What’s Next in STEM?
A bespoke program for Year 11/12 students interested in pursuing STEM careers.
The Programme
Centre of the Cell is a uniquely placed informal science learning centre situated within Queen Mary University of London and a working biomedical research facility called the Blizard Institute. Drawing on these strengths, we have developed a series of workshops for Year 11/12 students that will help them explore more about university and the wide range of careers in STEM, particularly biology, to help inform their aspiring career paths.
Each programme can be tailored to your school by choosing the 5 sessions that best suite the needs of your students. The programme can start at any point in the academic year, during term time. Our term timetable is set to our local borough Tower Hamlets, at the time of booking we will work with you to agree the dates and frequency of delivery that works best for you.
See below to start tailoring your programme, select 5 activities from the list. There is also an optional add-on Mentoring by Queen Mary University of London Medical & Dental students who are well placed to share their lived experience of navigating the next steps into STEM.
Activities
| Activity | Content Overview | Location |
| STEM Pod Experience | A five-scene, interactive science experience. The immersive show features films, gaming, and learning. | Centre of the Cell |
| University Life | Current medical/dental students lead a talk where they speak about their own experiences at university, including topics such as balancing workloads, money tips, and more. |
Centre of the Cell / Outreach |
| Application Skills | A workshop that covers the basics of CV and cover statement writing, as well as highlighting the similarities and differences between these and personal statements. |
Centre of the Cell / Outreach |
| Science Speed-Networking | A Q&A networking session where students can meet professionals from a range of medical and biomedical backgrounds. | Centre of the Cell |
| Interview Skills | A workshop that helps students to learn about the different kinds of interview, while giving them the chance to practice their skills. This workshop can include MMIs for prospective medical students, but this needs to be specified at the time of booking. |
Centre of the Cell / Outreach |
| Careers in Science and Health | An interactive workshop focusing on careers in science and health. Students will be encouraged to think about the huge range of careers in science and health, what they involve, and how to match their skills and interests with their choice of subjects and careers. | Centre of the Cell |
| Debate Skills | A workshop that helps students to develop their research skills and to present arguments in a constructive manner. |
Centre of the Cell / Outreach |
Mentoring from current medical/dental students can be an excellent optional add-on.
These sessions will take place online where we create a safe place for students to discuss the next steps in STEM with those best placed to share their recent lived experience of making these decisions and navigating their own STEM career path.
We create a safe space by recording our sessions for safeguarding reassurance, all staff involved in the mentoring are safeguarding trained and hold an Enhanced DBS.
Mentoring for Year 11 students will be for 6 months from the start date of the programme. For Year 12 students Mentoring will start in their final month of Year 12 and last for 6 months, this will support students through the university application and interview process.
Pricing
These activities are designed to accommodate a maximum of 35 participants.
- 5 x activities at Centre of the Cell: £1500
Or
- 5 x activities with some via outreach: £1750*
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- Mentoring add-on: £300
*If the venue is outside of a 5-mile radius to Centre of the Cell, this price will increase to accommodate for the additional travel cost.
If there is a particular topic you would like covered that is not listed above, then please get in contact with info@centreofthecell.org. These requests will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis and may incur additional charges, we will accommodate where possible.
Programme Terms & Conditions
- Activities may only be rearranged if Centre of the Cell is given more than two weeks’ notice. Once agreed the Science Speed-Networking cannot be rescheduled however as this activity involves external speakers to Centre of the Cell.
- The activities have been planned to fill the full activity time advertised so it’s important to arrive on time for a prompt start.
- A maximum cohort of 35 students can take part in the programme.
- A maximum of 5 sessions can be chosen within the current pricing structure, if you would like to add extra activities additional charges will apply.
- It is suggested that sessions take place on a Wednesday afternoon, but this is not essential.
- Impact and evaluation forms will be filled out at the beginning and end of the activities.
If these terms & conditions are not followed, then Centre of the Cell reserves the right to withdraw from the programme. The full cost will still be chargeable. Extenuating circumstances will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Please contact info@centreofthecell.org to arrange your programme or for any further queries.