Public Engagement Blog - Keyword "secondary schools"
STEM Insights teacher placements: Getting hands-on with science
Teachers Helen and Mike spent a week in our labs and facilities on a STEM Insights placement week. In the first of a series of three posts they describe some of the research and techniques they discovered.
09/05/2019
Schools’ Day 25: The students’ perspective
Students from Colchester County High School for Girls who attended Schools’ Day in March describe their experiences in the Babraham Institute and campus company labs
18/04/2019
Schools' Day 25: From contribution to coordination
Michael Hinton reflects on his involvement with Schools’ Day and how it has changed since his time at the bench
04/03/2019
Schools' Day 25: Advances in research
In March, the Institute will play host to our 25th annual Schools’ Day, with 180 15-18 year olds from schools across the country attending to get some hands on experience in our labs and find out more about careers in science. Since 1995, Schools’ Day has been an Institute staple, but while that’s remained the same, so much else has changed.
26/02/2019
Schools' Day 25: Changes in science education
In response to this year being the 25th Annual Schools' Day at the Institute, our Public Engagement and Knowledge Exchange Manager, Hayley, explores the changes in science education over the last 25 years.
18/02/2019
My time as a Public Engagement intern at Babraham: Recommendations to prospective students
Samir Morsli describe his experiences at the Babraham Institute during his ‘Professional Internship for PhD Students’ (PIPS) internship
29/01/2019
New perspectives on challenge projects in the Netherlands
Elizabeth Hampson, a PhD student in the Welch research group, describes her visit to Sophianum School in the Netherlands.
14/01/2019
‘Competency through Challenge’ - schools’ partnerships to stimulate creativity and develop skills
Ahead of his workshop at the Association for Science Education Conference, Michael Hinton, Institute Public Engagement Officer, describes his experience of challenge-based learning projects
08/01/2019
A fish out of water: How a zebrafish researcher is discovering public engagement
Public Engagement intern Samir Morsli tells us about his research, his expectations for his three-month placement at the Babraham Institute, and how it complements his PhD at The University of Sheffield.
04/10/2018
PhD Students Rise to the LaunchPad Challenge
PhD students Izzy Hampson and Carolyn Rogers describe how they joined forces to create a new project for secondary school students
11/09/2018
Epigenetics and English: a 2-week introduction
Epigenetics and English: Jan Deffner, a student from Munich, describes what he learned during two-week work experience placement in Wolf Reik’s group
28/08/2018
Looking back and thinking ahead – how student engagement in research is spreading
As sixth-form students at Sophianum School finish their projects and present their ideas, Michael Hinton, who coordinates the project, looks back on the year and describes how the collaboration will expand in 2019.
20/04/2018
Passion, enthusiasm and a thirst for knowledge at Schools’ Day
Jo Montgomery, a member of the Babraham Bioinformatics group, describes how Schools’ Day projects bring out the best in scientists and students
16/03/2018
Pipetting Workshop at Newmarket Academy Science Club
John Pascall, who is a regular contributor to the Babraham Institute's Public Engagement activities, describes the challenges of going back to school at Newmarket Academy.
21/11/2017
Schools' Day - igniting a passion for science
As he starts to plan Schools' Day for 2018, Michael Hinton, part of the Public Engagement team, looks back at the event in previous years and reports views from students, teachers and from both junior and senior researchers who run projects on the day.
17/10/2017