Researchers in Residence
Do you want to engage and motivate your students? Make links with your local university? Provide your students with positive role models – one who is actively engaged in learning themselves? Get your students thinking seriously about careers in science, technology, engineering or maths?
Researchers in Residence is an established and highly regarded placement scheme funded by the UK Research Councils and the Wellcome Trust that places leading PhD and post-doc researchers in schools for up to 24 hours of student contact time. The scheme is open to schools right across the UK and is completely free of charge.
Projects can be tailored to suit your needs; for example, targeting gifted and talented students, students doing coursework or National Science and Engineering Week (which is next March). Placements can be flexible, including practical classroom activities, after-school club projects, lunchtime talks, careers advice or support for small groups.
Over 300 placements were organised in schools across the country in 2008/9. The feedback from teachers and their pupils was overwhelmingly positive. If you’ve never tried Researchers in Residence and want to find out more, or if you’ve done it before and want to try it again, register online at www.researchersinresidence.ac.uk or call 0845 365 7470.
“The programme has had the whole school talking and now teachers from other departments are keen to have a placement!”
Dr Margaret Ritchie, Head of Science Arbroath High School
