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Have A Brainwave

Brainwave is the outreach and engagement programme for the North East Technology Park (NETPark) in County Durham.  NETPark is one of the UK’s leading science parks with some seriously cool and cutting edge stuff going on.  It is expanding rapidly and companies at NETPark will offer a range of employment opportunities in all aspects of science-based businesses: engineers, designers, scientists, technicians, sales and marketing, HR and administration – the possibilities are endless.

Brainwave offers events, projects, teacher CPD, and much more to engage and inspire people (young and old) about the wonders of science and build awareness of the opportunities that NETPark will offer.

Brainwave actively supports the principles of STEAM as well as STEM - science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics - and encourages the inclusion of arts and humanities students and teachers in its activities.

 

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Did You Know?

  • Science Facts

    Durham University's Centre for Advanced Instrumentation at NETPark built instruments for the South African Large Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope, both of which "starred" in BBC's Stargazing Live?

  • Did You Know?

    The UK National Flagship for Printable Electronics is based at NETPark and is working on technology that will change our lives, including lighting that is cold to the touch and display screens that can roll up like a newspaper?

  • Polyphotonix

    Polyphotonix, a company originally from London but now based at NETPark, employs apprentices to help develop the next generation of lighting technology.

  • Kromek

    Kromek, a company at NETPark, started with 2 employees, now employs 60 and owns an American company that created a radiation detection chip for NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover.

  • White Coats

    Most people who work at NETPark come from the North East? And that most of them don't wear white coats (but some wear jeans)?

  • North East

    Companies developing products from physics-based science employ over 43,000 people in the North East?

  • Redditch Medical

    Redditch Medical, a new company at NETPark, started as a spin out of a sewing needle company called Entaco, which realised they could diversify their knowledge into medical devices?

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