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Your guide to key STEM events in the region and throughout the UK.

  • Girls into Engineering Taster Day

    Date
    05 Oct 2010
    Location
    Bombardier Transportation Derby
    Website
    www.debp.co.uk/DEBP.asp?PID=29

    An opportunity for Year 9-13 girls to learn about the exciting developments in modern engineering. The day will consist of a tour of the Bombardier site, presentations, activities and talks with female engineering role models.
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  • YuriGagarin50 Community Meeting

    Date
    07 Oct 2010
    Location
    National Space Centre, Leicester
    Contact
    Anita Heward, Press Officer, Europlanet
    Email
    Phone
    07756 034243
    Website
    yurigagarin50.org/

    As you may be aware, the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first human spaceflight is coming up on 12th April 2011.  The UK's space community has been looking at ways to celebrate this milestone through events and activities in the run-up to, during and after the anniversary next year. To date, we have organised a launch event at the House of Commons and we now have a website online (yurigagarin50.org), which has a searchable calendar of events associated with the anniversary.  This website will be developed over the coming months to provide information and resources relating to Gagarin, the legacy of his spaceflight and current space activities.



    To encourage activities linked to the anniversary, we would like to hold a community meeting at the National Space Centre, Leicester, for people involved in space outreach and education.  The meeting will take place on Thursday 7th October at 2pm.



    YuriGagarin50 has various projects under development, including “Rockets for Yuri”, a planned UK-wide stomp/water rocket launch on the 12th April 2011, and the muDEX educational microgravity experiment, which could give schools the opportunity to add their own data to a fluid research project carried out on the International Space Station. The agenda for the meeting will include a presentation on activities and plans to date, followed by a brainstorming session to discuss other ways of celebrating Gagarin’s flight.



    Places will be limited so, if you would like to attend, please contact Anita Heward as soon as possible.

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  • IoP Schools Lecture Series 2010

    Date
    07 Oct 2010
    Location
    Chapel-en-le-Frith High School, Derbyshire
    Website
    www.iop.org/activity/education/Events/Schools_and_College_%20Lecture_Series/page_27031.html

    The free interactive lecture is designed to show school pupils, aged 14-16, contemporary developments in physics in a fun and lively way. 

    2010 Lecture: Powering the Future, Dr Melanie Windridge

    Find out how the reaction that powers the sun could provide a clean energy source for the future.

    An exciting, interactive free talk for school students, which builds on everyday physics to explain groundbreaking research.

    This inspiring lecture will reveal:

    -The physics behind the fusion reaction that powers the sun;

    -How physicists are trying to replicate the fusion reaction in massive experiments at places such as JET, the world’s largest nuclear fusion experiment at Culham

    -The potential for harnessing the energy produced in the fusion reaction as a future alternative to fossil fuels.

    With hands-on demonstrations the lecture will explore the challenges of creating facilities that can withstand the high temperatures of the sun in order to create the fusion reaction on earth. 

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  • National Science & Engineering Week Briefing Evening

    Date
    11 Oct 2010
    Location
    Britannia House, Northampton NN4 7YB 
    Contact
    Phil Brown
    Email
    Website
    nsew-northampton.eventbrite.com/

    A free workshop is available for all those interested in organising events and activities for next year’s National Science and Engineering Week (NSEW), which takes place 11–20 March 2011. Come along and find out about:

    • Funding hints and tips
    • Hands-on activity ideas
    • Details of the 2011 theme and mass participation activities
    • Free resources for organisers
    • Network and brainstorm ideas with other event organisers

    The sessions will also include a talk from a local event organiser who has previously run their own NSEW event. 

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  • East Midlands STEM Partnership Forum Event 2010

    Date
    12 Oct 2010
    Location
    Nottingham

    Agenda

    9.00am             Registration

    9.30am             Welcome and Introduction from Forum Event Chair

                            MC – Cathy Brown

                            Welcome and Aims of the Forum Event

    STEM Careers - Introduce the 3 key messages

    9.40am             iNet Speaker - TBC

                            Focus on growth area in East Midlands

    10.10am            Refreshment Break       

    10.30am            Andrew Bowyer, Director, Magna Parva Ltd

                            Employer perspective on transferable skills

    11.00am            Panel Discussion

                            The panel discusses who and what influenced their STEM career choices:

    Ruth Amos, Young Engineer of Great Britain 2006, creator of StairSteady, Dr Helen Meese, Technical Assurance Engineer, Babcock International Group and Amy Warner currently studying for her Ph.d in Biomedical Sciences at The University of Nottingham.   

    11.45am            Plenary – Cathy Brown

                Re-enforce the 3 key messages

    12.00 pm          Close

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  • Nuffield Science Bursary Celebration (Leicestershire)

    Date
    12 Oct 2010
    Location
    AstraZeneca, Loughborough
    Website
    www.nuffieldfoundation.org/go/grants/nsbsc/page_394.html
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  • Nanotechnology - Small world, big ideas: conference for teachers

    Date
    13 Oct 2010
    Location
    The Boilerhouse, Grantham, Lincs
    Website
    www.iom3.org/events/nanotechnology-small-world-big-ideas

    This conference is the fourth in a series of events designed to improve teachers' knowledge and understanding of the materials aspects of the curriculum in order to encourage more confident teaching and raise achievement. Organised by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. Attendance at this event is FREE OF CHARGE for any teacher at a school that is a member of our Schools Affiliate Scheme.  Non-members can join the Scheme for an annual fee of £30 and attend for free, or pay a £50 delegate fee

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  • Engineering Education Scheme launch

    Date
    13 Oct 2010
    Location
    Snibston Discovery Centre, Coalville, Leicestershire
    Website
    www.thescheme.org.uk
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