This carousel-style event featured a range of activities. This included a keynote assembly from Oxford University, hands-on STEM careers workshops, and a show from the Royal Institution. The theme, 'All the Small Things', explored the science and engineering of the tiny, from cells, atoms and viruses to stardust.

Keynote speakers:

• Dr Rebecca Jeffery from Oxford University (Microbiology)

• Professor Ray Owens from Oxford University (Molecular Biology)

Assembly show:

• Royal Institution (Super Cells)    

Workshops:

• Animals UK

• Centre of the Cell (Snot, Sick and Scabs)

• University of West London (Little Numbers)

• University of West London (Neuroscience in Sport)

• University of West London (Microbial Metabolism)

• University of West London (Stardust)

• MRC Lab of Medical Sciences (Microbiology)

• Synthoma (Microbiology)

• London School of Health and Tropical Medicine (Biology of Malaria)

• Canal & River Trust (Ecology of Waterways)

• Harbour Energy (Energy)

• Imperial College (Atomic Chemistry)

• Sainsbury Wellcome Centre (Neutrons)   

EUK Education provided the school with a £650 bursary and linked them to free outreach activities.  

This event is a great example of how schools can combine an assembly show, talks and workshops into a carousel-style day. Bringing activities together under a STEM-inspired theme.

This was a carousel-style event which involved a rotation of activities throughout school periods across a timetable. The school combined The Big Bang at School event with International Women’s Day to create an IWD x STEM crossover day.  

Assembly show: All year 7s attended the International Women’s Day assembly which celebrated achievements of women in STEM from school’s alumni, including the first RAF Military Pharmacist.     

Hands-on Workshops:   

• The Big Bang Challenge, AI Design

• Medical Mavericks    

• Planetarium 360 Immersive experience   

• Sublime Science   

• ZooLab Biomimicry Workshop   

• SPITE Queen Mary University of London   

• Bracelet Making for International Women’s Day   

EUK Education's £650 bursary helped secure some of the external content that amounted to £4,000 in total.

This event was a great example of how a school can combine their Big Bang at School event with International Women’s Day to celebrate inspirational women in STEM. Sarah Bonnell School is an all-girls school, so this theme enhanced the message of encouraging young girls to pursue careers in STEM.   

This fair-style event featured a range of hands-on activities from companies, universities and colleges. Using a peer-to-peer approach, college students represented STEM departments and shared their experiences with attendees. Local schools were invited to follow a careers trail around the fair, engaging with exhibitors and gaining inspiration for future STEM careers.

Careers:

• RAF

• City Robotics

• NHS Barts Trust

• Department of Education   

Universities:

• Teesside University

• Staffordshire University

• University of the Arts London (Design)

• UCL (Chemical Engineering)

• Canterbury Christ Church University

• Queen Mary, University London

• University of Essex

• Kingston University

• London Met

• University of Newcastle   

Peer-to-peer student stands:

• Media

• Business

• Engineering and IT

• Applied science

• Chemistry

• Textiles

• 3D Design

• Physics  

Career trail:

• Linking the activities together under one narrative

EUK Education did not provide this school with a bursary in 2024/25. However, we linked them to free outreach networks, offered event planning support and supplied free career resources.   

This event is a great example of how a school can deliver an engaging careers fair, combining hands-on activities with peer-to-peer interactions led by older students. It also demonstrates how inviting neighbouring schools can extend the reach of an event and strengthen links with the local community.

This fair was a carousel-style event with 3 activities. The event was adapted for a SEND school environment, which involved several students with 1-2-1 teachers and shorter, hands-on and contextualised interventions.

Hands-on activities:

• Aveea Spehro Coding

• Oobleck Chemistry making

• Lego Spike Engineering and Coding   

Careers talk:

• STEM Ambassador volunteer  

Outdoors show:

• Coda Falconry's birds of prey live show with a student FAQ

The Big Bang at School team connected the school with Aveea, which tailored a package of workshops to meet the needs of the school and its students.

An EUK Education bursary of £650 helped fund the external workshops, including Aveea and the birds of prey experience. This allowed teachers to take part alongside students, while focusing on EHCP-related support, behaviour development and teamworking skills.

This week-long STEAM event brought together a range of activities focused on science, technology, engineering, arts and maths. Through hands-on, interdisciplinary experiences, students explored green careers, sustainability and climate science.

Hands-on STEAM learning: experiments, investigations and creative challenges bring weather science to life.

• science: create a rain gauge, keep a weather journal and make a water cycle in a bag

• technology: explore weather apps and create a digital weather chart

• engineering: design and build wind powered cars and storm resistant structures

• art: create weather collages and cloud art, and write weather-inspired poetry and stories

• maths: analyse temperature and rainfall data, and wind direction mapping

Career awareness: students explore how weather science connects to careers tackling climate change, sustainability and environmental challenges

Inclusion and diversity: featuring neurodiverse role models helps students see that everyone can contribute to science, technology and creative problem solving

Cross-curricular skills: develops observation, communication, data analysis, creativity and problem solving skills through real world applications

The EUK Education bursary of £650 supported the school to purchase materials needed for the activities.

This is a great example of delivering a range of hands-on cross-curricular activities throughout the week to encourage creativity, foster curiosity and develop practical skills. Through using neurodiverse role models and linking classroom activities to future green careers, this school highlighted real-world career opportunities and celebrated diversity for their learners.