TOPICS including How to Find a Dead Body and Conformity and Obedience were on the agenda when Warrington students attended Keele University.
A group of 27 Year 10 girls from Cardinal Newman and Sir Thomas Boteler schools enjoyed a “Girls into Science Day” at the university.
They toured the campus and enjoyed a number of taster lectures studying d greenhouse gases, climate change, the Arctic regions and the psychology of how people behave in groups.
The girls also had a hands-on interactive fingerprinting session where they looked at classification and printed their own fingerprints – using both direct print and magnetic powder methods.
Aimhigher Cheshire and Warrington organised the day, together with the two schools and the university, as part of its aim to widen participation in higher education by young people from under-represented groups.
Aimhigher spokeswoman Teresa Wong said: “It was great seeing so many potential female scientists enjoying themselves. This event no doubt inspired many of our students to take up science subjects at university.”
Pictured: students and staff enjoy learning about fingerprinting.
