Students make strides on human whipworm genome
Students complete over 8,500 annotations of the genome of the human whipworm, Trichuris trichiura.
Students given the chance to study the stars at home
IRIS and STFC launch a project to boost the research skills of secondary students while learning from home.
IRIS cancels conferences
Due to the progression of the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, we must cancel our conferences this spring.
Empowering more girls into research careers
Lauren Charters on how an IRIS project shaped her career aspirations and helped her get into university.
Jo Foster on how to help your students shine at science
Catherine Lough, Tes staff writer, talks to Dr Jo Foster, IRIS director, on teaching STEM to students.
UCL Professor Michael Reiss joins IRIS board of trustees
UCL’s Professor of Science Education joins our board of trustees.
Higgs Hunters wins University of Oxford Award
IRIS celebrated at the Vice-Chancellor’s Public Engagement with Research Awards.
IRIS appoints STEM educator Jo Foster as new director
Director of the Nexus STEM Programme, Cornwall School of Maths & Science appointed IRIS Director.
Lampton physics technician wins Gratnells award
Lampton School technician wins Gratnells Science Technician of the Year Award.
Tes features IRIS student research on mental health
IRIS students research on nature and mental health featured in the leading education publication.
IRIS awarded Garfield Weston Grant for glacier research
The Garfield Weston Foundation grant will enable IRIS continue to run school hubs ran by a teacher scientist for a year.
MELT – a polar ice caps project for schools
IRIS and the UK Space Agency launch school research projects investigating the rate of polar ice cap melting.
It’s Minecraft: teens create replica of CERN
UK teenagers made interactive museum of the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider in Minecraft.
IRIS students contribute to tropical disease research
IRIS students stand to become world experts through their participation in Genome Decoders, a research project launched in partnership with Wellcome Genome Campus.
Transport for London- Bring big data into classrooms
Our new project looks at how TFL uses data to improve millions of people’s journey every day.
NASA to launch TimPix space radiation project in the U.S.
IRIS is working with NASA to get American students involved in the TimPixproject.
IRIS students break new ground in science
UK scientists breaking new ground in science and not one of them has so much as a university degree.
Students research radiation levels in the world’s oceans
Students from a school in Canterbury look to analyse radiation levels in oceans near nuclear reactors in real time.
Using NASA data to analyse radiation exposure in space
High school students use NASA data to analyse astronaut radiation exposure in space.
Academics and scientists launch the Institute for Research in Schools
Charity set to change STEM education by empowering young people to join the scientific community.