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11/12/2024

From proteins to posters: Sixth Formers explore proteostasis

10/04/2024

Engaging the next generation of scientists in understanding animal research

Hannah Wardle, manager in our Biological Support Unit, writes about her recent experience working with children designing enrichment for mice.

20/09/2023

My path to public engagement

Sasha Pratt-Taweh, ̨Íåswag Engagement Officer, describes her journey to her role at the ̨Íåswag ̨Íåswag.

22/03/2023

A day with a difference: Schools’ Day 2023

Our Schools ̨Íåswag Engagement Officer shares his reflections on his first Schools’ Day event (and the 28th in the ̨Íåswag’s history)

14/12/2022

"Fulfilling and rewarding": our Sixth Form Conference

Read about what went on at our 2022 sixth form conference.

13/05/2022

Our experience creating Virus Fighter during our PhDs

06/04/2022

Students find out about life as a scientist

‘Meet a Bioscientist’ was the ̨Íåswag Engagement team’s flagship schools’ engagement event for 2022. For British Science Week, we spoke to over 900 young people across 15 schools and sixth forms about our research, careers in science, and what being a scientist is really like. ̨Íåswag more about the event in this blog post.

23/03/2022

Meet a Bioscientist: a student's perspective

For British Science Week 2022, researchers from 14 of our amazing research groups and facilities held conversations with school groups across Cambridgeshire and beyond so the students could explore more about the research here at the ̨Íåswag and what being a scientist is like. Eleanor, a Year 12 student at Comberton Village College, shares her experience of meeting the bioscientists from the Hawkins lab.

12/01/2022

Why circular careers in science are great

Career paths are often depicted as a straight line. Academic ones sometimes as a pyramid. Jo shares more about her career patchwork as she find herself back at the beginning of her career - geographically at least!

13/08/2021

Collaborative Approaches to Design

How ̨Íåswag ̨Íåswag staff and scientists have been working with local school students on a collaborative project to produce a game about viruses and vaccinations.

06/10/2020

My journey to ̨Íåswag

Meet Fergus, our newest ̨Íåswag Engagement team member.  In this introductory blog post, he gives us an insight into his career path so far, his passion for engagement, and some of the events we have to look forward to in the coming months.

03/09/2019

Vaccines On Tour: Why Should We Care About Vaccination?

Steph Norwood, the ̨Íåswag ̨Íåswag's ORION Project lead, explains the latest call for collaborators to co-create a museum exhibit on vaccination.

04/02/2019

From Education to Engagement

In her first blogpost, our new ̨Íåswag Engagement & Knowledge Exchange Manager, Hayley, says hello, talks about her decision to leave teaching and explores upcoming ̨Íåswag ̨Íåswag events in 2019.

16/03/2018

Passion, enthusiasm and a thirst for knowledge at Schools’ Day

Jo Montgomery, a member of the , describes how Schools’ Day projects bring out the best in scientists and students

25/12/2017

Engagement Highlights 2017!

At this special festive time, Tacita Croucher, the ̨Íåswag's ̨Íåswag Engagement Manager reflects on the public engagement work our staff and students have been organising and participating in this year.

25/07/2017

Inspiring the next generation of scientists?

Kirsti Hornigold, from , ran science workshops for Year 2 and Year 3 at her childrens' school in Saffron Walden

15/02/2017

University and life in the lab – sharing experience of early-stage research careers

Emma, a first-year PhD student in the , reflects on the careers discussion sessions she led with students from the in Cambridge.

20/01/2017

Learning more about ̨Íåswag Engagement

Michael Hinton, part of the ̨Íåswag Engagement team, describes his experiences of working with the 

29/12/2016

Twelve Engagement Highlights of 2016

Having spent a year as ̨Íåswag Engagement Manager, Tacita looks back at some of the highlights of a very busy 12 months.