Information for Schools

Introduction

As part of our widening participation programme, we engage with local schools and colleges and offer a wide variety of activities both in school and at the University.  These include sample lectures, competitions, tours, laboratories and research placements which all tie in nicely to the National Curriculum.

Sample lectures include: electronics, basic physics, software, renewable energy systems and robotics. Competitions include: the design and construction of solar collectors, watermills and wind turbines. Laboratories include the design of hardware electronics, computer programming and robot control. Tours are tailored according to the students' interests.  Research placements are one of our new initiatives which will see pupils allocated a project which they work on both at school and at the University.

Ever wondered what it might be like to be a University student?  Well, a theme which has proved particularly popular is 'virtually a student' where school children experience a typical day in the life of a student in the School.  

This year alone has seen over 2000 students participating in our activities and the accompanying teachers seem to gain as much from it as the students!

If you wish to take advantage of any of these activities please contact Dr John Woods (School's liaison) on 01206 872795 or email woodjt@essex.ac.uk

current planned visits/events

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previous visits/events

2009 visits

2008 visits

2007 visits