Science Insights stories

Stories from our Science Insights "Alumni" and about the programme in general.

a blue title card with the words "we asked our alumni about their experience of Science Insights". on the background there are faint outlines fo science items, like lab coats, microscopes, pipettes etc.

We invited alumni from Science Insights back to Edinburgh to meet the year's students and chat experiences and careers.

Behind the scenes of Alsadeg being filmed by CNN

Alasdeg Bilal talks about where is now, how he got there and his thoughts about how Science Insights helped him along the way!

Nayia in a lab holding a pipette

Nayia talks about her experience of Science Insights 2024.

Gracie Taylor talks about her experience on Science Insights Online 2020.

Evie Tynan talks about her experience of Science Insights Online 2020.

In 2020 Science Insights took place online in response to the global pandemic.

In 2019, for the first time, we invited previous participants, Science Insights Alumni 2014 – 2018, to return for a reunion event in June, as part of our programme of events for the MRC Festival of Medical Research 2019.

Niamh Armstrong was part of our first cohort of Science Insights, back in 2014. When we invited her to our 2019 reunion she wrote back to say sorry she couldn't be there, because she was graduating from the University of Glasgow! Here Niamh reflects on her experience.