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2025 Institute of Physics Kelvin Gold Medal winners

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Last night the NUSTEM team were delighted to receive the 2025 William Thompson, Lord Kelvin Gold Medal from the Institute of Physics at an event hosted at The Oval, London. The citation read:

For pioneering new methodologies and pedagogies in physical sciences outreach and engagement, taking a nuanced, long-term approach to supporting children’s physics and career identity across North East England and beyond.

The news has been out for a little while – see the Institute’s page, the news release from Northumbria University, and this BBC story.

Our thanks to everyone who’s supported us, worked and collaborated with us, and joined us on our journey over the last ten years. We’re honoured and proud to win this prestigious award, joining the list of previous winners, which includes several individuals and organisations who’ve inspired us over the years.

Here’s the NUSTEM team at the reception last night:

The NUSTEM team at the Kia Oval, London, for the Institute of Physics Award celebration, 2025

Shortlisted – UK Career Development Awards

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Friends of NUSTEM will know that we have been supporting primary teachers with careers in the classroom for many years. It can sometimes feel challenging for teachers to know what careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) might link to the topics that they are teaching.

To help out, NUSTEM developed our Primary Careers Tool. We gathered a database of over 100 jobs in STEM, and then sorted them by National Curriculum Topic. Using the Primary Careers Tool, it takes only a few minutes to add a career into a science lesson and get the children talking about the skills needed for different jobs.

We’re very pleased to announce that the Primary Careers Tool has been shortlisted in the category “Career-Related Learning in Primary Schools” at the UK Career Development Awards, from the Career Development Institute.

The award ceremony is on 11th March, and we’re really excited to meet the other shortlisted organisations and chat about primary schools and careers.

(update 31st Jan: an earlier version of this post noted that the same project was also shortlisted in the category “Use of Technology in Career Development”. This turns out to have been an error on the part of the award organisers, and we have corrected the post accordingly.)

Educate North Awards 2019

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