Teaching Internship Scheme: Summer 2020
Added: November 13 2019
Grants are available for school-led partnerships to design and provide teaching internships targeted at science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) undergraduate students. The aim of the scheme is to let STEM undergraduates experience mathematics or physics teaching before they commit to it as a career. Schools are invited to apply for funding to provide opportunities in summer 2020.
Rolls-Royce Schools Prize for Science & Technology
Added: November 13 2019
The Rolls-Royce Schools Prize for Science & Technology is an annual awards programme that helps teachers increase science, mathematics, and technology engagement in their schools and colleges. Entrants will submit an application outlining an idea for a sustainable science, mathematics or technology initiative, specific to your school and which you would deliver between September 2020 and June 2021. The final deadline for entries is 11 April 2020.
Royal Society of Chemistry - School Small Grants
Added: November 13 2019
The Kent Local Section of the Royal Society of Chemistry is also keen to support chemistry teaching and outreach in schools. A Small Grants scheme is being run, whereby schools can apply for a grant of up to £250 towards the cost of setting up and/or running a Chemistry Club, or for the purchase of enhanced equipment. If you wish to apply for funds, please complete the forms using the link below and submit via the RSC Secretary (contacts provided on the webpage).
Longitude Explorer Prize
Added: November 13 2019
The Longitude Explorer Prize is open to secondary schools and youth groups across the UK. The Prize is calling for 11-16 year olds to submit their ideas for how Artificial Intelligence can help tackle the issues they care about, based around four themes that help us Live Longer, Live Better, Live Greener, Live Together. Entry applications for initial ideas are open until 5pm on 29th November 2019
New research competition challenges 11-19 year olds to help save the UK’s bumblebees
Added: November 06 2019
School and college students across the UK are being challenged to generate new scientific discoveries that could be used to help protect the country’s struggling bumblebees. The Big BeeWalk Data Research Competition runs from 5 November 2019 to 7 February 2020. This citizen science survey – in which volunteers identify and count bumblebees they see while walking the same route monthly from March to October – builds a national picture of bumblebee health, and provides early warning of declines. Students could help shed new light on these remarkable insects whose hard work pollinates so many of our fruit and vegetables. The more we understand, the more we can do to reverse before it’s too late. The BeeWalk surveys have strengthened understanding of threats facing bumblebees, including land use changes or climate change. The national curriculum-linked competition is a chance for schools to apply science in a real-life context. There will be many prize categories – with the overall winner will have their work published in the 2019 BeeWalk annual report, and their school will win £250. Submission Deadline: Friday 7th February 2020.
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