30/03/2011

BBCNewsSchoolReport

Brian Cox Q&A

School Reporters from Stockley Academy in London went to The Big Bang Fair and managed to bag an interview with famous TV scientist Professor Brian Cox.

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28/03/2011

BBC

Hull student wins national prize for drum kit jeans

An article about a pupil from a Hull school who won a national engineering competition after designing a pair of jeans that double as a drum kit.

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25/03/2011

RotherhamAdviser

Girls' clever Trickii takes THREE top prizes

A clip featuring four budding designers who scooped three national prizes with their imaginative spinning top game.

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24/03/2011

thisishulleastriding

The panda that keeps my little brother safe

An article about Emily Bentley who decided to put her design skills to creating a child monitor which would trigger an alarm if her brother Isaac, who has Down's syndrome, wanders a certain distance away. She won the intermediate category and was also awarded the Shell Prize For Innovation.

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24/03/2011

thisislocallondon

Sydenham School pupils meet BBC Wonders of the Universe presenter Professor Brian Cox

Sydenham School was awarded the National Specialist Schools and Academies Trust award for the most effective practice in science, technology, engineering and maths education. They were given their prize at the Big Bang Fair awards by particle physicist Prof Cox

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24/03/2011

ScienceBusiness

Southampton Student named UK’s Young Engineer of the Year

An article about University of Southampton student Andrew Cowan who was named Young Engineer of the Year at the British Science Association’s ‘Big Bang Fair’ held in London to mark National Science and Engineering Week.

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22/03/2011

Dorset Echo

Budding scientist wins top award at a national science competition

An article about the former Thomas Hardye School student Abigail Davies won the Institute of Physics Prize in the National Science and Engineering Competition for a project she completed when at the school.

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22/03/2011

BBCNewsSchoolReport

What makes science cool?

A clip featuring young journalists who went to The Big Bang Fair at London's ExceL to get some words of wisdom from the experts to answer the question.

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16/03/2011

BBC

Southampton student wins UK Young Engineer of the Year

An article about a first-year University of Southampton student has been named UK Young Engineer of the Year.

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15/03/2011

Bristol 24-7

Bristol student is first female young scientist of the year

An article about the University of Bristol veterinary student who was named the first female UK Young Scientist of the Year at this year’s National Science and Engineering competition.

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15/03/2011

guardian.co.uk

Blogging the Big Bang

A blog mentioning University Collenge London's attendance at the Big Bang Fair. Their aim? To tell thousands of school children about the exciting research going on in the world of particle physics, and hopefully inspire some students to one day follow in their footsteps.

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15/03/2011

Daily Express Logo

Brian Cox: The Pop Star Professor With The Answer To The World’s Problems

An article about Professor Brian Cox who was judging the finals of the National Science and Engineering Competition to find the UK’s most inspiring young talent and was bowled over by the results.

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15/03/2011

Professional Engineering

Big Bang science and engineering fair saw a bigger turnout of youngsters than ever before

An article about The Big Bang Science and Engineering Fair which received a bigger turnout of youngsters from across the country than ever before.

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15/03/2011

EWBlogs

Congratulations to Young Engineers of the Year

A blog article congratulating Andrew Cowan, who won the award for his Search and Rescue Robot that was built during his A level Systems and Control coursework at Sutton Grammar School.

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14/03/2011

BBC

Coleraine student wins UK Young Scientist of the Year

An article about the UK Young Scientist of the Year award, which was won by a young woman for the first time. She is from Northern Ireland.

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14/03/2011

BBC

Coleraine student wins UK Young Scientist of the Year

An article about how the UK Young Scientist of the Year award was won by a young woman, Hannah Eastwood, for the first time and she is from Northern Ireland.

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14/03/2011

The Manufacturer

Celebrating with a bang

An article about Andrew Cowan from Sutton in Surrey who was named the UK's Young Engineer of the Year at The Fair.

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14/03/2011

The Times

Science and engineering careers: let's get the show on the road
The Times, p.51

14/03/2011

The Times

Balancing bangs with discipline
The Times, p.51

13/03/1011

Sutton Guardian

Talented teen wins award for search and rescue robot design

A story about the teenager from Sutton Grammar School for Boys who was named the UK Young Engineer of the Year at this year’s National Science & Engineering Competition.

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12/03/2011

TimeOut

The Big Bang

Time Out says: the UK Young Scientists and Engineers Fair features interactive activities, exhibitions and live shows including BBC 1's 'Bang Goes the Theory', Sky TV's 'Brainiac Live' and Wallace and Gromit's 'World of Invention' road show, all aimed at getting youngsters interested in science.

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11/03/2011

BBC

How to inspire children into studying science

A report about the ongoing problem of getting children interested in science and engineering and the Big Bang Fair - aimed at inspiring children to study STEM.

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10/03/2011

The Metro

Plot a way to the Big Bang
Metro, 10/03/2011, p.36
 

10/03/2011

Telegraph

Siemens to Sellafield: How to get young people interested in engineering

An article about the high-profile employers from Siemens to Sellafield who hoped to encourage thousands of school children to study science, technology and maths at the Big Bang Fair in London.

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9/03/2011

daily mail online logo

A game of two halves, played with maths and science skills: Top footballers have high intelligence, study suggests

An article about Dr Bray from the University of Bath who has a theory that mathematics and scientific principles are crucial to reaching football’s highest levels. His theory was on display at the Big Bang Fair.

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09/03/2011

Daily Telegraph

At the end of the day, elite footballers are very clever
The Daily Telegraph, p.6


Date Published: December 21, 2011

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