Welcome return
by Educate Magazine January 17, 2018 · Education News
Building on the amazing success of previous years, The Big Bang North West will be returning to the Exhibition Centre Liverpool on the 10 July with a Big Bang like never before!
There will be 5,000 square metres of show floor, hundreds of inspirational science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) experts, shows, activities and increased capacity for 7,000 attendees.
The arena will be packed with performances, hands-on experiments and fun experiences including fire shows, virtual reality, dry ice, gadgets, robots, coding, forensics, creatures, slime, medical magic and more!
Best of all, the Big Bang North West is free and your class or school can attend, you only need to arrange transport. All school aged children are welcome.
Schools can meet face-to face with inspiring engineers and scientists, from all walks of industry and academia, to discover information about careers, employers and further study.
Attendees can check out the entries for The Big Bang UK Young Scientists and Engineers Competition too as judging takes place at The Big Bang North West, who will make the grand final?
AstraZeneca have confirmed as headline sponsor for their fifth year along with Unilever, Shaping Futures, Air Products, United Utilities, Science & Technology Facilities Council, ITV, Canal and Rivers Trust, Farm Urban, Reaseheath College, Hi Impact, University of Liverpool Statistics Ambassadors & Atkins Global.
Simon Willocks, director of engineering, facilities & SHE, AstraZeneca, said: “AstraZeneca are excited and proud to be headline sponsors, supporting the 2018 Big Bang Fair in partnership with the All About STEM team for the fifth consecutive year.
“As a major employer in the north west with over 3500 staff working across the field of STEM, the Big Bang Fair is a great opportunity to spark the interest of the next generation and promote the vast array of career options within science, technology engineering and maths can bring.
“With support from the AZ STEM Ambassador Team it is our mission that the Big Bang Fair 2018 will inspire students from across the Northwest to see how their studies and future career choices can equally contribute to society.”
All About STEM will be revealing all activities, exciting experiments and expeiences over the next few months.
