2018 Competition results
Congratulations to everyone who won an award at the 2018 Schools' Competition, which took place on Monday 25 June 2018 at Anglia Ruskin University.
Chelmsford Science and Engineering Society is keen to support schools and students who are interested in Engineering and Science activities. We are a key provider and coordinator of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) activities, mentoring and financial support in the Chelmsford area.
We offer an annual programme of events for local schools to promote STEM subjects. Our main regular events for schools are:
Click here to see upcoming CSES events for schools.
CSES actively promotes, enables and supports the provision of STEM in education, particularly in an extra-curricular context. To this end, we have made available a bursary to support the start-up and growth of STEM clubs within schools.
Click here to find out more about the STEM Club Bursary.
We operate in partnership with other local providers of STEM support, including Essex County Council and Anglia Ruskin University. If you would like to discuss options for STEM support in your school, please contact the STEM Outreach Officer.
Our website also includes further ideas for STEM opportunities:
If you would like to get in touch with us about any school-related matters not covered above, please contact the STEM Outreach Officer.
Congratulations to everyone who won an award at the 2018 Schools' Competition, which took place on Monday 25 June 2018 at Anglia Ruskin University.
We are pleased to announce that we have secured a Faraday Challenge Day from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) on Wednesday 30 January 2019. The event will be held at Anglia Ruskin University.
We now need six schools to take part, each of which will submit a team of six year 8 students, and are offering schools the chance to register.
If you are interested, please contact Roy Hilsley as soon as possible. Spaces will be offered on a first come, first served basis, and schools must be able to guarantee their attendance.
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!
We are very pleased to announce that this year's Chelmsford Science and Engineering Society (CSES) Schools' Engineering and Technology Competition is open for entries.
A reminder of the dates (both events at Anglia Ruskin University):
Please click here for full details and to enter the competition.
The deadline for entries will be Monday 18 June 2016, although please don’t wait for your project to be finished before entering. Spaces are available on a first-come-first-served basis.
If you have any questions, please ask: you can contact us on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. We are happy to come into school and discuss or present if this would help.
We look forward to seeing you in June.
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.