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We bring together experts from around the globe with talented young adults aged 11-17 who want to nurture their interests and learn new skills.
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DIY Language
Writing for Performance
Active Engineering
Enter the Metaverse
Blinding you with science
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ACS Beyond offers unique courses designed to go beyond the school curriculum, enabling you to learn what you love from the best in the field.
All course leaders are highly regarded experts in their subject areas with impressive industry experience and are passionate about teaching skills outside of the traditional classroom.
Paul Magnuson
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Hannah Jane Walker
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Bloodhound Supersonic Engineering
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Graeme Lawrie
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Matthew Tosh
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Paul Magnuson
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Hannah Jane Walker
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Bloodhound Supersonic Engineering
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Graeme Lawrie
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Matthew Tosh
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Paul Magnuson
COURSE LEADER FOR DIY LANGUAGE
Paul Magnuson works at two Swiss international schools, Leysin American School and Copperfield International School.He is also an adjunct member of the faculty at Moreland University, where he teaches in the teacher certification and Masters programs. His primary interest in education is the support of student and teacher autonomy and self-direction.
Hannah Jane Walker
COURSE LEADER FOR WRITING FOR PERFORMANCE
Hannah is a writer and performer.With a workshop and mentoring format, leading to a Black Box performance preview evening, this course will build confidence, and skills for articulation, critical thinking and public speaking.
Bloodhound Supersonic Engineering
COURSE LEADERS FOR ACTIVE ENGINEERING
Taking on the role of engineers, students will fully immerse themselves in a real-world problem-solving challenge.Students will explore prototype car designs, and aerodynamics where students will build, test and race an air powered car.
Graeme Lawrie
COURSE LEADER FOR STEPPING INTO THE METAVERSE
Graeme Lawrie will lead this course.He is already investigating the possibilities and through this has met with a Meta developer and others in a 3D environment and they have expressed an interest to work with him on this course.
Matthew Tosh
COURSE LEADER FOR SCIENCE INFLUENCERS
Matthew is a renowned science presenter, pyrotechnician and training consultant.Matthew has fronted a wide range of acclaimed programmes including “Resource Review” series and “Teacher TV”. He has provided science and education consultancy for production companies and has made appearances on programmes for BBC, Sky and ITV. He has designed learning materials for 78,000 students for the National Science and Engineering week, and has written education resources for the European Space Agency. In recent years, Matthew’s teaching skill has found a home in a different kind of classroom. He has received several teaching commissions at universities around the world: Monash University (Australia), the University of Bath (UK) and Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (Portugal). Working with the teachers, scholars and leaders of tomorrow, he helps them develop SciComm skills, as well as the tools and confidence to share their message. Matthew’s guiding principle is to effect change – through his work, he hopes that others will have the skills to continue this in future.
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