Prizes & Benefits
What winners receive
An award and certificate for first, second and third place and access to some of the UK's most extraordinary laboratories.
2
Second Place
Silver Award & Official Certificate
1
First Place
Gold Award & Official Certificate
3
Third Place
Bronze & official certificate
Experience I
Particle Physics Masterclass
A-Level / Sixth Form
A full-day event for A-level / sixth form students, offering the opportunity to explore particle physics at STFC.
- Talks from STFC researchers
- Interactive workshops using real Large Hadron Collider (LHC) data
- Tour of RAL facilities
- Careers panel with scientists
- For
- A-Level / Sixth Form
- Date
- Wed 10 March 2027
- Time
- 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
- Venue
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire
Experience II
Science in Your Future
Key Stage 4 & 5 / GCSE · In partnership with Diamond Light Source
A careers-focused day giving GCSE students the chance to discover the wide range of possibilities STEM opens up.
- Live talk from early-career staff at Boulby Underground Laboratory
- Special tour of Diamond Light Source
- Hands-on workshops
- Networking careers fair
Note: 1 guardian/adult required for every student
- For
- Key Stage 4 & 5 / GCSE
- Date
- Thu 11 February 2027
- Time
- 9:30 am – 2:15 pm
- Venue
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire
International students
If you are unable to attend in person, we can arrange for your award and certificate to be posted to you instead.
Please note: There will be no awards ceremony this year as the hall is under construction.