I'm a Scientist, Get me out of here - STFC

我是科学家(IAS)和我是工程师(IAE)是学校学生与科学家和工程师见面和互动的在线活动。他们以科学家和工程师团体之间的竞赛形式运行，被称为“区域”，在那里学生们提出问题并决定谁获胜。参与其中对学生来说是令人兴奋的。他们可以挑战成年人的观点，看到英国科学和技术研究的巨大多样性，并在个人层面上与他们可能从未见过面的科学家建立联系。这在更深层次上也是有效的。学生主导的实时聊天对话和提问确保围绕科学和技术的参与与他们自己的观点和意见相关。在我是科学家(IAS)和我是工程师(IAE)的20个STFC资助的专区中，学生们将通过与与STFC科学技术领域相关的科学家和工程师建立自己的科学资本，建立他们与科学的关系。了解从事科学工作的成年人是决定学生的科学资本和他们的抱负的关键因素。学校认识到了这一点，并组织学生与科学家见面。然而，许多学校在这些访问中服务不足-我们的研究显示，距离一所主要研究型大学只有30分钟车程的学校收到的访问次数是15分钟车程的一半。STFC遗产奖将让120名参与STFC研究领域的科学家、技术人员和工程师与这些年轻人在线见面，这是IAS和IAE项目的一部分，重点是其他STEM参与机会和扩大参与(WP)学校的服务不足的学生。通过两年在20个专区的直接参与，他们将帮助成千上万的英国学校学生，不分地点和背景，看到科学和技术是为他们自己服务的。通过互动，学生：看到科学家和工程师是普通人，做他们自己能做的工作，看到与STFC相关的科学和技术与他们自己生活的相关性对科学和技术部门的可能性产生热情科学家和工程师：培养沟通技能，重新燃起他们对工作的热情，激励他们开展更多的活动IAS和IAE STFC专区将展示STFC科学和技术的全面多样性。与一位科学家的面对面访问相比，每个区域让学生可以接触到6个人，而且与STFC科学相关的主题中存在的广泛专业知识和经验。专区可以展示欧洲核子研究中心和太空望远镜等重大研究的幕后人物，以及曝光较少的较小项目。专区还将提高STFC科学家和工程师对更多不同受众的接触。学生离常规访问太远，小学生，安静的学生，吵闹的学生……在线参与对于传统面对面的STEM参与来说是可行的，而且好处是双向的。通过参与，科学家和工程师发现，年轻人对他们的工作感兴趣；他们学习有用的短语来解释他们做什么，在参与者之后的一年里，他们往往比以前更多地参与公共活动。他们与同事谈论他们所获得的好处，推动IAS和IAE活动的发展，并在他们的组织中倡导STEM参与的文化。

I'm a Scientist (IAS) and I'm an Engineer (IAE) are online events where school students meet and interact with scientists and engineers. They run as competitions between groups of scientists and engineers, called 'zones', where students ask the questions and decide who wins.Taking part is exciting for students. They can challenge adults on their views, see the huge diversity of UK science and technology research, and connect on a personal level with scientists they would likely never meet in person.It works on a deeper level too. Student-led live chat conversations and ASK questions ensure the engagement around science and technology is relevant to their own views and opinions. By relating to science on a personal level they see it as something 'for them'.In 20 STFC-funded zones of I'm a Scientist (IAS) and I'm an Engineer (IAE), students will build their Science Capital, their relationship with science, by connecting on their own terms with scientists and engineers related to STFC areas of science and technology. Knowing adults in scientific jobs is a key factor determining a student's Science Capital and their aspirations. Schools recognise this and organise ways for their students to meet scientists. However, many schools are underserved by these visits - our research shows schools just 30 minutes drive from a major research university receive half the number of visits as those 15 minutes away.This STFC Legacy Award will get 120 scientists, technologists and engineers involved in STFC research areas meeting these young people online as part of the larger IAS and IAE project, with a focus on students under-served by other STEM engagement opportunities and at Widening Participation (WP) schools. Through direct engagement in 20 zones across two years, they will help thousands of UK school students, regardless of location and background, see that science and technology are for them.Through the interaction, students:see that the scientists and engineers are normal people doing jobs they could do themselvessee the relevance of STFC-related science and technology to their own livesbecome enthused about the possibilities in the science and technology sectorThe scientists and engineers:develop communication skills renew their enthusiasm for their workare motivated to do more engagementThe IAS and IAE STFC zones will showcase the full diversity of STFC science and technology. In comparison to an in-person visit from a single scientist, each zone gives students access to 6 people and the wide range of expertises and experiences that exist within topics relates to STFC science. A zone can showcase people behind headline research, such as CERN and space telescopes, alongside smaller projects which get less exposure.The zones will also improve the reach of STFC scientists and engineers to more diverse audiences. Students too far from regular visits, primary students, quiet students, loud students... online engagement works for the people that traditional face-to-face STEM engagement struggles with.And the benefits go both ways. By taking part, scientists and engineers discover that young people are interested in their work; they learn the phrases that work to explain what they do, and in the year after participants tend to do lots more public engagement than before. They talk with their colleagues about the benefits they've gained, growing both the IAS and IAE events and championing a culture of STEM engagement in their organisations.