Over the last few NUSTEM colleagues from NUSTEM have been working across the Faculty of Engineering and Environmental teaching on Foundation and Undergraduate courses. We’ve been helping students understand science communication and explored how to embed it into their educational practice. We’ve also been working closely with phd students on two of Northumbria’s Doctoral Training […]
The arrival of the Coronavirus, and the subsequent dramatic changes in all areas of life have provided those of us in the STEM engagement sector with numerous challenges. Although it’s been a period of great challenge and huge change, at NUSTEM we’ve been able to turn some of the challenges into opportunities which have enabled […]
As the world changes and we all adapt to our new realities, NUSTEM are working hard to make sure we continue to support our partner schools. It’s clear there’s a wealth of activities out there, and many STEM organisations are already packaging these up to support parents who are taking on the role of home-school […]
Meet Rocket, a young scientist with her heart set on the stars! We welcomed back many of our families for the second Me, You and Science Too story: Look Up! The story is about a young girl who spends her days dreaming of the stars and sharing her passion with anyone she meets. After the […]
The images above have been nine months in the making. That’s precisely the amount of time needed to: Talk to research scientist Paul about CACOON, permafrost and the Arctic Find a local artist, meet with them and explain the project Prototype a camera that we can use in schools workshop to model permafrost melt using […]
Meet Violet Van Winkle, an extraordinary engineer and pilot! In our first MYST session over 60 families from the school joined us to read Violet the Pilot. The story is about a young girl with a gift for engineering, who uses her creativity and hard work to build flying machines. If you’d like to get […]
We’ve been running science pop-up shops for a number of years now, in shopping centres across the north-east. These community events enable us work with our “harder to reach” family audiences in ways that we can’t achieve through our school-based workshops. This post outlines our process for running these events; we hope you might find it […]
Every now and then, we (Jonathan and Joe) get an idea stuck in our heads. It’s usually a ridiculous idea, an idea that should never see the light of day. But then, one of us says it out loud… We’d like to introduce you to the NUSTEM IoT Festive Glockenspiel™. Whilst you pick your jaw […]
Part of NUSTEM’s offer to primary schools in the north east is our Primary Science Coordinators’ Forum. Each half term, science leaders from primary schools across the area come to our Think Lab at Northumbria University for two hours of skills sharing, networking and high-quality STEM CPD. We’re in our third year of sessions, and it’s […]
We’re always looking for new ways to engage different audiences, and this winter our Family Space Explorers project is doing just that. Funded by the UK Space Agency, we’re engaging young children and their families with space science through STEM story workshops and hands-on activities in libraries across the north east. Why families? As a […]
