A collaboration with Ramsgate-based Discovery Planet has seen Kent scientists deliver interactive workshops to engage school children with the science that is providing solutions for tomorrow’s world. … Read more
Category: Outreach
Ros and Andrew Holden STEM Scholarship
This STEM scholarship has been generously funded by Ros and Andrew Holden and will fund the tuition fees of a Kent-based widening participation student studying … Read more
Ogden Outreach awards winners!!!
The Ogden Outreach Awards celebrate physics outreach and recognise the efforts of those involved in developing and delivering it, thereby raising the profile of all … Read more
Go For Green: Kent staff bring science to the local community
Dr Vicky Mason, in collaboration with Discovery Planet in Ramsgate, has launched a pilot scheme of public workshops designed to engage the wider local community … Read more
Achievement Award at the South East Physics Network (SEPnet) Public Engagement Awards.
Dr Victoria Mason, Senior Lecturer in Physics in the School of Physical Sciences, has won the Achievement Award at the South East Physics Network (SEPnet) Public Engagement Awards. The … Read more
Kent to host UK PLANCKS premliminaries in 2021
Final year Physics student, and member of Kent’s PLANCKS team Snails3, Anthony Quinlan tells us more about the plans to host the national event, and … Read more
Nats group set-up to tackle under-representation of women in Physics
Nats has set up a Women In Physics group to raise awareness of the latest gender research as well as tackling the causes of under-representation … Read more
Space School Success at Kent
2-4 August 2019 saw 47 secondary school students come together to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing at our annual space school, which … Read more
Join Us For Space School 2019, 20 Years After It’s First Launch
This is a very important year for Space: not only is it 50 years since the first human set foot on the moon, but it … Read more
Staff join forces with Discovery Planet to offer a vision for a future without plastic pollution
Dr Rob Barker from SPS, is leading a team researching the potential of cellulose – a natural polymer – to create “plastic-like” materials. In a … Read more