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A STEM Ambassador's involvement can engage and enthuse both students and teachers. If you are interested in asking a STEM Ambassador to assist you can make your request here. We’ve created brief guides to encourage both STEM Ambassadors and educators to use the self-service. 

National Numeracy Day with STEM Ambassadors.

National Numeracy Day’s fifth birthday was a breakthrough year, achieving a genuinely transformative level of impact across the UK. The number of champion organisations promoting National Numeracy Day rose 71% on last year to 4,813. We even set a new Guinness World Record with schoolchildren across the UK.
This year STEM Ambassadors for Wales  supported National Numeracy Day with a series of videos relating Maths as
applied to their working lives.
From a fun and engaging activity for primary pupils to current topics on Maths for Secondary schools, these
videos aim to illustrate the ever important role that maths plays in everyday lives. Influence that is often
hidden from view.
Speakers
Dr Brais Lopez Parades Data Scientist IQVIA 
How Maths is used in Pharmaceutical trials: https://youtu.be/kmFLR_B1_qE

Robert Bowen Graduate Engineer Babcock International Group plc
Maths in Marine Defence: https://youtu.be/jtldiayu56Q

Dr Claudia Medrano Tutor and Maths Researcher
The Art of Pi for Primary pupils:  https://youtu.be/9qDm_5l_KPI

Dr David Willock Reader in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Cardiff University 
Chemistry and Maths: https://youtu.be/oOFgKJKwAs0

Chemical scientists working in Wales from the Royal Society of Chemistry

Explore our new career profiles (available in Welsh and English) and find out how Welsh scientists are making a difference to our world. Your learners can explore the profiles and see the fascinating careers that studying chemistry can lead to.
Job profiles of chemical scientists in Wales | RSC Education
 

The National Education Show 2022 face-to-face show will be held at Cardiff City Hall on Friday 7th October.The day is designed to provide opportunities and new ways to improve and raise standards, enhance learning experiences and support learners. A must-attend event for everyone working in education including early years, primary, secondary, HE and FE. An ideal way to optimise your CPD training and explore products and services through an action packed day.The National Education Show delivers inspiring seminars from sector leaders and opportunities to meet a wide variety of exhibitors, the show is a must-attend event for everyone working in the education sector.

By visiting the show, you will:
• gain access to over 40+ CPD seminars;
• take home strategies & resources to raise standards, enhance learning experiences & support learners;
• engage in great networking opportunities with your peers & speakers;
• empower and inspire your staff;
• trial the latest products/services and receive exclusive offers from exhibitors

Click here to register for your FREE entry ticket

Click here to view Seminar Timetable

Newtown Science Festival  - 17 September 2022

We are delighted to see the return of the Festival of Ideas and look forward to welcoming you all to the Computational Foundry.

This years Festival is being organised by the Computational Foundry and students from the Centre for Doctoral Training in Enhancing Human Interactions and Collaborations with Data and Intelligence Driven Systems.

We have great high profile speakers lined up, including former SAS leader, Star of Channels 4's SAS: Who Dares Wins and Sunday Times Bestseller, Colin MacLachlan, founder of Women in Tech, Lisa Short, a renowned and highly regarded world leading environmentalist who has recently received a CBE, Tavi Murray, and a panel discussion with experts in cyber security from CYTREC. Full agenda to be confirmed soon.

Our Centre’s community aspires to have a high degree of diversity of perspective. This is embedded within the Festival. Our aim is to appeal to a multi-disciplinary audience; provoking thought, inspiration and excitement, whilst learning, networking and having fun!

The Festival wants to give postgraduates from any University, across any discipline the opportunity to share their ideas. This will be achieved in one of two ways:

Via a 3 minute ‘Why My Research Matters’ talk and/or a poster. Prizes will be given for the best entries. To learn more about the event and please visit the website ​​​​ here or e mail computational foundry@swansea.ac.uk

The 21st Annual Welsh Physics Teachers Conference / 21ain Cynhadledd Blynyddol Athrawon Ffiseg Cymru

A Blended Approach / Monday 3rd October - Saturday 8th October 2022

The ASE Cymru Regional Committee , Royal Society of Chemistry and Institute of Physics invite you to an idea-packed science teachmeet in Cardiff Metropolitan Universitywhere there will also be an opportunuity to welcoem new PGCE students as well as share ideas and experiences regarding the new Curriculum for Wales . Educators are welcome to come along and share their own ideas with a 5 minute sharing slot or just to gather ideas and learn from others.

Networking will begin at 4:30pm with the aim of starting at 5pm
To book your place please click here

Energy Quest is a free two-hour workshop aimed at KS3 pupils. Through an exciting narrative, students are challenged to save the day by utilising their practical engineering skills and find a solution to help a group of young people in danger. During the challenge, students encounter a range of engineers as they uncover the skills engineers possess and the way energy plays an important role in all our lives.

See Science will be delivering the workshops throughout this coming year. Schools who received sessions last year are eligible to book again for the new school year.

More information here or get in touch with Llinos at llinos.misra@see-science.co.uk to book your sessions.

IMechE Vision of the Future Competition

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers is celebrating its’ 175th anniversary this year and its Nuclear Power Committee has organised this competition to celebrate the benefits of engineering. Engineers have built our past but will also shape the future.The past history of the IMechE has seen flight progressfrom a short hop off the ground to flights to the Moon, Mars and beyond. Transport has evolved from the pace of the horse to driverless vehicles. Consider the key challenges and opportunities facing society today such as food and farming, transport, housing, energy and renewables, climate change, manufacturing, shopping habits, healthcare and medicine, communications, space exploration and social media.

What do you think the future world will look like? What exciting opportunities lie ahead for engineers to design and build? 

Choose one of the above themes or an alternative theme of your choice and provide us your vision by any of the following methods. Enter as an individual or as a group (maximum 5 team members).

• A drawing or painting by hand and 1 page written description
• A digital painting or poster and 1 page written description
• A video (5 minutes maximum) and 1 page written description

Age categories from 5 to 24 years old.

Closing date for entries, Friday 28 October.

Details here.

The UK CanSat Competition

The CanSat competition provides students with the opportunity to have practical experience working on a small-scale space project. They are tasked with designing and building their own simulation of a real satellite, integrated within the volume and shape of a soft drink can. The challenge for students is to fit all the major subsystems found in a satellite, such as power, sensors and a communication system, into this minimal volume. After building their CanSat teams will be invited to launch events across the UK to launch their CanSats on small rockets, with their CanSats returning to Earth using a parachute designed by the students.

Teams are set a primary mission of measuring air pressure and air temperature during the CanSats decent, with data being transmitted to the students' ground station. They are also tasked with design a secondary mission of their choosing. It can be based on other satellite missions, a perceived need for scientific data for a specific project, a technology demonstration for a student-designed component, or any other mission that would fit the CanSat’s capabilities. 

For those aged 14 and above.  Details here.

Registration deadline is October 1st and the competition runs until April.

Apply now for FIRST LEGO League Funding 2022-23

FIRST LEGO League deliver hands-on STEM experiences for children aged 4-16 years through our three FIRST® LEGO® League divisions across the UK and Ireland.

The IET, in collaboration with our sponsors and donors, are excited to be able to offer a limited number of funded team registrations and class packs for the three FIRST® LEGO® League divisions. 

Schools, colleges, home school groups, uniformed or youth groups based in the UK and Ireland can apply.

The current phase of funding closes on September 11th.    All details here.