Space contexts for education.
Skills development for the space sector.

Since launching in 2008 we've engaged with more than 50,00 students, nearly 6000 teachers and hundreds of industry professionals. We started in Leicester and now deliver all over the world thanks to our amazing team of Lead Educators and Project Scientists.

We continuously educate, inspire and collaborate. We are experts. We use the inspirational context of space to teach physics, chemistry, biology, maths and engineering.  We facilitate pathways into the space sector, and we want to work with you!

Read more about our different areas of work here. 

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An Award-Winning Team

National Space Academy team members from across the UK have won awards for education from organisations such as the Institute of Physics, the Royal Astronomical Society, the Teaching Awards Trust and the Royal Society.  

All of our Lead Educators are outstanding subject specialists with years of teaching experience. Our team also includes numerous Advanced Skills Teachers and a National Expert STEM teacher, working with world class scientists and engineers to bring cutting edge science to the classroom.

Take a look at our team to find out more.

 

Our Team in Action

  • Chemistry at work - “Now I know I want to be a scientist.”

    Royal Society of Chemistry logoChemistry plays an important role in the Space Sector. On Tuesday 20th November we held a 'Chemistry at work' event here at the National Space Centre. Year 9 students from different schools joined scientists to learn how studying chemistry can lead to a career in the space sector.

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  • Leicester selected as hosts for European Space Agency's 3rd Symposium on Space Education Activities

    logo esaThe University of Leicester, National Space Academy and UK Students for the Development and Exploration of Space (UKSEDS) are delighted to announce that the European Space Agency's (ESA) Education Office have chosen Leicester to host the 3rd Symposium on Space Educational Activities. The symposium will take place from 16th - 18th September 2019 at the Stamford Court Conference Centre.

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  • Celebrating ten years of science education and inspiration using the context of space

    National Space Academy - we are 10!

    Since launching in 2008 we've engaged with more than 50,000 students, nearly 6000 teachers and hundreds of industry professionals. We started in Leicester and now deliver all over the UK thanks to our amazing team of Lead Educators and Project Scientists. Not only that, but we've developed our relationships internationally too. We've worked closely with the European Space Agency and UK Space Agency. Education experiments we designed together were conducted on board the International Space Station, and we're working to support space education development in China, the UAE and Malaysia. This is just the beginning!

    We wanted to thank everyone who has been involved in our journey so far, and share our exciting plans for the future with new friends.

     

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Thanks to sponsorship from PPG we are offering £300 bursaries for schools towards one of our Masterclasses for 10 - 14 year olds - find out more here.