Students as partners in the creation and delivery of outreach activities

Dr Dave Lewisd.i.lewis@leeds.ac.uk

School of Biomedical Sciences & University of Leeds Biosciences Education Research Group (ULBERG)FACULTY OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Why Undergraduate PE activities

• Public demand & awareness“hear and see too little or far too little about science” 51%

“like scientists to spend more time than they do discussing the social and ethical implications of their research” 65%

• Impact agenda

• Key employability skill

• PE within STEM curricula

• Student demand

• Role model

Science & Society Final Year Research Projects

"An incredibly invaluable experience which enabled me to develop

the skills that I am currently using in my teacher training"

“Thank you for organising the science visits again. As always, a

great success and the children really enjoyed them; exciting

practical activities, high quality resources, impeccable planning and

incredible levels of enthusiasm”.

Public Engagement interns“The science behind sporting success”

“Not really into science but way you have run the activities

here makes it really interesting”

Student volunteers

Surprised how much people’s understanding of the brain varied and

how much the amount of information that people could take in

varied. What I have learned is how to tailor the information to each

individual.

Helps to reinforce your own knowledge when you have to explain

something ……interesting to communicate to a non-scientific

audience………definitely got easier as the day went on as it gets easier

to gauge how interested people are.

Student-led PE volunteer scheme

“Really good to work with children and attempt to make

neuroscience cool - I think we succeeded! I gained so much from

the day. I came away feeling enthused, passionate and appreciated

how much I enjoyed my degree”

“Love to have your students to work in the ‘All About Me’ gallery.

We are very excited about this partnership and believe it will be a

great boost for the gallery and your students”

Any questions?

Dave Lewis: d.i.lewis@leeds.ac.uk

School of Biomedical Sciences & University of Leeds Biosciences Education Research Group (ULBERG)FACULTY OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES