What wait… Complete Forensics needs cash? Why didn’t you say so… Said nobody ever… Well we do. We are looking to purchase a UV/VIS Spectrometer to use in our activities, displays and events. It will be used to inspire generations of new scientist and help young people see that science is not all maths and fiddling numbers it is actually
Fake Dr Bones
I worked on the Germanwings air crash and first met “Dr Bones” in Liverpool at the families call centre where this “world renound” pathologist was working for £130 a day… to take telephone calls from the families. Not about pathology or anything like that but to help them in the initial days after this devastating incident. The murder of their
7 steps to taking part in WorldSkills UK Competitions
Find out how your learners and apprentices can join our competitions for the chance to be crowned National and International Champion in their chosen skill.
Crime Scene Investigator – Brigg North Lincolnshire
The Regional Scientific Support Service which forms part of West Yorkshire Police supplies Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) services to the Yorkshire and Humber police forces. Crime Scene Investigators are locally based within the communities they serve. An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Humberside Police area CSI unit based in Brigg North Lincolnshire where they are looking to recruit two
Finally you can register
OK so the issues affecting the WorldSkills UK registration system are fixed To a point… If you are registering a number of your students rather than them doing it themselves you may have difficulties. This is due to some silly issue about points of contact for each organisation. Should you have issues or the organisation box be greyed out please
And in the UK we are still looking at pigs…
A Quebec University is the latest in a long line to open a body farm to allow research into systems of death both to aid investigations but also our understanding of what happens when we die…. Read more here
“These competitions…
…do more to change the culture and prestige about skills and apprenticeships than almost anything else that I can see” Anne Milton, Minister of State for Apprenticeships and Skills The use of embedded competitions in your curriculum will help ensure your training and teaching is future proof and not only shows your establishment off to others but it actually gives
British Science Week poster competition
Get your students’ creative juices flowing and enter the annual British Science Week poster competition! This year’s theme is ‘journeys’. Here’s how you can get involved: Step one: Research different journeys. As well as journeys involving travel, think about journeys of discovery, journeys through time, journeys of animal and plants etc. Let these provide inspiration for your poster designs. Step