The Physics Mentoring Challenge staff (left to proper): Rosie Mellors, Grace Mullally and Celina Lavis
[cross-posted from the Physics Mentoring Project]
We’re extraordinarily proud to announce that in July the Physics Mentoring Challenge was awarded the award of ‘Excellence in Assist of Scholar Ambassadors’ by the Ogden Belief.
The Ogden Belief is a charitable belief that ‘exists to advertise the instructing and studying of physics.’ They encourage newly graduated college students to enter instructing, with an intention to ‘enhance the uptake of physics post-16 by supporting physics training and engagement… notably [for] these in under-represented teams.’
The mission of the Ogden Belief has a synergy with what we imagine and stand for right here on the Physics Mentoring Challenge, and we’re extremely grateful to be recognised by them.
The award acknowledges the winner’s assist of the scholars who’re so elementary to the working of such outreach tasks. We take pleasure in the best way we encourage and handle those that signal as much as be mentors with us, and that is mirrored in our mission assertion to ‘present informative and enriching experiences to each the scholars and mentors’, with considered one of our key goals being to extend the boldness and employability of mentors.
An award like this doesn’t come with out a few ‘thanks’s and it could be unattainable to not point out our mentors. We can’t categorical how a lot we worth and respect each single considered one of them and dealing with them is a privilege. They uphold the values of the undertaking seamlessly as they take our mission into faculties and join with younger folks all through the college yr. The undertaking can be unable to run with out them, and we’re so grateful for the methods they assist us, with out even realising it.
We additionally wish to categorical our gratitude to all our associate universities for his or her assist, our funders and sponsors, in addition to everybody else on the staff that makes the undertaking run as easily and efficiently because it does.