Teachers
If you are a teacher, use this area to find out more about resources available to you and about the exciting opportunities Chemical Engineering opens up to your students including:
- Excellent job prospects on graduation and beyond
- High earning potential
- Variety and challenge
- Opportunities to travel and see the world
- The chance to make a real contribution to a sustainable future
whynotchemeng Poetry Competition, National Science and Engineering Week (NSEW) 2009
For NSEW 2009, we asked science teachers to perform the ‘top ten flash bang demos’ to their Key Stage 3 students, and then ask those students to write an illustrated poem based on their observations and feelings.
We received a whopping 1568 entries from secondary schools all over the UK and the winner and runners-up were chosen by Kate Bellingham, National STEM Careers Co-ordinator and former BBC Tomorrow’s World presenter. Click on the links below to view the winning poem and the 3 runner-up poems.
Winner - Rachel Lotts, Hemel Hempstead School
Runner up - Irini Kounoupias, Putney High School
Runner up - Katherine Miller, Cockermouth School
Runner up - Hannah Cowdell, Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School
