Innovation, teamwork and communication skills at the IRIS 2025 student conferences
The IRIS 2025 student conferences have once again showcased the incredible potential of young scientists.
Girls can shape our digital future—if only more knew it
What do we stand to lose if girls do not play a role in the UK’s digital economy?
IRIS Student Research Conferences 2024
From hydrogen fuelled travel to building on the moon, students shared exciting discoveries.
IRIS Student Research Conferences 2024
From hydrogen fuelled travel to building on the moon, students shared exciting discoveries.
Breaking down barriers, one after another
Georgie Lott shares her success in boosting stem engagement at her former school and what led her to IRIS.
Science practicals need to push experimental boundaries
IRIS Director sees practicals as a chance to let young people freely explore answers to real-world issues.
Year 10 students prompt penguin discovery
Year 10 students inspire the discovery of nearly a third of known penguin colonies.
Anyone can do science—just not me!
Students still struggle to see themselves as ‘science people’. How can we make STEM more inclusive?
Tribute to Peter Higgs
Peter Higgs – His scientific legacy will continue to inspire curious minds.
Students on STEM lessons: important but not interesting
Over half students surveyed don’t enjoy their lessons. What is missing from their learning experience?
Paradigm shift needed to transform attitudes to the sciences
Our director, Jo Foster, talks about the fresh approach needed to truly change STEM education.
IRIS and Queens University Belfast shortlisted for a Times Higher Education Award
Our outreach initiative encouraging people from non-traditional backgrounds to enter higher education.
IRIS London conference: AI ball boys & girls, future hackers & searching for wolf stars
Young researchers travelled from Belfast to Dover to share their research at the London IRIS conference.
IRIS Manchester conference: robot dentists, Coeliac disease awareness & preventing organ rejection
We highlight a few of the many research discoveries shared by young people at this year’s conference.
Serving up success: students create AI robot ball boy
Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School students’ robot can safely retrieve tennis balls on the busiest of courts.
The scent of success: IRIS recognised at the Education Awards
Our Greener Fragrances project was shortlisted for an outreach award at the Education Awards.
Art, science and computer design at a nanoscale
Students visit the University of Leeds to talk research and discover careers in materials sciences.
10 ideas for lowering carbon emissions in schools
Our director, Jo Foster, offers 10 ways that schools can empower students to become active citizens.
Leading particle physicist returns home to meet with aspiring young scientists
Alan Barr sets students on a quest to answer some of science’s biggest questions.
ATLAS inspires the future generation of particle physicists
World-leading particle physicists teach passionate sixth-formers about coding and more.
The top 10 career choices for teenagers in the UK
Our director Jo Foster explains how doing research can benefit school students’ future careers.
Girls in STEM: A cause for celebration, not complacency
Despite postitive GCSE and A level results, gender imbalance still exists in the sciences, Jo Foster.