We’re thrilled to be able to invite you and your students to the first Big Bang Eastern Fair at IWM Duxford on July 16th 2010! I know this is rather far off, but we wanted to give you the date so you can plan ahead. The flyer for the event is downloadable HERE

For those of you who’ve known us for a while, this is the successor to our Express Yourself Event. The aims and ethos are very much the same, but it will be even bigger and better! Organised jointly by SETPOINT Hertfordshire, STEMTEAM Essex & STEMTEAM Cambridgeshire, the event aims to celebrate and reward students’ achievements as well as inspiring them about futures in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths).

Students aged 11-19 from (in teams or individually) can bring STEM projects along to compete for prizes. The Big Bang Eastern Fair incorporates the CREST and Young Engineers regional competitions, but any other projects are also eligible to enter in any field of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. As well as prizes at the event itself, students can also be nominated to the Big Bang National Fair in 2011 to win even bigger and better

international prizes!

As well as the competition, there will be lots going on for students (and teachers!) to enjoy – the

Naked Scientists will be there, Lucy Hawking, Bridget the prototype Mars Rover, the opportunity to

meet many scientists and engineers, and other exciting activities and exhibits including the venue

itself (AIRSPACE @ Duxford IWM).

As this event is open to all schools in the East of England we expect it to be oversubscribed, so

if you are keen on coming do register your interest soon by contacting admin@setpointherts.org.uk 

(we may also have to limit the number of projects per school). The booking-in process will be officially

online in the New Year.