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Do you have an idea for a hands-on STEM activity that showcases your technical expertise? The TSN ROKS Outreach Fund is now open for applications - offering up to £6,000 to Research Technical Professionals (RTPs) to develop outreach demonstrator units that inspire and engage young people.

Previous funded activities include:

• A magic show exploring chemistry and physics through illusions
• A portable Raman spectrometer for hands-on analysis
• A tabletop particle accelerator demonstrating fundamental physics
• A light-tracing maze to explore optics and light paths
• A 3D printed microscope for use in schools and public events

If you’ve got an idea that can bring science and technology to life – we’d love to hear from you.

👉 Apply for funding here: Outreach Demonstrator Fund - UK ITSS

• Location: The Science Museum, David Sainsbury Gallery, London.
• When: Dates to be confirmed in June or July 2026. The dates with the broadest range of expertise and disciplines will be selected (Please refer to expression of interest form below)
• Timings: The four-day event will run from Tuesday - Friday between 10am - 2pm (The specific week will be finalised based on the level of interest)
• The event is expected to welcome around 2,000 - 3,000 secondary school age students
• School visits during the takeover week can be from across the UK, but likely to be schools based in south of the country
• Volunteers can express their interest for one, or all four days

• Help shape a future and have engaging conversations with young people about your technical career
• Promote your institution, team or technical project
• Collect evidence for your personal career development and institution’s Technician Commitment action plan

• Register your interest by 7 December 2025
• Selected participants will be contacted by 24 January 2026
• A virtual briefing meeting will be held week commencing the 9 February 2026 for all confirmed participants.

 This National T-Level Week, we’re proud to celebrate our commitment to developing the next generation of engineers through industry placements. WMG was the first department at the University of Warwick to launch T-Level industry placements, making Warwick one of the first UK universities, alongside Liverpool, to adopt the initiative. Today, more than 35 universities and research institutes are actively collaborating.

Since introducing T-Levels in Engineering and Manufacturing, WMG has hosted 24 students on industry placements, with the first joining in April 2023. Of these, 20 have completed their studies, and three have progressed into WMG’s technical apprenticeship programme.

Students have come from WCG (Rugby and Trident) and WMG Academies for Young Engineers (Coventry and Solihull), gaining experience through both day and block release placements, working closely with our automation, intelligent vehicles and student project teams.

WMG is now preparing to welcome another 8 students in the coming academic year.