss. Activities include Colour Detectives with Aberdeen Science Centre, Amazing Soap Bubbles with Philip Noble, Wobble Nano Jelly Experiment with Really Small Science and much more. These activities will be online for you to browse and pick your favourite experiment to try at home – remember to let us know on social media how you get on!

All details here.

Spotlight on Sustainable Energy Science. Friday 20 November 4pm – 5pm Online

STEM Ambassador Sarah-Jane Potts will introduce her new workshop sessions for KS2/3 pupils on Sustainable Energy. Sarah-Jane can deliver these sessions as a virtual class for pupils.

Using the materials from her work as a Mechanical Engineering Researcher, Sarah-Jane illustrates the importance of Sustainable Engineering in everyday life. This is a marvellous opportunity to explore the adaptation of working with schools online and gain insight into Sustainable Energy Science. 

Register here.