Mount Carmel Schoolgirls at top science awards
Negin Damali Amiri and Sophia Simpson, both Year 11 students at Mount Carmel
RC Technology College, were invited to the prestigious British Association for
the Advancement of Science’s Creativity in Science and Technology (CREST)
awards at the Royal Society earlier this month.
16-year-old Negin and 15-year-old Sophia won their invitation after taking
first place in the regional CREST silver awards, held at London Metropolitan
University. Only 11 teams nationally were invited to the finals. Both students
will now be working to take part in the CREST gold awards next summer.
This is for students aged 16+ and involves 100 hours of project work. Students
are linked with a mentor from industry or higher education, and work on the
project can accredit Nuffield Bursary placements and Engineering Education
Scheme (EES) project work
Students who have completed BA CREST project work have the opportunity to
display their work at Regional Finals. Outstanding projects are selected for
the prestigious national BA CREST Science Fair.
Councillor James Kempton, executive member for children explained: "Well done
to Negin and Sophia on taking first place in the regional CREST awards. I'd
like to wish them luck in the Gold awards later this year.
"We want to get more young people interested in Science and the CREST awards
are a great way to motivate students, build their confidence and encourage
them to pursue careers in science, engineering and technology.
"Highbury Fields already specialises in science and we are looking into ways
that we can help young people's achievement in science."
For further information please contact:
Louise Trewavas, Head of Communications, CEA@Islington
T: 020 7527 5545
E:
Louise.Trewavas.cea@islington.gov.uk
Notes
Information about the CREST science awards can be found on
http://www.the-ba.net/the-ba/ResourcesforLearning/BACRESTAwards/
For more information, please contact CEA@Islington's Communications Department: