The Health Zone ran in June and July 2023 and was funded by the STEM Ambassadors scheme..
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The activity featured 53 STEM Ambassadors working as trainee genetic counsellors, bioinformaticians, laboratory analysts, research technicians in hospitals, microbiologists and project engineers to name a few.
The Psychology Zone ran in June 2023 and was funded by the British Psychological Society
The activity featured 17 psychologists working in a variety of fields.
Psychologists
17 psychologists created profiles in the Zone.
The Cancer Zone ran in June 2023 and was funded by the MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, University of Oxford Department for Oncology, MRC Human Genetics Unit within the Institute of Genetics and Cancer at the University of Edinburgh, Division of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester Cancer Research Centre and Beatson Institute.
The activity featured 28 scientists working in a variety of fields.
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28 scientists created profiles in the Zone.
The Low Carbon Zone ran in June 2023 and was funded by Johnson Matthey.
The activity featured 39 scientists working in a variety of fields.
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39 scientists created profiles in the Zone.
The Research and Innovation Zone ran from 17 April to 26 May 2023 and was funded by The STEM Ambassadors Scheme
The activity featured 44 STEM ambassadors working in a range of fields.
STEM Ambassadors
36 STEM ambassadors created profiles in the Zone.
The Great Science Share Zone ran in March 2023 and was funded by Great Science Share for Schools
The activity featured 14 scientists working in a range of fields.
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14 scientists created profiles in the Zone.
The Human Geography Zone Zone ran from February to March 2023 and was funded by UKRI.
The activity featured 22 geographers working in academia and industry.
Geographers
22 geographers created profiles in the Zone.
The Health Zone ran in March 2023 and was funded by UKRI, STEM Ambassadors and EPSRC CDT in Smart Medical Imaging.
The activity featured 41 scientists working in academia and industry.
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41 scientists created profiles in the Zone.
The Molecule Zone ran in March 2023 and was funded by the Royal Society of Chemistry and ScotCHEM
The activity featured 55 scientists working in academia and industry.
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41 scientists created profiles in the Zone.
The Psychology Zone ran in March 2023 and was funded by the British Psychological Society
The activity featured 14 psychologists working in a variety of fields.
Psychologists
14 psychologists created profiles in the Zone.
The Physics Zone ran in March 2023 and was funded by UKRI, the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division of the University of Oxford and the STEM Ambassador Scheme.
The activity featured 30 physicists working in academia and industry
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30 scientists created profiles in the Zone. Continue reading
The Plant Zone ran in March 2023 and was funded by UKRI, the John Innes Centre and the STEM Ambassador Scheme.
The activity featured 37 scientists working in a variety of fields.
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37 scientists created profiles in the Zone.
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The Forensics Zone ran from January to February 2023 and was funded by the Royal Institution, UKRI, Agilent, and Horiba.
The activity featured 27 scientists working in forensics across a variety of fields.
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27 scientists created profiles in the Zone.
The Space Zone ran from 20 September to 16 December 2022 and was funded by the UK Space Agency.
The activity featured 20 STEM professionals working across a variety of roles in Space.
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20 STEM professionals created profiles in the Zone. See who took part ❯
In 2022, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC, rsc.org) directly part-funded 3 I’m a Scientist (IAS) Zones to engage students with chemistry. Members of the RSC participated in a further 4 Zones.
This report is a summary of the activity in, and an evaluation of, the impact of those Zones.
The Psychology Zone ran from 7 November to 2 December 2022 and was funded by the British Psychological Society.
The activity featured 17 psychologists working across a variety of fields.
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17 psychologists created profiles in the Zone. See who took part ❯
The winner of the Zone, who was Liz Halstead, won £500 to deliver further engagement activities.
The Genetics Zone ran from 7 November to 2 December 2022 and was funded by the Institute of Genetics and Cancer, Wellcome Connecting Science and Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics.
The activity featured 30 scientists working across a variety of fields.
Download the Zone Report (pdf) ❯
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The winner of the Zone, who was Charli Corcoran, won £500 to deliver further STEM engagement activities.
The Plastic Zone ran from 26 September to 21 October 2022 and was funded by the Royal Society of Chemistry and UKRI.
The activity featured 25 scientists working on plastic and polymer creation, re-use, and management.
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25 scientists created profiles in the Zone. See who took part ❯
The winner of the Zone was Dan Day, who won £500 to deliver further engagement activities.
The 101 Jobs That Change The World Zone ran from 7 June 2021 to 15 July 2022 and was funded by UKRI and complemented their campaign highlighting the many roles contributing to research and innovation
The activity featured 16 participants working within a wide range of careers in research and innovation.
16 participants created profiles in the Zone.
938 students from 30 schools connected with participants in live Chats or through follow-up questions. Continue reading
The Psychology Zone ran from 6 June to 1 July 2022 and was funded by the British Psychological Society.
The activity featured 16 psychologists working across a broad range of fields. 16 psychologists created profiles in the Zone. The winner of the Zone was Jake Sallaway-Costello, who won £500 to deliver further engagement activities.
I’m a Scientist, Get me out of here is an online activity where school students get to meet and interact with scientists.
It’s a competition between scientists, where the students are the judges.
Students challenge the scientists over intense, fast-paced, online live Chats. Then they Ask the scientists all the questions they want to, and Vote for their favourite scientist to win a prize of £500 to communicate their work with the public.