First Campus - First Campus Gets "Hands On" Funding

First Campus Gets "Hands On" Funding

First Campus have successfully secured funding for a new “Hands on Science” project.

Lead by the First Campus Partnership, Hands on Science will work in collaboration with the Reaching Wider Partnerships across Wales to devilver Science, Maths and Health focused events throughout Wales.

The funding of £170,000, which lasts until July 2008 is from the HEFCW Reaching Wider agenda...

...and will be used to run an initiative to encourage more young people post-16 to study science subjects.

This means encouraging the study of science subjects beyond GCSE level – into higher education as well as further education vocational pathways. An important aspect of the project is a Uniblog website, which will bring together a comprehensive range of information about every science related course offered by Welsh FECs and HEIs in an imaginative format accessible to the 14 – 16 age group.

This includes the creation and use of appealing content such as subject-specific brain-teasers and tasters, access to advice from current undergraduates and alumni, and links to relevant web-sites such as Career Wales, BBC Bite-size, Techniquest and SetPoint Wales. Kath Maddy who heads up First Campus said “this project responds positively to recent Welsh Assembly Government Science Policy that highlights a growing skills gap in Wales. We are looking forward to helping close the gap and encouraging more young people to move in to further and higher education and take up science based subjects.”

Laura Janes who previously worked as part of the First Campus project at University of Wales Newport, was appointed as the project coordinator and took up her post in early February.

Activities & Events
The Science Date 3.0 Apr 12, 2011 On 5th April 2011 five scientists working in South East Wales came face-to-face with 60 pupils from local secondary schools at the third annual Science Date event at UWIC's Cyncoed Campus. Woodland Walk Project Apr 12, 2011 Pupils from St Michael's Primary School in Treforest have recently taken part in a sustainability workshop programme with Hands on Science inspired by the Woodland Walk at the University of Glamorgan's Treforest Campus. Science Rap Video Competition Awards 2011 Apr 11, 2011 On Wednesday 30th March, pupils, parents and teachers gathered at the University of Glamorgan's Students' Union to find out the winners of the Science Rap Video Competition 2011.

Activities & Events

The Science Date 3.0 Apr 12, 2011
On 5th April 2011 five scientists working in South East Wales came face-to-face with 60 pupils from local secondary schools at the third annual Science Date event at UWIC's Cyncoed Campus.

Woodland Walk Project Apr 12, 2011
Pupils from St Michael's Primary School in Treforest have recently taken part in a sustainability workshop programme with Hands on Science inspired by the Woodland Walk at the University of Glamorgan's Treforest Campus.

Science Rap Video Competition Awards 2011 Apr 11, 2011
On Wednesday 30th March, pupils, parents and teachers gathered at the University of Glamorgan's Students' Union to find out the winners of the Science Rap Video Competition 2011.