Members are invited to join us for our now somewhat traditional New Year's Curry of 2018.
This is slightly later than usual as we have been working throughout January on a social programme for the whole year: please watch this space.
Please come along for an excellent meal with a 50% discount on all food!
Click here for full details and booking information.
We look forward to seeing you there.
We are pleased to announce a social event organised by Chelmsford Civic Society, who will be taking a coach trip to Bletchley Park to see:
We have added a lecture to our 2017/2018 programme: please add this to your diaries! Our thanks to our partners the Institute of Physics (IOP) for this.
We are pleased to announce our next members' social. Come and join us for an informal bite to eat and/or something to drink this Christmas.
See our events page for full details and to register.
We have added a lecture to our 2017/2018 programme: please add this to your diaries! Our thanks to Dr Prasanna Tilakaratna, a CSES member, for offering to deliver this talk.
We are pleased to announce the dates for our 2018 Schools' Competition:
Please note that the competition is on a Monday this year.
Find out more about the competition, and how to enter, here.
We will announce when the competition is open for entries (early 2018), and look forward to seeing you in June!
Could you help us improve our offering to members? Do you want to be more involved in the society? Would you enjoy socialising with fellow members, possibly over a drink or two?
We are expanding the benefits available to members, and a key part of this is exclusive social events. To support this, we are looking for a Social Secretary.
Please can you help the society by volunteering your time?
Our partners, Essex County Council, are once again running the UK Youth Rocketry Challenge (UKRoC) in our region, with the final to be held in March at Stow Maries Aerodrome.
Many local schools have signed up are now seeking mentors who can assist them with the design and build of their rocket(s). Rocket science expertise is not required!
The anticipated time commitment would be perhaps a 1-2 hour meeting every month, although this can be varied according to the needs of the team and the mentor's availability. You would also be welcome to attend the final, which is normally at a weekend.
My Smarter Essex is coming to Braintree! Braintree: Owning the Future will focus on future healthy individuals and societies, places to live and energy and resources, and what this means for the north of Essex.
See the event page for more details.
We will then repeat this event at its original home, Anglia Ruskin University, in January 2018.
Summer may be over, but don't worry, because that means we're back with another exciting season of events for our members and the public!
Details of what we've got planned can be found on our events page. Take a look and add these to your diary. This is just the start: more events will be added as time goes on. If you are a member, make sure your communication preferences are up-to-date in your profile to receive notification of upcoming events by email.
We look forward to seeing you throughout the next year.
On Saturday 25 February, King Edward VI Grammar School (KEGS) Young Engineers team 'Illuminatus', all in year 8, embarked on a journey to the First Lego League (FLL) National Finals at the University of Western England in Bristol. It was a great experience and we all gained something from it.
Thank you to CSES for awarding us a STEM Club Bursary which helped us to continue with this competition and go to Bristol. Below, some of the team members have given their own accounts of the event and what they have learned from it.
Congratulations to team Illuminatus, who went on to win the Design Execution award at the 2017 Schools' Competition.
