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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 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
CEO01730 262927
Alan is the Chief Executive of Exscitec, a private limited company, formed in 2000, to support STEM outreach between the university sector and schools, and with Imperial College London as a principal client. Alan has been appointed Director of the new Reach Out Lab at Imperial College – the implementation of which is championed by Professor Lord Winston.
Through teaching in schools, work in higher education, national programme development and roll-out, Alan has developed a wide range of experience predicated on his passion for Chemistry and the STEM subjects. A significant part of his work has been concerned with raising levels of aspiration amongst school students towards the STEM subjects and also levels of achievement.
Moira Macmillan-West
Director01730 235687
Moira Macmillan is a Director of the Company and her role within Exscitec includes financial accounting, business management and administration. Moira has worked in Outreach Education for the last 20 years.
Fiona Palfrey
General Manager01730 235688
Fiona joined Exscitec in 2002 and has a degree in Business Information Systems. Her role involves strategic planning, human resource management, project management, and developing systems and processes to ensure efficient business activity in support of work areas such as participant recruitment administration to database development and integration with financial management and reporting requirements. Fiona is taking Maternity leave from June to December 2010, while she adjusts to her new role as ‘mummy’ following the birth of her first child.
Richard Palfrey
Operations Manager01730 235689
Richard joined Exscitec in 2002 and has a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Richard has specialized in the development of our bespoke Robotics programmes, introducing these learning modules to hundreds of projects across the UK and overseas. Richard now manages the design, promotion, delivery and logistics of our courses; and has management responsibility for Exscitec event delivery and administrative teams to ensure the efficient and effective provision of our events and programmes.
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Office Manager/ Programmes Coordinator
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Sarah has responsibility for the smooth running of the Exscitec Office and ensures efficient communications and support systems exist between administrative and event delivery teams. In addition, Sarah manages the Nuffield Science Bursary Scheme for London and Hampshire Regions, the Student Associates Scheme for Imperial College London, the Imperial Outreach and Exscitec Mentoring Programme, and the Exscitec CRB Checking facility.
Ella Lawson
Events Coordinator01730 235654
Ella graduated from Portsmouth University in 2008 with a degree in economics and law. At Exscitec Ella is responsible for the coordination and promotion of day events and residential courses. Ella’s role involves event liaison with science educators, schools, parents, and participants, and leadership and enhancement of related organisational systems.
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Maths and Physics Outreach Officer
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Will graduated from Imperial College London in 2002 with a First Class Honours degree in Mathematics. He then graduated from Oxford University in 2004 with a MSc in Applied Social Studies and Diploma in Social Work. He has worked in a variety of education and social care settings including Exscitec previously, with the Youth Offending Team and in multi-agency preventative services. Will works on the development and delivery of maths and physics Outreach activities and programmes.
Ceris Austyn-Prys
Scientific Projects Officer01730 235653
Ceris graduated from Imperial College London with a Physics degree in 2007, and joined Exscitec in the role of Scientific Projects Officer. Ceris has worked on a number of projects including the development and delivery of Physics and Primary Science workshops, projects supporting the teaching of Triple Science and the Clothworkers’ Maths Bursary programme. She is currently seconded to the position of Reach Out Lab Facilities Manager at Imperial and is also completing a MSc in Science Communication at UWE Bristol.
Lucy Smith
Science Outreach Officer
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Lucy graduated from Imperial College London in 2009 with an MSci degree in Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry. During her undergraduate years she worked as an academic mentor and residential assistant on STEM Summer Schools with Exscitec and Imperial College Outreach. Now a Science Outreach Officer for Exscitec, Lucy designs and delivers bespoke, practical Chemistry and Science educational activities for a range of student groups and project leads on various STEM events and Summer Schools at Imperial College and further afield.
Shreena Patel
Science Outreach Officer01730 235682
Shreena graduated with a Masters Degree in Physics (with a Year spent in Europe) from Imperial College London in 2008. After studying Astrophysics in Paris, she first became a mentor and eventually joined Exscitec as a Science Outreach Officer. Passionate about STEM engagement at all levels, she currently leads on numerous projects as well as developing and delivering multi-disciplinary hands on activities.
Dr Soumia Kolli
Science Outreach Officer
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Soumia graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2006 with a Masters in Pharmacy with Medicinal Chemistry. She then joined Imperial College London where she completed a PhD in Gene Therapy. During her PhD, Soumia worked as an academic and pastoral mentor on a number of Outreach events then Joined Exscitec in the role of Science Outreach Officer. At Exscitec, Soumia works on the development and delivery of Chemistry and Biology enrichment activities.
Administrator
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Alison administers the recruitment of schools and students to participate in our events, and supports the administrative office team in the preparation of event materials, data gathering and analysis.
Tamily Phillips
Admin Assistant01730 235684
Tamily responds to enquiries; and supports the general office, preparation of event resources, and data gathering and analysis.
Neil Monteiro
Physics & Engineering Outreach Officer
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Neil studied for his degree in Physics at Imperial College, graduating in 2006.Since then he has worked in a range of different education roles, including teaching at secondary school level. Neil now works at Exscitec supporting the Physics and Robotics programmes.