The Undergraduate Ambassador Scheme implemented at St Andrews

Abstract

The Undergraduate Ambassador Scheme (UAS) is now a well established project across many UK Universities. In this scheme undergraduate students in science, engineering, and mathematics go into local schools to learn from and assist teachers as part of credit bearing studies for their degree. UAS has a central office that can provide significant help to universities to set up and run such a scheme, though each university is responsible for its own implementation. This article aims to give an overview of the Undergraduate Ambassador Scheme, its implementation in physics at St Andrews in session 20078, and the issues and benefits that we have observed in this first year of operation.