{"id":2039,"date":"2020-08-12T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/?p=2039"},"modified":"2020-08-05T16:02:22","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T15:02:22","slug":"get-students-engaged-with-research-this-autumn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/get-students-engaged-with-research-this-autumn\/","title":{"rendered":"Get students engaged with research this autumn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
I\u2019m a Scientist: Students chatting from class (Credit: I\u2019m a Scientist)<\/em><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Researchers and technicians are invited to take part in I\u2019m a Scientist.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Find out more and sign up at: <\/strong>imascientist.org.uk\/scientists<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Connect students with science, their teachers and their classmates in this online STEM engagement activity. Taking part is an enjoyable and easy way to get involved in STEM engagement. You\u2019ll develop your communication skills and gain a fresh perspective on your work, all while showing students that science roles can be for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I\u2019m a Scientist: Scientist to camera (Credit: I\u2019m a Scientist)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Fill in a profile page, answer questions, and use the text-based chat system with school students. Everything happens online; you take part from your desk or smartphone. There\u2019s no need to prepare activities or leave your lab, office or house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe format was so much fun to be involved in. The mix of science and career questions, along with those of a rather more off-beat nature, kept it dynamic and enjoyable.\u201d<\/em> \u2013 David, genetics researcher<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The online activity is available from September.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Find out more and sign up at: <\/strong>imascientist.org.uk\/stayathome\/scientist-signup\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Any questions, contact: support@imascientist.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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UWE researchers  have previously been involved in I’m a Scientist <\/em>and the specialised I’m an Engineer <\/em>section, and raved about the experience:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBrilliant \u2013 it was a kind of science soap box! I got to pontificate on life on Mars<\/a>, the end of the world<\/a> and human extinction<\/a>, global warming<\/a>, nuclear power<\/a>, dreams<\/a>, light years<\/a>, my favourite animal<\/a>, my favourite car<\/a>, string theory<\/a>, the Higgs Boson<\/a> and dark matter<\/a>,<\/em>\u201d said Alan Winfield, Professor of Robot Ethics at UWE Bristol.

\u201cBy far the biggest category of questions was about doing science: why<\/a> and<\/a> how<\/a> you do science, what\u2019s the best thing<\/a> about being a scientist, what you think you have achieved<\/a>, or will achieve<\/a> and so on (and quite a few on what you will do with the prize money if you win). These are great questions because they allow you to explode some myths about science: for instance that you have to be super smart to do science<\/a>, or that one scientist can change the world on their own<\/a>.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I\u2019m a Scientist: Students chatting from class (Credit: I\u2019m a Scientist) Researchers and technicians are invited to take part in I\u2019m a Scientist. Find out more and sign up at: imascientist.org.uk\/scientists Connect students with science, their teachers and their classmates in this online STEM engagement activity. Taking part is an enjoyable and easy way to … Continue reading “Get students engaged with research this autumn”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":2070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,24,18,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-outreach","category-schools","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2039"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2074,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039\/revisions\/2074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}