THE REACT FOUNDATION

27/04/2012

2012 REACT FOUNDATION, IMECHE BURSARY and FOUNDATION YEAR 11 WINNERS announced.
The winners of the Bursaries and Year 11 winners were announced at the Beacon in Whitehaven last night. Parents and teachers joined the students in the celebrations.

The REACT Foundation awarded two £3,000 bursaries to local students Kyran Clark of Keswick School and Helena Tranter of Cockermouth School. Samuel Cole of Cockermouth School picked up the IMechE West Cumbria Bursary of £1,000.

The REACT Foundation Year 11 Awards were made to the following school's pupils - Beacon Hill - Jack Askew; Cockermouth -Matthew Beresford; Keswick - Sam Snyder; Millom - Will King; Netherhall - Adam Wozencroft; Solway - Hanna Kent; Southfield - Grant Park; St Bees - Jane Fell; St Benedict's - Joshua Cunningham
St Joseph's - Liam Cooper; Stainburn - Sam Bradley; Westlakes - William Houghton and Whitehaven - Tristian Doyle.

Congratulations to all the students on their success.

26/01/2012

CLOSING DATE FOR THE UNIVERSITY BURSARY AND YEAR 11 CASH AWARDS IS TUESDAY 31ST JANUARY 2012 - DONT FORGET TO APPLY SOON.

19/01/2012

Heading for university in September 2012? Studying Engineering or a related degree? Fancy winning £3,000? West Cumbrian Students are invited to apply for the REACT Foundation Bursary Award 2012. There is an additional £1,000 bursary available courtesy of IMechE West Cumbria if you plan to study Mechanical Engineering – just tick the box on the REACT Foundation Bursary Application. Don’t hang around though – the closing date is 31st January 2012.

http://www.reactfoundation.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=28

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19/01/2012

Year 11 Awards 2012
£200 is up for grabs for West Cumbrian Yr 11 Students. The REACT Foundation Year 11 Award Closing date is 31st January 2012. If you are heading for 6th form and planning to study Maths and a Science / Product Design Subject you can apply on line for your school’s £200 prize.

04/01/2012

Schools & Teachers - check out the Free Science Kits for every UK school
http://www.getinthezone.org.uk

In the Zone is the Wellcome Trust's major initiative inspired by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It provides a fun, free and fascinating way of using science to discover how our bodies work during sport, activity, movement and rest.

23/09/2011

13/09/2011

The REACT Foundation Science & Engineering Shows 2011 - its almost time for the Science & Engineering Roadshow 2011. Primary and secondary schools from all over West Cumbria will be attending the shows at a number of venues w/c 26th September. 2,000 Year 6 Students will watch the Bubble Show, 2,000 Year 9 Students will see The Supercool Show and Bubbles will be visiting Mayfield School.

13/09/2011

The REACT Foundation & IMechE West Cumbria Branch Awards 2011 - Cash prizes which were promised back in March to local students will be awarded on Tuesday 20th September at the Celebration Evening.

05/07/2011

Day 2 of Into Engineering is over - the teams have worked hard today. The morning sessions included Structural Analysis - the Maths was hard! Lots of calculations to get your head round .. and the late afternoon session was Environmental - why do engineers need to consider the environment

04/07/2011

REACT's Into Engineering - After lunch Rowan Matthews and Steve Turner delivered a presentation on Engineering Design to the students. The two teams now have to work their way through the tasks associated with each stage of the engineering design process to identify and develop a solution to the problem they have been presented with.

04/07/2011

REACT's Into Engineering, Monday morning session delivered by Tim Brentnall. Students received a presentation on project management and worked on how conventional project management practices would help them define and deliver the worked example project set by REACT.

04/07/2011

Day 1 - REACT Engineerings's Into Engineering Seminar - Students from St Benedict's, Cockermouth, Kirkby Stephen and Giggleswick Schools have arrived for the 2011 seminar. They have been introduced to this week's challenge ...