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The Babraham Institute works to deliver impact by translating our science and understanding of fundamental biology to promote lifelong health and wellbeing. Our blogs offer scientists, staff and guests the chance to share their individual views and experiences on the Institute's efforts to deliver research impacts and to build a welcoming and diverse community.

 

 

10/05/2023

Public Engagement: A PIPS perspective

Miriam describes her placement in the Public Engagement team.

public engagement | phd student | education | careers | schools day | secondary schools | work experience
By Guest Blogger

22/03/2023

A day with a difference: Schools’ Day 2023

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

schools day | public engagement | education | careers | events | hands-on science | secondary schools | sixth form | teachers | schools

06/04/2022

Students find out about life as a scientist

‘Meet a Bioscientist’ was the Public 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. Discover more about the event in this blog post.

public engagement | schools | secondary schools | schools day

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 Institute 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.

hawkins | public engagement | pi3-kinases | signalling | schools | schools day | secondary schools | student experience
By Guest Blogger

24/02/2020

30 years of engaging memories

Schools Engagement Officer Mike Hinton looks back at his career in Public Engagement

public engagement | primary | secondary schools | sixth form | teachers | cell signalling | epigenetics | cambridge science festival | schools day | animals in science | careers
By Michael Hinton

10/02/2020

Schools’ Day 2020: Our scientists answer students’ questions (Part Three)

As part of our build-up to Schools’ Day 2020 we asked students to submit their questions to our researchers. This series of three blog posts answers the top four questions. Read on to learn about what motivated our researchers to follow a career in science, their perspectives on the importance of maths and computing skills and whether a degree in science is essential.

public engagement | careers | secondary schools | sixth form | schools day | signalling | epigenetics | immunology | students | education
By Michael Hinton

10/02/2020

Schools’ Day 2020: Our scientists answer students’ questions (Part Two)

As part of our build-up to Schools’ Day 2020 we asked students to submit their questions to our researchers. This series of three blog posts answers the top four questions. Read on to learn about what motivated our researchers to follow a career in science, their perspectives on the importance of maths and computing skills and whether a degree in science is essential.

public engagement | careers | secondary schools | sixth form | schools day | signalling | epigenetics | immunology | students | education
By Michael Hinton

10/02/2020

Schools’ Day 2020: Our scientists answer students’ questions (Part One)

As part of our build-up to Schools’ Day 2020 we asked students to submit their questions to our researchers. This series of three blog posts answers the top four questions. Read on to learn about what motivated our researchers to follow a career in science, their perspectives on the importance of maths and computing skills and whether a degree in science is essential.

public engagement | careers | secondary schools | sixth form | schools day | signalling | epigenetics | immunology | students | education
By Michael Hinton

18/04/2019

Schools’ Day 25: The students’ perspective

Students from Colchester County High School for Girls who attended Schools’ Day in March describe their experiences in the Babraham Institute and campus company labs

schools day | secondary schools | sixth form | teachers
By Guest Blogger

04/03/2019

Schools' Day 25: From contribution to coordination

Michael Hinton reflects on his involvement with Schools’ Day and how it has changed since his time at the bench

public engagement | schools day | secondary schools | sixth form
By Michael Hinton

26/02/2019

Schools' Day 25: Advances in research

In March, the Institute will play host to our 25th annual Schools’ Day, with 180 15-18 year olds from schools across the country attending to get some hands on experience in our labs and find out more about careers in science. Since 1995, Schools’ Day has been an Institute staple, but while that’s remained the same, so much else has changed.

public engagement | research | schools day | secondary schools | sixth form | teachers

18/02/2019

Schools' Day 25: Changes in science education

In response to this year being the 25th Annual Schools' Day at the Institute, our Public Engagement and Knowledge Exchange Manager, Hayley, explores the changes in science education over the last 25 years.

public engagement | schools day | secondary schools | sixth form | teachers

16/10/2018

Inspiration in Immunology

Isby visited the Institute for Schools’ Day and took part in a project to investigate white blood cells in a mouse model. As she starts her degree in Biochemistry at Durham University she looks back on her experience in our labs.

immunology | lymphocyte signalling | public engagement | schools day | sixth form
By Guest Blogger

16/03/2018

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

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

schools day | schools | secondary schools
By Jo Montgomery

17/10/2017

Schools' Day - igniting a passion for science

As he starts to plan Schools' Day for 2018, Michael Hinton, part of the Public Engagement team, looks back at the event in previous years and reports views from students, teachers and from both junior and senior researchers who run projects on the day.

secondary | teachers | schools day | secondary schools
By Michael Hinton