Upcoming: A Level STEM Day
September will see the STEM team hosting a day of activities at the University for A Level students from around the district. Those studying STEM subjects from Sixth Forms across the…
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Upcoming: Bradford Science Festival
In Autumn 2012 the University will co-host the first Bradford Science Festival. The festival will take place across the city, with thousands of school pupils from across the district coming…
Robotics at Sandal Primary
Organised and co-staffed by UCAN, the University’s student volunteering arm, July 16th saw Sandal Primary at Baildon host a day of robotics for 60 of their pupils. The pupils spent…
Chemistry at Work Event for Year 8
STEM at Bradford collaborated with STEMNET to run sessions at schools in Halifax and Wakefield. Groups of Year 8 students were taken through workshops on chemistry in the workplace and…
Kings Science Academy University Visit
On July 11th we welcomed the Year 7 pupils of Kings Science Academy to the University for a day of scientific enquiry.
Queensbury Robotics Day
Queensbury School sent 18 students to the University City Campus to take part in an activity to build a programmable robot. Once built, the robots were set on an assault course…
Salts School Visit
On the 10th July Titus Salt School at Baildon hosted a day full of STEM activity designed to stimulate the interest of 190 of their Year 7 and 8 pupils….
STEM Compact Summer School
The STEM team helped with a 3-day Summer School, provided as part of the University’s Compact Summer Scheme, on the 4-6th July. A small group of prospective 2012-13 1st years were…
Thornton Grammar School STEM Club for Girls
This year, Thornton Grammar School and the STEM team have collaborated to offer a weekly after-school STEM club. Designed to combat the gender stereotyping of STEM subjects as masculine domains,…
Balloon Powered Racing Cars at Queensbury School
Queensbury hosted a day-long event for 150 of its Year 8 pupils on June 28th. Pupils were given the whole school day to build the different components to their cars….