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Exscitec was founded in 2000 with the aim of providing outreach STEM activities for widening participation and Gifted & Talented students. Alan West, Exscitec's founder and Chief Executive, was a science teacher for 12 years including six years as a Head of Science before setting up the CREST (Creativity in Science and Technology) Award Scheme nationally in 1986.
Alan says, "From my work with CREST and as Head of Science I recognised a lack of 'hands on' science provision for Gifted and Talented students.
I saw an opportunity to communicate science and technology to students through a problem solving approach and that's how Exscitec was formed."
From there, Exscitec has grown in its provision and the number of organisations it works with, including Imperial College London, SETPOINT and various local authorities. However, Exscitec's focus is still to design and deliver high calibre programmes aimed at stimulating interest in the STEM subjects to students of all ages and abilities.
Alan West
CEO
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Alan is an experienced science teacher with wide knowledge of business education links gleaned through development and implementation of the National CREST Awards over a 14 year period.
Moira Macmillan-West
Director
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Moira Macmillan is a Director of the Company and her role within Exscitec includes financial accounting, and personnel management. Moira has worked in Education for the last 20 years and has gained her experience in Administration through her work with the CREST Award Scheme and as a PA at the Centre for Communication Systems Research at the University of Surrey. She is married to Alan West, CEO of Exscitec.
Fiona Palfrey
Operations Manager
01730 235688Fiona’s role involves liaising with clients, deliverers and various staff on the design and organisation of programmes and courses. In addition to this role Fiona is Manager of SETPOINT London Central and Principal Safeguarding Officer for Exscitec and Imperial College Outreach events. She has a degree in Business Information Systems.
Richard Palfrey
Technical Projects Manager
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Richard has a degree in Mechanical Engineering and is responsibe for managing the design, delivery and logistics of Exscitec activities. He is experienced in teaching Engineering theory and developing Engineering and technological challenges. Richard specialises in robotics activities, and since 2004 has led 6 UK school teams to Chesapeake for the US FIRST Robotics competition.
Matt Parker
Field Officer
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Matt completed his Mathematics and Physics degree from the University of Western Australia in 2002. He then trained to be a Mathematics and Physics Secondary School teacher and has taught at schools both in Australia and in and around London. He now works full-time at Exscitec to deliver and develop Mathematics, Science and Robotics programmes.
Sophie Billyard
Events Liaison Manager
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Sophie manages the Science and Engineering Ambassadors programme for SETPOINT London Central, and the Exscitec Mentoring programme. Sophie is the leader of a number of Exscitec events and summer schools, and coaches students in personal effectiveness skills within our courses.
Sarah Woodcraft
Programmes Coordinator
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Sarah is responsible for coordinating the Nuffield Bursary Scheme and the Student Associates Scheme. Sarah worked as a legal secretary for a number of years in London and Petersfield before joining Exscitec, and she enjoys spending time with her family as she has two children aged 15 and 18.
Florencia Tettamanti
Maths Outreach Officer
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Florencia has recently graduated with a first class MSci in Mathematics from Imperial College London. Having participated as a student on our outreach programmes, and working for us as a mentor during her undergraduate studies, she is now completing a one year internship with us. Her role entails supporting, delivering and developing Mathematics outreach programmes, and a number of Exscitec activities.
Administrator
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Beryl works for Exscitec part time supporting the Science and Engineering Ambassador (SEAs) programme and co-ordinating the student recruitment for Exscitec courses. Her interests are travel and good food and wine. Beryl also has a passion for flower and garden design.
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Science Outreach Officer
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Melanie’s role involves the development and delivery of Science Outreach activities and programmes. She has recently completed a Chemistry PhD in “New Quantum Dots for Medical Imaging”, at Imperial College London, and has previously supported the delivery of Imperial College Outreach and Exscitec activities as part of her role as a Science and Engineering Ambassador. Melanie is enthusiastic to meet and inspire young people, to encourage take-up of STEM subjects.
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