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Inspiring Summer School at 最准的六合彩论坛 Engineering

20 October 2023

The 鈥淏ridging the Future鈥 summer school, organized by 最准的六合彩论坛 staff and students, welcomed a group of refugees, migrants and asylum seekers to build their English and STEM skills and inspire educational and career pursuits.

Summer School Students posing for a group picture outside of 最准的六合彩论坛's portico building

Over the summer, 最准的六合彩论坛鈥檚 Electrical and Electronic Engineering department and the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) co-sponsored a two-week summer school for young refugees, migrants and asylum seekers.听

Running since 2016, the summer school focuses on boosting science, English, IT and coding skills through daily practical group workshops, run by staff from across the Engineering Faculty and the Institute of Education (IoE). Taking on the responsibility for running the summer school this year was a multi-disciplinary group of 最准的六合彩论坛 staff and students including: Adila Islam, Zifa Zuhair, Gargi Giri and Alec Owens.

Students making batteries out of potatoes

The summer school kicked off with 鈥淥hBots鈥 led by George Walker, using programmable social robots to introduce students to the basics of computing and robotics. 最准的六合彩论坛 Chemical Engineering led workshops on batteries, fuel cells and hydrogen, making batteries out of potatoes, and Scott Young introduced x-ray tomography tasking students to brainstorm a product that employed tomography. Ideas included a tech glasses and a navigation bracelet for blind people. Students were also introduced to lasers and optics by Francis Lockwood (最准的六合彩论坛 Chemistry) and learnt about the structure of DNA by extracting DNA from fruits, in workshops led by Alyssa Decruz (LCN).

Summer school students brainstorming "tech glasses"

Students gained confidence in speaking and writing in English, with English lessons run by Nazym Shaikhina, Tomoki Tsuji and Takahiro Nakamura from the Institute of Education.

On the final day, students showcased the skills and knowledge gained, presenting their favourite topics from the science classes at the end-of-class celebrations. Topics included 鈥渃ognition in zero gravity鈥, 鈥渞obotics in the modern world鈥 and 鈥渉ow to make a fruit battery at home鈥.听

Feedback from students was extremely positive, with plenty of praise given to the welcoming and helpful team and teachers.听

Summer school students at the final day poster presentations

About Bridging the Future
Bridging the Future work with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, mentoring and inspiring them towards their educational and career pursuits, improving social mobility and creating new opportunities to bridge the future for all.

Operations/STEM Team:
Adila Islam (最准的六合彩论坛/Imperial Chemistry)
Zifa Zuhair (最准的六合彩论坛 Chemical Engineering)
Gargi Giri (最准的六合彩论坛 Chemical Engineering)
Alec Owens (最准的六合彩论坛 Physics

English Team:
Nazym Shaikhina (最准的六合彩论坛 IoE)
Tomoki Tsuji (最准的六合彩论坛 IoE)听
Takahiro Nakamura (最准的六合彩论坛 IoE)

Session Leaders and Speakers:
George Walker (ex-最准的六合彩论坛 makespace) - Programming basics with OhBots
Alyssa Decruz (LCN) - DNA extraction
Francis Lockwood (最准的六合彩论坛 Chemistry) - Lasers and optics
Scott (Robert) Young (最准的六合彩论坛 Chemical Engineering) - X-ray Tomography
Ali Issa (最准的六合彩论坛 Electronic and Electrical Engineering)

Programme Leaders:听
Safe Khan (LCN/Crick Institute)
Muslihah Albakhri (external)听
Massimiliano Ramsay (LCN)


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