We’re go for launch!

From County Down to the Scottish Borders, Torfaen to Tower Hamlets, over fifty schools from across the UK participated in youth-run water rocket competitions in February and March 2025 as part of Rockets For All.  After a series of space careers workshops in January,...

Rockets for All: Mission Complete

On Monday 17th March 2025, nearly sixteen thousand students from around the UK joined the Rockets for All celebration event with Helen Sharman, the UK’s first astronaut, and explored the possibilities of a career in space.  Helen shared her journey from working at the...

GLA Community Insights hub launches

The Community Insights Hub is a space designed to help connect community expertise to policy making to support policy design and policy change. The Hub is now live on the GLA website – click here to have a look around.  In 2024 Big Ideas facilitated a content...

Rockets for All takes off!

Exploring the possibilities of a career in space science, close to four thousand students from around the UK joined our Rockets For All workshops. Experts in the space sector– Dr. Helen O’Brien, Taskeen Ali, Professor Mark Sephton, Dr. Simon Foster, Dr. Sunday...

Have you used A.I. in your life?

“The children asked so many interesting questions about the environmental effect of AI, the ethical aspect etc. We had some very interesting discussions after the webinar.” Teacher Aspire To Engineer: A.I. and Me series has given thousands of children...