Your guide to key STEM events in the region and throughout the UK.
As part of National Science and Engineering Week 2010, Dr Mark Biddiss will demonstrate how teachers and pupils can carry out safe science experiments at school or at home. Teachers will be provided with additional information about the experiments, so they can continue the session back at school.
Come Alive with Science activities taking place at 30 secondary schools across the East Midlands
Following the success of last year’s competition, ‘Diagnose it in the NHS’ will be running again during National Science and Engineering Week (12 - 21 March 2010).
Aimed at Year 9 students, the competition encourages students to think about the career opportunities for scientists in the NHS and help them to develop job seeking skills and make informed decisions about important GCSE or Diploma choices. Students are challenged to select one of 51 science careers available with the NHS and, working individually or in teams of up to four, create a job description, a job advert and a CV of the perfect candidate. Alternatively they can produce a short film interviewing a Healthcare Scientist. The first 50 schools to register are guaranteed the support of an NHS Healthcare Science Ambassador for their school entries and to develop links for future careers’ events.
The competition deadline is March 31st 2010. Schools need to register at diagnoseit@dh.gsi.gov.uk. They will then be sent a resources pack and be matched with a Healthcare Science Ambassador.
10:30am - 16:00pm
An exhibition of RC model boats by the Kingfisher Model Boat Club, in various stages of construction.
The region-wide innovation festival in 2010 is going to build on the successes of 2009 and demonstrate the progress being made in making our region a proud, innovative place for business, research and the wider community.
Healthcare Science Week, supported by the Department of Health, is intended to both acknowledge the important contribution made by all healthcare scientists in the NHS, and to educate young adults, the media and other NHS staff about the different roles played by healthcare scientists in healthcare today. Healthcare scientists are being encouraged to register as a Healthcare Science Ambassadors at www.stemnet.org.uk and to help engage schools with the ‘Diagnose It’ competition: http://www.fedhcs.net/hcsweek-2010.pdf