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STEM Opportunities July 2021
STEM Opportunities is our monthly newsletter for teachers detailing upcoming events and information.

You can subscribe here to receive future updates and view previous issues here

This will be our last newsletter of the academic year, thanks as always for your support through these difficult times. 

STEM Opportunities will return in the new academic year. 
New This Month
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Sustainability and climate change survey
For primary science, secondary and FE chemistry teachers and lecturers, teacher trainers, and trainee or student teachers.

The Royal Society of Chemistry is looking to its community of education professionals throughout the UK and the Republic of Ireland to gauge your thoughts and feelings on the topic of sustainability and climate change. Completing this survey will help us understand your experiences and views on teaching about sustainability and climate change, the strengths and weaknesses of the current curriculum and your opinion on the most important skills and knowledge for learners to have about sustainability.
To take part in the survey please click here

The survey will remain open until Monday 19th July 2021
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Teaching and Outreach Advisory Board – call for Chemistry and Biology teachers
At the University of Leeds we are passionate about encouraging young people from all backgrounds into STEM and want to include like-minded teachers in how we do that. If you are interested in joining a group of school teachers and university staff to help shape our outreach programme and take part in any resulting initiatives, please contact Louise Crabtree at l.crabtree@leeds.ac.uk

The group will meet 3 times per year via MS Teams at a time to suit you. This opportunity is open to anyone teaching Biology or Chemistry, preferably with more than 2 years teaching experience and from schools within LPN areas.
Biology teachers: Further information here

Chemistry teachers: Further information here 
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Be Curious 2021: 5-15 July
Don't miss out on the final events!

Design, imagine, make, do, glue, explore and more at Be Curious 2021!

From the world-leading to the wonderous, join the University of Leeds, Monday 5 -Thursday 15 July, as our annual research open event Be Curious, goes LIVE with a jam-packed programme of FREE online events for families and adults alike!
View the full programme & register for events at www.leeds.ac.uk/becurious
In case you missed it
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Transition to University course for Year 13 students
Due to the recent period of school and college closures, the Advanced Mathematics Support Programme (AMSP) is delighted to offer Year 13 students access, free of charge, to their Transition to University course designed to support students who have studied A level Mathematics and are progressing to an undergraduate degree course in mathematics, engineering, physics or STEM related subject.

The course will consolidate essential A-level Mathematics skills and cover topics that will be encountered early in these university programmes. The course also includes suggested wider reading to explore these themes in greater depth.

The course began on 28th June 2021 with materials for two topics being released each week. Don't worry though: you can join now and gain access to all the past topics and all future topics as they become available
 
Access to the course materials will be available until 31st December 2021.
The course is hosted on the online platform Integral.

Access to the resources requires a free login – every student can create their own free account - please let your students know.
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STEM Ambassador Videos and Talks
For Key Stage 4&5 Students studying STEM subjects.

Our Leeds Loves STEM student ambassadors have recorded short videos detailing the courses they are studying at Leeds, why they chose the University, the highlights of their time at University so far and their future career plans.

To view the videos and find out more about booking our ambassadors for online talks, please follow the links below.

Watch our ambassador videos here and enquire about booking our ambassadors here 
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Careers information survey
The Augmented CINCH project aims to promote and increase awareness of and interest in careers in the field of nuclear and radiochemistry (NRC). To this end we are gathering information about how young people are influenced and how they access their careers information to allow us to produce effective and useful resources.

By taking part in this short survey students will have a direct influence on the way we advertise exciting opportunities such as internships, placements and interviews with employees working in industries such as nuclear power, nuclear medicine, and forensic science.
The survey can be accessed here

Please forward on this survey to your students so that they can take part.
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Environment Taster Lectures and Workshops
We are pleased to present a selection of online taster lectures from the schools of Food Science & Nutrition, Geography and Earth & Environment.

We also offer a number of workshops and taster sessions. Our latest one is called Seeing Earthquakes From Space.
 
To explore these and make a booking enquiry, follow the links below. 
Watch the taster lecture videos here

Explore and book workshops here
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Free, Self-Guided Physics Revision Activities for KS3-5 Pupils
Check out these learning resources that have been created by our undergraduates students enrolled in the Physics into Schools module. 
 
Covering misconceptions in energy and forces, to circuits to astrophysics – we cover it all.  They're designed to be fun and interactive while covering key parts of the national curriculum. 
 
If you have any questions or wish to give feedback, please email Ms Erin McNeill, Physics Outreach Officer, at e.mcneill@leeds.ac.uk
Explore the resources here
This update is provided by the STEM Outreach Team at the University of Leeds, supporting students applying to all STEM courses.

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