EYU Phase 1 Evaluation

Explore Your Universe (EYU) is a national programme celebrating the physical sciences developed by the UK Association for Science and Discovery Centres (ASDC) in partnership with the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). 

EYU began in 2012 and in the first year of Phase 1, 156,880 children and adults took part in events at 10 science and discovery centres and two STFC facilities. Phase 2, which began in 2014, saw 184,834 visitors taking part in events at 10 more centres. Phase 3 started in April 2016 and finished in March 2018. In total, 39,273 people participated in Explore Your Universe activities, events and workshops in 14 science and discovery centres. 

Evaluation of Phase 1

The independent evaluation by King's College London examined the impact on the first 3,883 students and 369 teachers (4895 people) who took part in the activities, making it the UK's largest multi-centre dataset of the impact of informal science learning.

Download the Explore Your Universe Evaluation Report - Phase 1