Read the report: MRC Festival Zone Report – June 2019 [PDF]
The MRC Festival Zone was a four-week-long online event funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) as part of the MRC Festival of Medical Research. 25 MRC researchers and technical staff put up profiles on the website, and 24 of these engaged with students throughout the month in live CHATs and the ASK section. Continue reading
Students! Help us decide which scientists and engineers should take part in the next event, and you could win a £20 voucher. All you need to do is take 2 minutes now to judge these 12 sentences. The past four weeks has been one of the most rewarding, fulfilling and thought-provoking periods I have had in science. In research, we are very lucky to get funding for our work, often from the generosity of the public via organisations like the MRC and similar charities and governmental departments. Yet, usually the majority of our findings are communicated not to the public, but to a limited group of colleagues at a conference or in a publication. With this event, it was a real privilege to have the chance to actually spend time discussing the work we do (as well as the fun and challenges of science) with over 1100 students in real-time … Continue reading
Congratulations, DEEPAK! The students have spoken – you’re the MRC Festival Zone winner and will be taking home that £500 prize money to put towards your own STEM engagement project. Continue reading
The final Weekly Winner in the MRC Festival Zone is…
Every week students in the MRC Festival Zone have been voting for their favourite to put them in the running for the £500 prize.
Each week the researchers and technical staff taking part in the MRC Festival Zone nominate their top student – one who’s made the most of the event, shown enthusiasm and asked some really great questions.
This week, Iqera from Reading Girls’ School was nominated for… Continue reading
Log in between 12 and 3pm today, for another chance to talk to the researchers and technical staff in the MRC Festival.
The open live chat is a chance for you to ask your final questions, and for the researchers and technical staff to win your final VOTE! To take part, just log in and head to the CHAT page from 12pm. Continue reading
Log in between 7 and 8pm for another chance to talk to the researchers and technical staff in the MRC Festival Zone
Continue asking your brilliant questions in this special after-school live chat. Just log in and head to the CHAT page from 7pm!
Why not introduce your friends and family to the researchers and technical staff you’ve been talking with in school? You can even ask them to pose their own question about medical research, neurology, genetics and more… Continue reading
This week in the MRC Festival Zone, you’ve chosen…
Each week students in the MRC Festival Zone vote for their favourite to put them in the running for the £500 prize.
On the final day of the activity, the Weekly Winner with the most votes will be named the Overall Winner and take home the money! Continue reading
Each week the researchers and technical staff taking part in the MRC Festival Zone nominate their top student – one who’s made the most of the event, shown enthusiasm and asked some really great questions.
This week, Mia from Kingsmead School was nominated for asking “great questions on university/careers advice!” and a “thoughtful question and response to the researchers’ answers” on their ASK question: What do you think about Global Warming and if you could do anything to prevent it what is the most important way of recovering the crisis? Continue reading
Log in between 7 and 8pm for another chance to talk to the researchers and technical staff in the MRC Festival Zone
Continue asking your brilliant questions in this special after-school live chat. Just log in and head to the CHAT page from 7pm!
Why not introduce your friends and family to the researchers and technical staff you’ve been talking with in school? You can even ask them to pose their own question about medical research, neurology, genetics and more… Continue reading
