Young Scientists Programme: Information Session

Young Scientists Programme: Mentors information session

Date: Wednesday 21 February 2018 at 12:45 – 13:45 in LG7, Keppel Street

Become a mentor for the Young Scientists Programme
Would you like to inspire the next generation of scientists and gain experience working with young audiences? Join the School’s award-winning Young Scientists Programme as a mentor, helping students aged 14-18 develop and carry out fun and challenging public health research projects.

This information session will cover the role of a mentor, and you’ll have the chance to ask Academic Leads and current mentors questions.

What is the Young Scientist Programme?
Run three times a year, the Young Scientist Programme is a 1-2 week work experience placement for students aged 14-18 from local schools. They work in pairs or groups of three to propose a biomedical research question and hypothesis, devise study methodology, collect and analyse data, and present their findings in an open scientific symposium.

What is the role of the mentor?
During the two week placement, the mentor spends an hour each day with their pair or group of three students to provide advice, guidance and feedback on their research project. Examples of mentor support include reviewing their research methodology, providing assistance with Excel or other data analysis packages and watching their practice presentations.

Check out past young scientist projects to get a flavour for the varied and interesting topics the students choose to research.

Free to attend but registration required