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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£0.5K
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Spending
£0.6K
Public benefits
By rewarding school pupils for their excellence in science examinations, we motivate and encourage those pupils to continue with science study and to persue a career in Medicine or academic or applied research. To further this, at the Awards Ceremony, the pupils meet a Scientist involved in some of the excellent, ground-breaking medical or
scientific research that takes place in Northern Ireland. They learn about their the work and the education pathway that took them there. This helps the pupils make the correct choices in their own educational path. In addition, we celebrate with the schools, teachers and parents by recognising their vital contribution to the achievement of the pupils. The benefits can be demonstrated by the number of Principals returning nomination forms from all over Northern Ireland. This reflects the value they place on having their pupils' and teachers' success recognised. Both teachers and parents report on the positive effect winning the award has on the morale of the pupils. Pupils can include the receipt of the award on their CV on application for college and work. None identified by Trustees Pupils aged 16 -18 years who take GCSE and 'A' level examinations in schools throughout Northern Ireland. None
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Sir Hans Sloane was born in Killyleagh, Co. Down in 1660. He studied Medicine and had a deep interest in natural science and culture. During his life, he became physician to Kings George I and George 11. He amassed a collection of 71,000 items which he bequeathed to the nation.These formed the founding collections of the British Museum, the first
free, open to the public Museum in the world. Using the work of Sir Hans Sloane as inspiration we celebrate the best of science education and culture in Northern Ireland. The Principals of Secondary and Grammar schools throughout Northern Ireland are asked, by return of nomination form, to nominate those pupils they consider to have scored highly in Chemistry, Physics and Biology at 'A' level. The three pupils who receive the highest combined marks for the three subjects are awarded a certificate and a cheque. Principals also nominate those pupils they consider to have scored highly in Triple Award Science and Double Award Science at GCSE level. The three pupils scoring the highest marks in each examination are awarded a certificate and a cheque. Awards are presented at a ceremony in the Ulster Museum, Belfast, in the January following the examinations.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science
Who the charity helps
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Youth development
