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Organised by Central Teaching Laboratories(CTL) staff and the School of Physical Sciences Outreach Team, SciJam 2024 had over 2,000 applications and was sold out within an hour. This year’s event was joined by a team led by Laura Randles from Health and Life Sciences who delivered a new and bespoke “marvellous medicine” badge for Brownies bringing the total number of activities delivered to twenty.
In addition to learning about personalised medicines, participants entered the cave to learn about cave art, designed sarcophagi for teddy bears, took a trip to Mars in the planetarium, painted with magnets and built bridges from marshmallows and spaghetti. Participants also learned how to fly drones, launch rockets and code. Unfortunately, there were a few casualties 
on the day in the form of eggs who’s parachute didn’t quite open in time on their decent through the CTL atrium!
All activities were designed by interdisciplinary groups of UG students who have been working together since early October. Students involved commented on how great it was to be able to meet other students on different courses and in different year groups. Not only was it a great opportunity to make some new friends, delivering at SciJam was great for developing confidence and broadening their experience of science across the University.
When asked about their experience of the Science Jamboree, UG students said, “the event taught me the importance of sparking curiosity in young minds”, “it’s been amazing to have so much fun with everyone this year!” and “my team were stellar”.
Looking ahead to 10 years of SciJam in 2025, the organising team would like to thank all staff and students involved and welcome communications from anyone who would like to be involved in future events to contact Cate Cropper, Charlie Devlin and Chris Marchant.