Professor Brian Cox visits London school to inspire children into STEM careers

Evening Standard

Professor Brian Cox has paid a visit to a secondary school in west London to inspire the next generation of young people into STEM careers. The world-renowned physicist gave a talk about the universe to students at Elthorne Park High School in Ealing, London, this week, sparking an animated conversation about our planet and those around us. Students in attendance, aged 13 to 17, were taking part in The King’s Trust Achieve Programme—a personal development course offered to hundreds of young people nationwide, aimed at enhancing their confidence and skills.  STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, and refers to the fields of study and careers that encompass these disciplines.

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00:01The King's Trust is important to me because one thing is it allows me to do things like

00:05this.

00:06I love going to schools, talking to students.

00:11This theory that space and time can distort, so we think there might be around 20 billion

00:18Earth-like planets in this galaxy.

00:21This part of the King's Trust, it enables us to come in to schools and talk to the students.

00:27Because connections are so important to make, because I often go to schools where many students

00:33won't know someone or ever have spoken to someone who's gone into the thing that they

00:37are passionate about.

00:39And so if you can make those connections, then it makes it, I think, a lot more likely that

00:44that student will go on to follow their dreams.

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