Opportunities for young aspiring academics - pls share

[Andrew Lockley]

Hi, 

Some of you may know that I've established a track record of working successfully with young aspiring academics - specifically those in high school, who are considering an academic career. 

I've worked with 4 young people to date (100pc conversion from enquiry to engagement), and every one of them has successfully reached at least one academic career milestone, while still in high school:

* publish or submit a paper

* perform a conference presentation

* conduct a peer review (with supervision)

My work with them is as peers: they are NOT students; I don't teach them anything. They collaborate directly with me on papers and related work. They get full academic credit for all work done, as they would in ordinary professional work.

By happenstance, every one of these youngsters has been from an ethnic or religious minority group, and there has been an exact 50pc gender balance. Unsurprisingly, all have also been very high academic performers, and highly engaged in extra-curricular activities. 

I'm keen to know two things 

1) does anyone know of any other youngsters who may be interested? I can extend this to anyone outside conventional academia (although I certainly don't wish to deter regular academics from collaboration with me). 

2) does anyone else also want to support young academics, in this way? I'm not a modeller, so that might be useful complementary skill set. 

SRM/CDR appears to be a popular area, and I already seem to get more young people enquiring about my work than other academics do. Hopefully, more will be keen to engage. 

 

(FYI when dealing with anyone who is particularly young, 15 or younger, I would normally keep a parent or guardian cc in all comms, for safeguarding transparency.) 

I'm interested in hearing from anyone with suggestions and enquiries. 

Andrew Lockley