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A pioneering project to get young people to 'Think Physics' from early
years through to university has won a grant of =A31.2 million from the
Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).
Led by Northumbria University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Think Physics is an
innovative, cradle-to-career project aimed at using physics to inspire
young people, particularly women, into Science, Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines.
The three-year project, supported by a number of high-profile partners
and North East schools, will help establish Northumbria as a leader in
STEM education, and comes after research by the Institute of Physics
revealed only 21% of physics students at UK universities were female.
Think Physics looks to target this gender imbalance by changing the way
children, particularly girls and under-represented groups, engage with
science from early years to sixth form and on to university. The project
will seek to address the national shortage of STEM skills in the UK by
inspiring more young people to take up these disciplines at university.
A number of new roles are being created to support Think Physics:
Director of Think Physics (Secondary Specialism) (Fixed-term for 3 years)
https://work4.northumbria.ac.uk/hrvacs/eae1317
Think Physics Outreach Specialist - Technology in Learning (Fixed Term for 3 years)
https://work4.northumbria.ac.uk/hrvacs/eae1316
Think Physics Outreach Specialist: Early Years and Primary (Fixed-term for 3 years)
https://work4.northumbria.ac.uk/hrvacs/eae1318
Think Physics Outreach Specialist: Careers and Employment (3 Years Fixed Term)
https://work4.northumbria.ac.uk/hrvacs/eae1315
For further information about these vacancies, see http://www.thinkphysics.org.uk/
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