The School of Chemistry and Forensics is passionate about working with a range of audiences, including schools and local communities, to ignite and nurture a love of science, as well as sharing the exciting cutting-edge research taking place at the university with the public.
Sustainability Database
Academics working towards our signature research
theme, Positive Environmental Futures, have created an online database of more
than 150 international researchers working across a wide range of environmental
specialisms. From energy, agriculture and finance to ecology, architecture and
transport, the database will help you to find the expertise needed to achieve
your climate ambitions, find research collaborators and collectively reduce our
climate impact. This new tool will help to connect this expertise with
teachers, businesses and policymakers across Kent. From engagement activities
with schools to technology transfer with businesses, this is a crucial step in
the transition to net-zero.’
We offer a range of in-school talks delivered by our
academics. This can be on their current research, about their general research
area or about how a topic on the curriculum relates back to studies and
research at a university.
If there is anything specific you are looking for,
feel free to reach out to us. Due to their flexible nature, these talks can
also be adapted to suit a range of age groups.
Our Outreach Work
We have an active outreach team who work with a
variety of local schools in order to provide opportunities to students from low
income households, from low participation areas, who are care experiences, who
are young carers, who are or have previously been in receipt of free school
meals, from military families, from traveller communities, who are asylum
seekers or refugees, or who are studying without the support of their family.
Subject-Specific Visits
We have run many campus visits for students from our
partner schools and colleges, including a collaboration with the Division of
Law, Sociology and Social justice. Students have previously had the opportunity
to collect and analyse evidence from a crime scene, and then take part in a
mock trial in our MOOT court.
Discovery Planet
We are proud to be a part of Discovery Planet’s
efforts to bring inspirational, enriching and creative experiences to the heart
of local communities. Historically, this support has consisted of running a
series of workshops for primary schools in Ramsgate. If you are interested in
learning more about this program, we recommend checking out Discovery Planet’s
website.
Dr Alexandra Moores at Discovery Planet
VLE
We are in the process of developing a virtual learning
environment which can support students from low income households doing their
GCSEs. The aim of this project is to provide support similar to that found
within revision guides without the associated financial barriers. Once this is
live, we will be distributing access to the program through our partner
schools.
Contact Details
If you are interested in participating in any of the
above outreach programs or wanting to offer it out to your students, feel free
to email us at natsoutreach@kent.ac.uk
for more details.
Megan Bell and Katrine Solvaag, NATS outreach officers