What do bioengineers do?
When I ask children to draw a picture of a bioengineer, they usually look at me with a confused expression and say “what is a bioengineer?” A few children might…
Read moreBig Bang – STEM goes global
The Big Bang fair south east came to St Joseph’s in the Park with an exciting programme of workshops and hand-on activities for children age 10 to 11 years. Around…
Read moreFake a knee at the Science Museum
When we loose cartilage tissue in the knee joint and suffer from knee pain, the joint function is impaired and the patient may need a total knee replacement surgery. The…
Read moreOpening our doors to the east end community
The Tower Hamlets Festival of Communities explores living and learning across the east end packed with family friendly activities and events. This year, we reached out to the local communities…
Read moreThe amazing machine – you !
The science behind the cutting edge techniques in bioengineering was explored with year 6 children from St Josephs in the Park. The children worked with the scientists and engineers and…
Read moreScience Summer School with Prof Brian Cox
QMUL took part at the 6th Summer Science School at St Paul’s Way, a STEM event hosted by Prof Brian Cox in East London. This two day conference offers students…
Read moreThe Bioengineering Experience
Children from state and independent schools took part in real research activities at the Institute of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Materials Science. The children learnt about the knee joint…
Read moreBarts and QMUL STEM – watch the film
Joints in Space
QMUL hosted a two-week festival involving communities and local organisations in Tower Hamlets to celebrate the very best of health, life, science, engineering and the arts. The festival kick started…
Read moreImperial Festival
The Imperial Festival was a fantastic opportunity for children to meet real scientists, do real experiments and talk about real research. There was astonishing stuff where the scientists explained how…
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