Becky Middleton, Director of Education and Student Experience in the Faculty of Natural Sciences, outlines in this blog some of the activities that the Education Team have planned for this Autumn term.
Tag: outreach
Imperial is using its outreach programmes to get more young people excited about space. This blog post looks at the reach and impact of these initiatives.
The road to the stars, it turns out, begins with a postcard. But instead of the Eiffel Tower or Big Ben, the postcards depict ‘flight surgeons’ and ‘space lawyers’, and instead of inspiring wanderlust, these postcards inspire young people to imagine their futures beyond the Earth’s boundaries.
For this International Creativity Day (21 April), PhD student Vanessa Madu reflects on the importance of extracurricular STEM clubs in promoting passion for science and mathematics in young students.
Dr Tilly Collins, from Imperial College London’s Centre for Environmental Policy, and her 16-year-old son – Douglas – spent a month this summer in the Kibale Forest of Western Uganda. Dr Collins was part of a Tropical Biology Association (TBA) team, which ran skill and capacity-building field courses to train future conservation leaders, bringing together graduate students from the host continent and the rest of the world.
In this post, Dr Collins writes a weekly log of her adventures!
Thomas Walker is a second-year student at Imperial College studying for a BSc in Mathematics with Statistics.
Earlier this year, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced his plans to make the studying of mathematics compulsory until the age of 18, making it a central part of the UK’s future education strategy. He emphasised that focusing on numerical literacy is essential for future economic and societal development. But will his plans work?
