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GSK launches London 2012 initiative with King’s College London to inspire young people into science careers
Scientists in Sport is a UK-based initiative set up by GSK and King’s College London designed to inspire young people into a range of scientific careers.
The new programme will showcase how science will be used during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games - from anti-doping drug tests to understanding how eye tracker scanning could improve how football teams perform in penalty shoot outs.
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The programme comprises a series of free events running between April 2011 and the Olympic Games in 2012. These events offer local school children the opportunity to experience a day at a university and through a series of sports based lectures and interactive workshops aims to encourage 11–14 year old students to take their science studies further and consider a career in science.
A new website will give teachers and students across the UK the instructions and resources to replicate the experiments in their own classrooms to inspire the next generation of expert scientists.
The launch follows GSK’s recent commitment to encourage the very best graduates, including science graduates, into careers at the company by reimbursing 100% of uncapped tuition fees for all undergraduates recruited in the UK from September 2012.
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