Congratulations to the first round of winners! You can be a winner too - deadline for 2nd round is 31st July 2010. It's not hard, see the winner submissions at the bottom of this page.

1st Prize awarded to a collaborative effort by Amy Frienship, Emily Jenkins and Lauren Lucas from Liskeard School & Community College.

Runner Up Prizes awarded to Mashuda Khandokar and Makena Talburt from Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls. View their winning entries at the bottom of this page.

Be a winner with SLQ and Discover Chemistry!

Students can win cash prizes for excellence in the STEM Leaders Qualification. Awarded twice yearly at the end of July and December, students can win first prize of £500 or two runner-up prizes of £300!

Students are required to demonstrate their achievements in the SLQ by providing a resource for other students and three written references. Prizes are awarded to students for:

• demonstrating excellent achievement in the SLQ across all areas of STEM and Leadership development
• working on or having completed the SLQ (ages 11-16 years)
• working on Level 2 Units of the SLQ
• working individually or collaboratively (in teams of no more than three)
• who have champions who will provide supporting references for their achievements, e.g. peer, teacher, parents/carers, mentors etc.

Many thanks to 'Discover Chemistry' (Royal Society of Chemistry) for this super opportunity.

The next deadline for submissions is 30th July 2010.

For further information and details on how to apply and what is required please download the Discover Chemistry SLQ Awards flyer PDF document.

You will be required to complete an Information Form and provide three references using the Reference Form. These can be filled in electronically, saved and emailed back to us, or printed out and sent to us - contact details are provided on the PDFs.

Free guide available

Request FREE copies of 'Get it Done - the Student Guide to Managing Projects' as a way of supporting your STEM Leaders development. Copies are limited so email your request now to l.m.bianchi@shu.ac.uk