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What do people who work in STEM actually do?
Tuesday 15th November 2022
Thanks to Science Oxford, a group of year 10s from local Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire secondary schools who participated in the October half-term STEM Insight Week discovered what working in STEM really entails.
Catapulting careers in STEM – meet our placement student
Wednesday 11th May 2022
If you’re considering a career in STEM, there’s a world of opportunity waiting! Earlier this year we were delighted to welcome a PhD student from Sheffield University, Ruth Thomas, who joined us for her Professional Internship placement. Ruth explored her interests in science outreach and communication with our thriving education and engagement programmes at the […]
A not completely alive Live Lab session
Tuesday 10th May 2022
If you visit the Science Oxford Centre for a Family Day this summer, you just might see something unusual. Our pop up ‘Live Lab’ is an interactive space where families get to meet a scientist, student or researcher – or one of our expert team.
Climate of change – students look to the future for STEM Insight Week
Thursday 4th November 2021
During an unseasonably warm October and the build up to COP26 – the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow – we were excited to welcome an enthusiastic group of young people to our Climate Change themed STEM Insight Week. Secondary school students from the region took part in free talks and tours over half term, showcasing companies at the […]
Following the science – our new STEM Careers Programme launches this autumn
Thursday 23rd September 2021
Issues important to young people are constantly in the news, from ‘following the science’ during the pandemic to the New Space Race, climate change and the global energy crisis. That’s why our STEM Careers Programme strives to fire up secondary school students’ enthusiasm with topical themes and activities that inspire and engage. Our regular programmes return for this academic year with a mix of virtual […]
Big data, little data: insight into STEM Careers
Wednesday 3rd March 2021
As we celebrate National Careers Week, a UK initiative to empower and inform students about the world of work, we highlight Science Oxford’s STEM Careers Programme — designed to inspire young people considering a career in science, technology, engineering and maths. Our virtual STEM Insight Week took place during February half-term, where we introduced 22 […]
Celebrating the region’s best school scientists
Wednesday 18th November 2020
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 at the Oxford University Natural History Museum and the cutting edge technology at the Bucks New University, but this time round the celebrations took place […]
OxSource supporting Science Oxford’s STEM Careers Programme
Monday 27th July 2020
We are pleased to say that local recruitment company OxSource is supporting our STEM Careers programme this year. OxSource a young, dynamic Oxford-based technology recruitment agency. Their STEM graduate programme started in January before the effects of Covid-19 were known but it is an added incentive for John Chapman and his team to assist this […]
Science Oxford’s STEM Insight Week: A first byte into big data
Monday 2nd March 2020
In February, the Science Oxford team ran a STEM Insight Week on Computing and Coding for fifteen Year 10 students from schools across Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. The idea of our Insight Week is to give young people the opportunity to hear about the science relating to particular businesses and the career opportunities available. One of […]
Science Oxford Employer Awards 2019 Announced
Friday 17th January 2020
Would your business or organisation be able to inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers, doctors, programmers, technicians or researchers? We work with some amazing businesses and we are pleased to recognise their contribution to our STEM World of Work Programme. Science Oxford’s STEM Careers Programme offers a range of engaging activities for secondary school students […]
Celebrating the best of Bucks
Thursday 12th December 2019
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 Year celebration evening in November. Held at the prestigious Bucks New University, the students were shown a potential vision of that future. Their minds were […]
It’s elemental, my dear student
Thursday 12th December 2019
Science Oxford’s Rowena Fletcher-Wood went along to a celebration of all things chemistry at Wychwood School in Oxford last month, as students gathered for a competition to mark the International Year of the Periodic Table. Choose your favourite element and talk about it for two minutes. Go. Sounds like a tricky feat? Not only do […]
Oxfordshire Young Scientists of the Year 2019
Wednesday 23rd October 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 week, Science Oxford was delighted to welcome seventy-three Oxfordshire secondary students with such attributes to the perfectly neo-gothic University of Oxford Museum of Natural History […]
Celebration evening showcases student success
Thursday 10th October 2019
Batteries, chocolate eclairs and broad smiles were the order of the evening, as Science Oxford welcomed twelve students, their families and placement providers to the Work Experience Celebration event on Thursday 03 October. The celebration evening is our opportunity to recognise the hard work and dedication of those students who took part in their summer […]
Students sample Biomedical STEM careers in Oxfordshire
Monday 10th June 2019
Our World of Work programme aims to inspire and encourage young people to consider a career in STEM through giving them real life work experiences. In May, we took fifteen Year 10 students from ten different secondary schools in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire to visit a range of biomedical research businesses and organisations, as part of […]
STEM Experience Week February 2019
Thursday 14th February 2019
Sixteen Y10 students from secondary schools across Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire will be visiting local high-tech businesses next week to explore career opportunities in technology and engineering. The STEM Experience Week provides the students with the chance to experience working life in a diverse range of STEM businesses – from engineering firms and autonomous vehicle developers […]