Youth Industrial Strategy Competition – British Science Association outreach programme
The British Science Association is offering a free outreach programme to state-funded schools that have:
- a high proportion (over 30%) of pupils eligible for the pupil premium or equivalent
- a high proportion (over 30%) of pupils from ethnic minority backgrounds
to increase the number of students from these schools who enter the Youth Industrial Strategy Competition.
The Youth Industrial Strategy Competition is a new, national STEM initiative that aims to inspire and challenge young people aged 11 to 19 to come up with innovative solutions to the future challenges that face industry, society and the environment – for more information visit the Youth Industrial Strategy Competition website.
The Youth Industrial Strategy Competition is open for entries until November 2019 so, between June and October 2019, schools that meet the criteria are being offered two free event options:
- a five-hour CREST Discovery Day based on one of the Grand Challenges, that are the focus of the Youth Industrial Strategy Competition, at which it will be explained to teachers and students how they can use the Discovery Day project or any other project they intend to do, or are already doing, to enter the Youth Industrial Strategy Competition – a minimum of 30 students must participate
- 2-3 hours of teacher CPD in the delivery of a CREST Discovery Day and how to enter students’ projects for the Youth Industrial Strategy Competition, plus support for the teachers trained to deliver a five-hour Discovery Day using one of the Grand Challenge-themed CREST Discovery Day resources – a minimum of 150 students must participate.
For schools that participate in the outreach programme, the British Science Association also covers the cost of the CREST Discovery Award that each student who participates in a Discovery Day qualifies for, which usually cost £3 each.
If you are planning a STEM day for either the summer or autumn term, the events being offered through the outreach programme would support that perfectly, with the students gaining a nationally recognised award for their project work at no extra cost to the school.
If your school qualifies and is interested in one or both of the events on offer – each school can have one of each type of event as long as they are held on different dates and cover different classes or teachers/year groups – then email us to let us know as soon as possible, ideally by 10 May, so we can ensure that the resources are in place to support the event/events you want.
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