STEM Ambassadors are volunteers with experience in a wide range of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) jobs and disciplines from across the UK. With more than 250 University of Manchester staff and student STEM Ambassadors, logging more than 4,000...
school outreach
Volunteers required for a school outreach event
As part of an ongoing collaboration between the University of Manchester and schools in Lancashire, the Manchester Fly Facility have been asked to run an extracurricular day of fly workshops for school pupils on Thur 4th July at Scarisbrickhall School in Ormskirk. The...
Calling all scientists and engineers – competition now open for applications
The next I'm a Scientist and I'm an Engineer online STEM engagement events are running 10-21 June, supported by Wellcome Trust, the STFC, and the British Psychological Society. The application deadline is currently Tuesday 23rd April. Engage school students from your...
Registration for the 2019 Alan Turing Cryptography Competition and MathsBombe is now open!
The 2019 Alan Turing Cryptography Competition is now in its 7th year! It’s an online competition run by the University's School of Mathematics. Every one to two weeks a new chapter of the story is released and there are six chapters in total. Each chapter has a new...
10 scientists for 10 minutes on the Great Science Share for Schools
The Great Science Share for Schools campaign is growing with pace…we are so pleased that 20 satellite events and 130 schools will be taking place on 19th June 2018. This will mean we surpass last year by far with 22,500 children already targeted to be engaged across...
Could you host a Nuffield placement student?
Every year, The University of Manchester hosts sixth formers participating in the Nuffield Research Placement scheme. Last year we were proud, once again, to have hosted more students than any other institution in the UK. In 2017, many of these opportunities were...
I’m a Scientist – moderator jobs for I’m a Scientist/Engineer/Medic
We're running I’m a Scientist, I’m an Engineer and I'm a Medic and we're looking for three moderators to work with us on our online events this March. The job includes moderating live chats, approving students’ questions and comments, checking content and generally...
INVITE – SUPI Networking Event 2017
School-University Partnership Initiative (SUPI) Networking Event Are you a researcher interested in engaging with local schools? Want to share your passion for research and your subject area with teachers and students? Want to develop your public engagement and...
Call for Scientists and Engineers – Take part I’m a Scientist & Engineer competitions (apply by 2 Oct
Do schools outreach from your desk in I’m a Scientist and I’m an Engineer! I'm a Scientist and I’m an Engineer are online STEM outreach competitions that get scientists and engineers talking about their work with school students across the UK. You are invited to apply...
SUPI: Engaging with Schools Training for Researchers
Would you like the opportunity to develop an outreach activity and engage with a local school? Are you passionate about your subject area? Are you interested in taking your research into the classroom? Want to develop your outreach skills? Then this free public...
Become a Manchester Museum PhD Demonstrator – educational sessions for secondary school students
Manchester Museum is looking to recruit PhD students to deliver educational sessions for their Secondary (11-16 year olds) and Post-16 (16-18 year olds) programmes. This will be a paid position for the delivery of education sessions (which includes set-up and...
Call for PhD researchers – become a paid widening participation fellow
Are you a PhD student passionate about your subject area? Would you like the opportunity to work with local school children? …then the Widening Participation Fellow programme might be for you! The Student Recruitment and Widening Participation Team are recruiting PhD...
SUPI Networking Event 2016 – call for researchers
Are you a researcher interested in engaging with local schools? Want to share your passion for research and your subject area with teachers and students? Want to develop your public engagement and outreach skills? Date: Wednesday 9 November, 4pm- 6:30pm (provisional...
I’m a Scientist and I’m an Engineer – Calls scientists and engineers to take part now open (June round 2016)
I’m a Scientist, Get me out of here will run for two weeks from Monday 13 to Friday 24 June 2016 (Apply by 1 May 2016) This June, your favourite online science engagement activity returns with more themes, more scientists, and more questions. Who will emerge...
engagement@manchester session: 11 May 2016: Working with school teachers
Please join us at our next engagement@manchester session, where we will explore the topic “Working with school teachers”. Many colleagues across the University work with pupils in schools; but this session will focus on areas of good practise in working with teachers....
Could you host a sixth form student on a Nuffield Research Placement in July / August 2016?
The Nuffield Research Placement scheme is a national scheme which provides over 1,000 sixth form students each year with the opportunity to work alongside professional scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians. The students who take part carry out 4 week...
Call for The Brilliant Club Placements
The Brilliant Club Placements: A meaningful, paid opportunity for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers to teach their own research! The Brilliant Club is an award-winning charity that recruits, trains and pays doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to deliver...
British Science Week 2016: Opportunity to Exhibit
Would you like to be part of our Science Fair for British Science Week 2016? Read on! British Science Week 2016 will be taking place from 11 – 20 March 2016; and is a 10-day celebration of all things STEM. As in previous years, the University of Manchester will be...
Call for applications for I’m a Scientist, Get Me Out of Here! (March 2016)
I’m a Scientist, Get me out of Here! is an award-winning online event allowing students (from 9 – 18) to interact with real live scientists. You can now apply to take part in the next event, running Monday 7 to Friday 18 March 2016. How does it work? Students...
SUPI: Engaging with Secondary Schools – Wed 10 Feb 2016
Take your research back to school! Call for Participants – ‘SUPI: Engaging with Secondary Schools’ Training Opportunity – Wed 10 February 2016 To apply, please complete the short application form here: http://goo.gl/forms/4UacRdnTcW Would you like the opportunity to...
MAKE A DIFFERENCE: Deep Learning Day – Women in the World of Work – 8 December
On behalf of Whalley Range, our Business Class partner, I would like to invite you to be part of their Deep Learning Day on the 8 December. The learning objectives for the day and key words the girls will be hearing throughout the sessions are: To reflect on my goals,...
Call for Participants – ‘SUPI: Engaging with Secondary Schools’ Training Opportunity – Wed 11 Nov 2015
Booking now closed (Updated 9 November 2015) Would you like the opportunity to develop an outreach activity and engage with a local secondary school? Are you passionate about your subject area? Are you interested in taking your research into the classroom? Want to...
School-University Partnership Initiative (SUPI) Networking Event
Are you a researcher or lecturer interested in engaging with local schools? Want to share your passion for research and your subject area with teachers and students? Want to develop your public engagement and outreach skills? DATE: Wednesday 21 October, 4pm - 6:30pm...
Could you inspire the next generation of science communicators?
Do you want to help inspire the next generation of scientists and science communicators? Here at the Manchester Branch of the British Science Association we recognise that the public gain most of their understanding of scientific advancement through news reports; and...
Call for Researchers: SUPI Engaging with Secondary Schools Training Opportunity – 2 March 2015
Would you like the opportunity to develop an outreach activity and engage with a local secondary school? Are you passionate about your subject area? Are you interested in taking your research into the classroom? Want to develop your outreach skills? Then this free...