Cambridge Science Centre moves to new location on Cambridge Science Park
Cambridge Science Centre has moved to a new, state-of-the-art home in a move that further strengthens its connections with the city’s STEM ecosystem.
The charity’s new home on Cambridge Science Park comes after a partnership with park owners, Trinity College, and will open next month.
John Bull, CEO of Cambridge Science Centre, said: “This new location feels like our spiritual home. It further strengthens our connections with the STEM ecosystem and brings communities to the very heart of science and technology in Cambridge.
“Cambridge Science Centre is the perfect setting for educational school trips and family days out. Through our interactive, real-world STEM experiences, we enable children to explore the many wonders of science in a fun as well as an educational way and introduce them to the many diverse possibilities available to them, on their doorstep and beyond.”
Cambridge Science Park is home to 170 world-leading STEM companies employing 7,000 people. Yet, according to Universities UK, the UK will need more than 1.9 million additional STEM professionals by 2035.
However, research conducted by UCL has highlighted how parts of the region are among the most deprived in the UK with regard to access to high-quality education, skills and training – and, by age 11, many young learners have already decided that STEM subjects are not for them.
Cambridge Science Centre aims to change this with a mission to encourage a lifelong love and fascination with STEM for everyone. Over the past 10 years, it has interacted with and inspired more than half a million young people, and this new, even more accessible location, will help them to reach many more.
Jamie Trivedi-Bateman, director of investment, property, at Trinity College, said: “Introducing Cambridge Science Centre into Cambridge Science Park is part of our wider vision for the park. When it comes to unlocking scientific, technological, and educational progress, Trinity understands the vital importance of making meaningful connections. “This is at the core of the science park concept that Trinity pioneered when it originally founded Cambridge Science Park.
“Cambridge Science Centre enables young people, families in the community, and cutting-edge businesses to connect with each other in new ways – and this is something Trinity believes will benefit all involved.”
Joint partners, Brockton Everlast and the not-for-profit medical research charity, LifeArc, are major funders of the new centre. Other organisations in the public, academic and corporate sectors supporting Cambridge Science Centre include Arm, ARU, AstraZeneca, Bruntwood SciTech, Cambridge Consultants, CEMEX, Kao Data, and MathWorks.
If you or your STEM-based business are interested in participating or you are a school or family that would like more information, contact info@cambridgesciencecentre.org.
