School of Technology Widening Participation Oxford Brookes University School of Technology Activities for Schoolchildren Introduction School of Technology : Computing, Mathematics, Engineering Coordinators : Clare Stone/Clare Martin Two kinds of activity : internal or centrally organised Website

School of Technology Widening Participation Overview 2005/6 Mathematics Lecture Great Egg Race Epal Science Challenge* Formula Schools Race Day Summer School* Christmas Lecture* NAGTY Engineering Masterclasses * indicates centrally organised

School of Technology Widening Participation Large scale activities Mathematics Lecture Recruitment of lecturers Recruitment of students Target schools database Letters/flyers in July Deposits Christmas Lecture Different each year Multiple runs Describes the dynamics of racing cars Demos Formula student

School of Technology Widening Participation Small Scale Masterclasses Media Technology Codebreaking Public Key Cryptography Computer Games Dismantling Computers The Mathematics of Music Cluster Computing Plato, Polyhedra and Weather Forecasting Computer Security Artificial Intelligence Computer Aided Design and Analysis Assembly Language Graph Theory