NEWS
MISSION
DISCOVERY
LAUNCHES IN AYRSHIRE
This year’s ISSET team were:
• Michael Foale CBE, former NASA
astronaut
• Sarah Murray, NASA HQs Council
Executive / Mission Support for
Partnership Councils
The International Space School
Educational Trust’s (ISSET) Mission
Discovery Ayrshire 2017 programme
began on Monday 19 June for
around 150 secondary school pupils
and college students.
Following the success of last
year’s programme, this incredible
opportunity was made available
as a result of the Ayrshire College
Foundation’s continued sponsorship.
As well as sponsorship from NATS, the
Spaceport and Ayr Rotary Club.
• Julie Keeble, Lecturer of
Pharmacology at Kings College
London and Chief Scientist at ISSET
• Chris Barber, Director at ISSET
Michael Foale CBE said “I’m
delighted to be back in Ayrshire, I’m
really impressed with the students
and I’m sure they’ll deliver some
great experiments to send to the
International Space Station.”
Find out about the winning
experiment here: http://www1.
ayrshire.ac.uk/news/news/2017/
mission-discovery-ayrshire-winners-
announced/
Ayrshire Connects organised an event
aimed at giving girls and women the
confidence to follow a STEM (science,
technology, engineering and maths)
career path.
100 people came to the College’s
Kilmarnock Campus to hear Sarah
Murray, NASA HQs Council Executive
/ Mission Support and Partnership
Councils, speak about how she has
overcome many obstacles to have a
successful career in NASA. Sarah has
been involved in the Mission Discovery
week with the fifth and sixth year pupils.
Ayrshire Connects is a mentoring
network for female STEM and
construction students across the college
to connect to each other, to students
in other colleges and universities, to
employers and women in the industry
sectors they aspire to enter, and to
senior pupils in secondary schools across
Ayrshire.
I’m really impressed with the
“ students
and I’m sure they’ll
deliver some great experiments
to send to the International
Space Station
”
Everyone was inspired by what they
heard at Girls with Grit, the latest in the
College’s #ThisAyrshireGirlCan campaign
to tackle the gender gap in STEM.
For more information about the
network click here: http://www1.
ayrshire.ac.uk/students/ayrshire-
connects/