Marvellous Microbes: GCSE Science Specification Support Workshop

Marvellous Microbes: GCSE Science Specification Support Workshop

Make microbiology come to life with a practical day of learning at Loughry Campus, Cookstown.

By CAFRE

Select date and time

Location

College of Agriculture Food & Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) Loughry Campus

76 Dungannon Road 76 Dungannon Road Cookstown BT809AA United Kingdom

About this event

Book your students onto a GCSE Specification Support Workshop to explore:

Food Microbiology and Aseptic Techniques

  • Wednesday 14th January 2026
  • Wednesday 18th February 2026
  • Wednesday 11th March 2026

These one-day events will offer your students the opportunity to develop their understanding of food microbiology within the food manufacturing environment.

Key areas that will be covered are:

- Working aseptically in a microbiology laboratory

- Working with microbiology equipment such as Bunsen burners and autoclaves

- Enumeration of a food sample

When booking places, tickets must be requested for each pupil attending, not one ticket per school booking. Teachers are not required to book a ticket.

Registration: 9.45am

Workshop starts: 10.00am

Workshop finishes: 2.00pm

Pupils may bring their own snacks and lunch or purchase food from the outlets on campus.

Organized by

CAFRE

The information provided by you will be held by CAFRE in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018. It will be held for 24 months and will not be shared with any other party. Your details may be used for the delivery or fulfilment of a DAERA service. We may use this information to contact you regarding future products and services, and we may also take photographs during the event for marketing purposes, if you do not wish your details to be used for any of these purposes, please do so by replying to this email: cafrerecruitment@daera-ni.gov.uk