Outreach Opportunities in January & beyond.

STEM Outreach Team

STEM Opportunities January 2021

Happy New Year.

STEM Opportunities is our scheduled newsletter for teachers detailing upcoming events and information.

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STEM Outreach Opportunities

Environment & Political Futures

Starting February 2022.

For Year 12 Students.

Here at the University of Leeds, we have TWO upcoming outreach programmes for students with an interest in either Environment or Politics. Environment Futures & Political Futures are programmes that will run from February 2022, with students in Year 12, and will support them right up to December 2022, by which point they will be in Year 13.

This programme will have up to 12 opportunities to engage across February – December 2022, including opportunities to come to University of Leeds campus, take part in exciting taster lectures, masterclasses, and workshops in their selected pathways, meet admissions tutors. In addition to this we will run sessions in Autumn 2022 to help with transition skills and knowledge supporting young people on their journey to Higher Education, looking at Personal Statements, How to Choose a Course, Revision Skills, Student Finance. On top of all this will be the opportunity to meet current University of Leeds students, as well as admissions staff to find out exactly what students need to know to be confident in their decisions for the future.

For further information, and the link to apply to either, please visit here Political Futures or here for Environment Futures.

Deadline for applications is 19th January 2022

STEM Lecture Series

Starting on Wednesday's later this January.

For post-16 students interested in areas relating to Biology and/or Chemistry.

These programme aims to give students a better understanding of some of the topics they would learn about in a STEM degree at Leeds and inspire them to go onto further study in these subjects. It will provide students with up-to-date information about the university and our courses.

This series of sessions are provisionally set to take place weekly online, every Wednesday from 26th Jan - 16th February 2022, 4.00 - 5.30pm.

There will also be the chance to hear from current students.

Individual students can register their interest to receive further details once the programme has been finalised by following the link below:

https://leeds.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/register-interest-for-stem-lecture-series-jan-feb-2022

Degree Apprenticeships at the University of Leeds

Did you know you can study a Degree Apprenticeship at University of Leeds?

Umayah is part of our 4 year Technology Degree Apprenticeship with PwC in the School of Computing at the University of Leeds. As part of her Degree Apprenticeship, Umayah splits her time between university studies and paid placements within PwC (northern office in Leeds).

Find out more about course highlights here

Fluid Dynamics Photography Competition

The University of Leeds is pleased to invite KS3 students to explore the wonders of everyday fluid dynamics by submitting a photograph, video or GIF alongside a description (max 200 words).

For more information about the competition, please visit our Fluid Dynamics Competition page.

Download a Teachers Pack at https://tinyurl.com/fluidcompleeds, containing descriptions of fluid dynamic phenomena and hands-on demonstrations, alongside the competition guidelines. Deadline for entries Friday 18 March 2022, 1^st prize £40 Amazon voucher.

Junior Robot Fighting League 2022 (Engineering & Computing)

Are you an engineering and/ careers teacher working with Post-16 students interested in studying engineering at university and gaining experience to write about in their personal statements?

The Junior Robot Fighting League, a Robot Wars style event, consists of 2 days of face to face activity in school and on campus from January- March 2022. Your students are invited to compete and be crowned the Junior Robot Fighting Champion 2022.

Activity will be delivered by teaching staff and current students from *Shocksoc at the University of Leeds.

January/ February 2022 – Day 1 in school: Practical Workshops (1.5 hours) plus mini-lecture (30 mins), total 2 hours (teacher to select dates)
Wednesday 9 March 2022, 9:30- 2:30pm – Day 2 on campus: Tour of the university plus competition

To book please complete the online booking form here
For more information please visit the web pages here

This update is provided by the STEM Outreach Team at the University of Leeds, supporting students applying to all STEM courses.

Please forward this on to colleagues who may be interested in the opportunities we offer. They can also sign up to receive updates here

Keep in touch

Web: STEM.leeds.ac.uk | Email: STEM@leeds.ac.uk