Bioscience Work Experience Week
We are happy to announce that applications to this year’s Bioscience Work Experience Week is officially open! Taking place from the 12th to the 16th of August, this week offers a wonderful opportunity for budding scientists to spend a week carrying out their own mini research project in our undergraduate teaching laboratory. In addition to this, students will be given the opportunity to compete in an agar art competition, listen in on research talks, and produce their own research poster.
The Bioscience Work Experience Week is completely free to attend, with lunch provided to all applicants. However, applicants will be expected to make their own way to and from campus. If needed, the university can contribute towards the travel costs.
This opportunity is available to Y12/L3 students from schools and colleges within Kent studying science. Considering there are limited places available, applicants who meet the university’s widening participation criteria will be prioritised.
If you would like to apply, please click here.
The application deadline is midnight on the 19th of May. We will aim to notify everyone regarding the outcome of their application by the end of May. The application form itself should not take more than 30 minutes to complete.
If you have any questions about this programme, feel free to email Katrine at outreach@kent.ac.uk.
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Space Week
Space School is once again running at the University of Kent, now revamped as Space Week! This non-residential work experience will run from 7-11 August on our Canterbury campus and is aimed at students between 14-18 years old.
In this five-day event, students will run their very own ‘mission to space’. In teams, they will design, build, and launch rockets for their space mission, led by some of our fantastic academic staff. They will also carry out additional mini research projects and take part in a reverse funding panel with some of our PhD students. There will be a public rocket launch (weather permitting) and research presentation session, to which teachers, families, and supporters are warmly invited.
Space Week is completely free to attend, with lunch provided to all applicants. However, applicants will be expected to make their own way to and from campus. If needed, the university can contribute towards the travel costs.
Sign-ups are now open for individual students! The deadline for applications is midnight on 11 June. We will review all applications after this and will get back to you by 25 June. The form can be found here.
Spaces are limited, so we will be prioritising applications from students who meet one or more of our targeting criteria. For more information on these, please visit our website.
The application form itself should not take more than 30 minutes to complete.
If you have any questions about this programme, feel free to email Megan at outreach@kent.ac.uk.
We look forward to welcoming your students to Space Week!
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GCSE Science Practicals
On each of these visits, students will be offered the opportunity to complete a more advanced version of a GCSE Combined Science / Trilogy required practical in a university setting.
Each practical will be offered as a full-day visit to our Canterbury campus with opportunities to work in and view university laboratories, talk with academics on how their research builds upon what is taught in the curriculum, and discuss the real-life applications of the relevant practical.
Due to limited lab capacity, each practical will only be offered once a year. Additionally, the capacity for each practical will vary depending on the individual lab’s limitations.
We currently still have availability for our Physics and Chemistry sessions at our Canterbury campus. These will be held on the 16th and 17th of July.
You can reserve a place by following this link.
Places will be limited to 15 students per school initially, for a maximum of four schools. We may be able to expand on this, depending on demand, but preference will be given to groups who meet our targeting criteria outlined in the form linked above.
Please email outreach@kent.ac.uk if you have any questions.
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Chemistry Teachers’ and Technicians’ Workshops
Join us on our Canterbury campus for a 3-hour Chemistry taster! Featuring workshops on Thermodynamics, Entropy, and Crystal Structure, this session is intended to support you teaching these topics to your A-Level students, with additional support sessions on university applications. You will also receive a short taster lecture from Dr Paul Saines about his work on caloric materials, which is a fantastic extension exercise for keen students!
After attending this event, you will have access to the materials to run these workshops yourself.
The workshops will be run on 24 June and 15 July. You can indicate a preference for either date when booking, or we will allocate you a date based on availability.
We hope to see you very soon!
Follow this link to book your place.
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Discovering Economics Workshop
Schools are invited to express interest in our free one-hour workshop, Discovering Economics, which is designed to address the lack of information available to prospective students about the subject. The workshop is suitable for years 10 and 12. Delivered by one of our current University of Kent economics students, the interactive session, covering topical economics issues (such as inequality, panic-buying, the cost-of-living crisis etc), can be adapted to suit your school timetable. Please see the poster below for details.
To book, please email outreach@kent.ac.uk.
