Bromley High School pupil Marie, has completed an exceptional work experience placement at CERN in Geneva, one of the world’s leading scientific research organisations and home to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) – the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator.

As part of CERN’s highly competitive Job Shadowing Programme, Marie spent five days working alongside experts in the Accelerator Systems (SY) department, gaining a unique insight into the engineering and technology behind one of the most complex scientific facilities ever built. Read below what about Marie’s experience:

“I had the privilege of spending 5 days at CERN in Geneva – home to the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s biggest particle accelerator as part of their Job Shadowing program.

We spent the week moving between different groups in the Accelerator Systems (SY) department, where I met and learned from so many interesting people with a wide variety of backgrounds. Thank you to all the supervisors who took the time out of their schedules to talk to us, and it was great meeting the other international students there!

I learned so much, including the role of magnets and radio frequency systems in the accelerators, how power is managed throughout the facility, and the thinking and engineering processes behind some of the new plans for the High-Luminosity upgrade to the LHC.

The experience has definitely convinced me to return to CERN in the future, hopefully during or after my degree in robotics engineering.”

Experiences such as this demonstrate the ambition and curiosity of Bromley High School pupils and reflect the school’s commitment to encouraging girls to pursue opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

By connecting pupils with world leading organisations and inspiring role models, Bromley High School empowers girls to think boldly, embrace challenge and develop the confidence to pursue careers at the forefront of innovation.

We are incredibly proud of this outstanding achievement and look forward to seeing where Marie’s passion for robotics engineering takes her next.