School Visits & Public
Events: The Biological Sciences School is dedicated to it’s outreach programme to increase awareness and knowledge of environmental issues
including issues in Food security and basic bioscience underpinning
health issues. We offer a range of presentations specifically tailored to the audience. For
examples of public presentations that could be offered please
Click here. In addition the
School is currently conducting research into the best way to facilitate engagement of different age cohorts with current issues so as to ensure the continued delivery of quality professional and academic standards.
Environmental Clubs: A
Schoolal environmental outreach officer has worked with schools to help develop environmental clubs and activities with the aim of facilitating student led environmental actions within their own institution. We
have also offered information on regional and nationally recognised environmental award schemes by means of our links with the council.
If your school is interested in our current opportunities for
development and would like to find out more please contact please contact
Nicky Slee. The School
is also in the process of developing links with 'Colchester
Children's University', with scope to deliver short
lectures/practical demonstrations to children aged 7-14 years old.
Learnscapes Project
2009-2011: The School of Biological Sciences, in partnership with BBSRC Local School Coordinators, launched a visionary new project “Essex LearnScapes”; an educational programme focused on increasing environmental education in the region via the involvement of a select network of Lead Schools.
Click here to find out more. This helped to develop some of the
current outreach opportunities.
Current School Outreach
Opportunities: For specific current school outreach
opportunities and activities please contact
Nicky Slee, examples of
activities:
1. AS Biology Conference:
The School has run two very successful conferences aimed at
helping AS level students prepare for their exams, giving them
an insight into the diversity of the biology subject area and
providing them with information about potential careers and
expectations of student life at University.
Click here
to find
out more. Information about the 2012 conference will be
available shortly.
2. Subject Taster Days: The University's
Outreach School offers the opportunity for students to
come along to the University to take part in a range of
subject taster sessions, activities and talks. For
information on generic University visits please visit
Widening Participation or for more information on specific
Biological Sciences and Sports Sciences sessions please contact
Nicky Slee.
Media Programme: The research of the
School is increasingly reported within the media. The School actively seeks media coverage to increase the transfer of knowledge to the wider community by making use of the
University's dedicated External Relations Office.
Click here
to see an example of media coverage at the Essex Rural Commission.
