STEM Summer Placement Scheme

STEM Summer Placement Scheme Science, Technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) placements for 16-18 year olds hosted by res What is the STEM summer placement scheme? What will I do?

The STEM summer placement scheme is a brand new initiative at the University of Birmingham. The scheme involves some of our world leading researchers hosting project opportunities within their disciplines for science inspired 16-18 year olds who have completed at least one academic term towards their A levels. When will the projects take place? Projects offered are on different dates throughout th

e summer and can be completed on a PT or FT basis. Do I have to pay for anything, or do I get paid? You don’t have to pay for the project, but you also won’t get paid for completing your placement. Also if you wanted to complete the Gold Crest Award as part of your placement then you will need to pay a £15 registration fee to the body that moderate the awards (Create a Future), but this is optional. Projects require a commitment of at least 70 hours, completion of a project report and presentation of results. As part of the scheme there will also be the opportunity to complete a British Science Association Gold Crest Award. Where can I find out more information about the BSA Gold Crest Award? You can find out more information from the British Science Association’s website using the following link:
http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/crest-awards/crest-awards-11-19-yrs/about-crest-awards

How do I find out more about the projects being offered? If you are interested in enhancing your CV, trying out something new, challenging yourself and want to be involved, please email Dr Laura Vickers ([email protected]) and register your interest. A pack will be sent to you with details of available projects. I’ve only just finished my GCSE’s and haven’t yet started my A levels, can I still be involved for this year or should I wait for next year? As this is a pilot year places are limited for 2014, we are hoping to be able to offer more projects in 2015, keep checking this page and more details will be available nearer the time.

NOTICE TO THIS YEARS STUDENT COHORT: You can all enter your projects into the National Science and Engineering competiti...
12/09/2014

NOTICE TO THIS YEARS STUDENT COHORT: You can all enter your projects into the National Science and Engineering competition - whether you did the CREST Award or not! http://www.nsecuk.org/

The aim of the Competition is to recognise and reward young people's achievements in all areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and by doing so, encourage others to engage with STEM and consider STEM-related career paths. The Competition's finals are held annually at The Bi…

12/09/2014

Wow what a week we've had with the British Science Festival on campus all week, all of our students did a great job last Sunday talking to the public on community day - a well earned weekend coming up!

04/09/2014

Just three days to go until community day (7th) and the last event for our placement students - a stand to showcase their work!

29/08/2014

We hope everyone has a great weekend... we are certainly looking forward to our student presentations on Monday! It'll be a great opportunity for all our placement students to finally meet each other!

22/08/2014

So we have confirmation our students will all be available to talk about their placements at the University of Birmingham Community Day on Sunday 7th September - we will be in the Great Hall stand 5 if anyone wants to come and join see us!

15/08/2014

Wow the summer is going very fast! Most of our placement students are finished or finishing their time in the lab. We are looking forward to seeing their presentations on the 1st September!

08/08/2014

Some of our students have finished their placement today - but we are looking forward to welcoming more next week!

23/07/2014

So our first five students are on campus this week! They will all be meeting each other later today... a few have been spending the morning making conductive 'pins' to study the interaction between insect and plant using the electrical pe*******on graph technique!

Has anyone visited the University of Birmingham today for the UCAS fair? I've seen lots of students around campus, maybe...
04/07/2014

Has anyone visited the University of Birmingham today for the UCAS fair? I've seen lots of students around campus, maybe someone who's applied for one of our placements has been on campus today?

Online booking for this event is now closed. To make a booking, please contact the local organiser for information. For a full list of alternative conventions, please visit the Calendar of events page.

04/07/2014

It's taking a little longer than expected, there have been so many good applications for these placements! We are delighted with the response to this scheme. Hopefully everyone should find out if they have a placement by Monday!

01/07/2014

We are now closed for new applications. We should be letting everyone know by the end of the week!

30/06/2014

Wow what a response we've had for these placements, due to the amount of applications we have received we have increased the amount of students we will be taking, but we have also decided to close to new enquiries and applications from midday tomorrow. We hope to let everyone know by the end of the week.

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