Remote3: Informing and Influencing a new Generation to STEM Careers

拟议的奖学金旨在引导成功的STFC Spark奖“远程学校在远程环境中的遥感”（Remote3）项目在三个方面进行重大扩展。Remote3的目标是11-14岁的孩子，他们位于苏格兰一些最偏远的社区。这个项目要求学生们设计和制造类似火星车的机器人，然后给他们编程，让他们在学校里操作这些机器人，远程探索位于地下1.1公里的STFC Boulby地下“火星场”。该项目旨在激发创新和创意设计，发展数字技能，鼓励团队合作，团队建设和口头和书面表达技能，以及提供对英国和海外正在进行的卓越前沿科学活动的认识。通过这样做，我想鼓励下一代年轻人从事STEM学科的职业。第一条线索是与苏格兰大学物理联盟（SUPA）和其他机构合作，为Remote3建立区域中心，以便更多的学校可以使用该计划，特别是那些位于英国社会经济最贫困地区服务不足社区的学校。该项目的第二条主线是创造一个徽章，以完成一系列以太空远程探索为主题的挑战为基础。与统一的团体（导游，童子军等）合作，来自英国各地的儿童和年轻人将能够获得一个徽章，表明完成了挑战。项目的第三条主线将是创建免费的在线活动和网络，以支持与奖学金目标的中期和高级长期接触。其他补充活动将包括定期审查进展情况、建立和领导网络以扩大项目的范围、继续培养研究员的专业能力以及在国家会议上报告和传播经验和知识。我将以这个充满活力的公众参与项目为契机，支持爱丁堡大学和SUPA的其他研究人员和技术人员参与到公众参与中来。通过定期报告和庆祝该项目，并以强有力的影响证据为后盾，我将支持在整个社区中嵌入公众参与。我将把项目活动作为案例研究和催化剂，在DMUK网络内进行讨论，领导研讨会，以制定更广泛的公众参与计划。

The proposed fellowship aims to lead a major expansion of the successful STFC Spark Award "Remote Sensing in Remote Environments by Remote Schools" (Remote3) project in three threads. Remote3 targets 11-14-year-olds, located across some of the most remote communities of Scotland. It challenges them to design and build rover-like robots, and then to programme them to operate them from their schools, remotely exploring the STFC Boulby underground 'Mars yard' located 1.1 km underground. The project aims to inspire innovation and creative design, develop digital skills, encourage team-work, team-building and oral & written presentation skills, as well as to provide awareness of the remarkable ongoing front-line scientific activity taking place across the UK and overseas. In doing so I want to encourage the next generation of young people into a career in STEM subjects. The first thread is to work with the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA) and other institutions to establish regional hubs for Remote3 so that the programme can be accessible to more schools, in particular those schools in under-served communities in the most socioeconomically-deprived areas of the UK. The second thread of the project will be the creation of a badge, based around completion of a set of challenges on the theme of Remote Exploration of Space. Working with uniform groups (guides, scouts, etc), children and young adults from across the UK will be able to achieve a badge to indicate completion of the challenges. The third thread of the project will see the creation of free online activities and networks to support intermediate and advanced long-term engagement with the Fellowship objectives. Additional complementary activities will include regular review of progress, building and leadership of networks to expand the project's reach, continuing professional development of the Fellow, and reporting and dissemination of experience and knowledge at national conferences. I will use this vibrant programme of public engagement as an opportunity to support other researchers and technicians within the University of Edinburgh and SUPA to become involved with Public Engagement. By regularly reporting and celebrating the project, backed with strong evidence of impact, I will support the embedding of public engagement across the community. I will use the project activities as a case study and catalyst for discussion within the DMUK network, leading workshops to develop a wider public engagement programme.