Oxford STEM Fest to shine light on STEM Careers this October Young people, Year 9s and above, this one is for you! Are you unsure what GCSE options to choose? Or, have you already chosen your subjects but don’t know what… Read More
Celebrating the region’s best school scientists Every year Science Oxford celebrates outstanding Year 13 science students across Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire at our Young Scientists of the Year Award. Usually, the event is held amongst the dinosaurs… Read More
Celebrating the best of Bucks Can you imagine what your future may hold? That was the daunting question posed to the 49 secondary school students who we welcomed to our Buckinghamshire Young Scientists of the… Read More
Oxfordshire Young Scientists of the Year 2019 To be a Young Scientist of the Year, you need attributes such as enthusiasm, creativity and a willingness to take on-board new ideas, all whilst being determined and focussed. Last… Read More
Work Experience student chalks up a win at Chiltern Rangers A remarkable student from Lord Williams’s School in Thame took part in the Science Oxford Summer Placement scheme with the Chiltern Rangers during August 2018 and has won their prestigious… Read More
Young Oxfordshire Scientists Celebrate under the T-rex There’s nothing like taking a step back from our busy schedule of school outreach visits, work placements and careers day to enjoy an evening of celebration. The Young Scientists of… Read More
Celebration evening for Oxfordshire’s best school scientists Some of the county’s most talented and inspiring young scientists are to be celebrated next week at a special event organised by Science Oxford at the Oxford University Museum of… Read More
Students ‘meet the scientists’ at Dunn School As part of our STEM Experience Week in March, students from three Oxfordshire secondary schools visited research-based organisations and STEM businesses across the region to explore what a STEM-based career… Read More
IF you can dream – Science & Ideas Festival launches schools poetry competition Science Oxford is proud to be supporting this year’s IF Oxford festival – formerly known as the Oxfordshire Science Festival – and the IF Oxfordshire schools poetry competition especially. The… Read More
Young Scientists Shine in Buckinghamshire Some of Buckinghamshire’s most talented and inspiring young scientists have been celebrated at a special evening we held recently in partnership with the Buckinghamshire Learning Trust. As with our Oxfordshire… Read More
New celebration event for Buckinghamshire’s best school scientists Some of the county’s most talented and inspiring young scientists are to be celebrated at a very special event hosted by Science Oxford and the Buckinghamshire Learning Trust. The Buckinghamshire… Read More
Celebrate Oxfordshire brightest science stars Eighty young people from 30 Oxfordshire schools have been commended as potential science stars of the future at a special Science Oxford celebration. Our annual Young Scientists of the Year… Read More
Young Scientists to be Celebrated Calling all secondary school science teachers. It’s time to nominate your most amazing students for our ‘Young Scientists of the Year 2017’ celebration, which honours some of Oxfordshire’s most outstanding… Read More
Carnival Time! We’re going to be busy this weekend as both Cowley and Eynsham go fiesta crazy! On Saturday 1st July we’ll be at Eynsham Carnival where entertainment includes a shirt race,… Read More
Oxfordshire Science Festival Schools Poetry competition 2017 From texting to celebrity tweeting, amusing memes or hashtag-ing lunch, the world around us has never been so obsessively observed and widely shared via technology – text is trending! Both… Read More
A winning formula at technology tournament Science Oxford is excited to be sponsoring the prizes for the Foundation winners at the Rotary Club of High Wycombe Technology Tournament 2017 for the second time. Twenty-five teams will… Read More
10 Free Back from the Dead Workshops for Schools In 2016-17 the Museum of the History of Science will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the first clinical trials of penicillin which took place in Oxford in 1941 with a… Read More
Young Scientists of the Year 2016 This celebration is an opportunity for Oxfordshire’s secondary schools to nominate their best Year 13 students in Physics, Chemistry and Biology to be acknowledged for their outstanding efforts in science… Read More
Science Oxford on board with maritime project to MAP the Black Sea Roger Baker, Education Support Officer at Science Oxford, embarked on a unique and exciting research trip to the Black Sea where he spent ten days mentoring four A-Level STEM students selected for the trip of… Read More
BIG SCIENCE EVENT 2016 WINNERS Some of the region’s top young primary science prodigies have been battling it out to win the Big Science Event 2016 – a Science Oxford science competition in which primary… Read More
The Big Science Event Oxfordshire The motivational power of cabbage If you ever needed a simple explanation of a complicated scientific concept I think I might just refer you to a nine year-old. Some of… Read More
