What is the bronze crest award?

Bronze Awards introduce students to project work empowering them to work like real scientists, technologists, engineers or mathematicians. Students choose their own topic and methodologies, giving them complete freedom over their work. Sign up to run a CREST Bronze Award.

Is a crest award good?

Yes – the CREST Awards are well-regarded by UCAS and are recognised as a high-quality and tangible source of skills and knowledge. When applying for university or for an apprenticeship, you can stand out from the crowd by writing about your CREST Award in your personal statement.

What is Crest science?

A crest is a point on a surface wave where the displacement of the medium is at a maximum. A trough is the opposite of a crest, so the minimum or lowest point in a cycle.

What is STEM Crest Award?

CREST Awards help school students to undertake projects in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) related areas. Students’ achievements can be recognised with awards at bronze, silver and gold levels.

What do you do for a crest award?

You do not need to be CREST accredited to direct people to complete a CREST Award once they have completed your resource or programme. When you are accredited you gain access to the CREST logo and are able to use this to promote your resource/activity. You will also be listed on the CREST partners page here.

Is Gold Crest award prestigious?

CREST Gold can be used by students to enhance their UCAS personal statements. The award is recognised and respected by universities and employers.

How hard is it to get a gold crest award?

To get a CREST Gold Award you need to demonstrate at least 11 of the CREST criteria at acceptable standard or above, covering all four sections of the criteria. You should also complete around 70 hours of project work. 1. The assessor will read the documents you submitted.

How long do crest Awards take?

After the results are available, certificate delivery for successful applicants will take approximately 2-4 weeks. Delivery times for international orders may take longer. To learn more about the CREST Awards process, read our CREST Getting Started Guides.

Is Gold crest award prestigious?

What is a Silver Crest Award?

Silver Awards are designed to stretch students and enrich their STEM studies. Students develop their own project idea and gain in-depth experience of the scientific method or engineering design process. Sign up to run a CREST Silver Award.

Can you do Crest award on your own?

Sign up to the CREST awards online You can enter students for all award levels using our online platform. Star and SuperStar: Once you have created your account, you will be able to create a project entry, add students, record your challenges and pay your entry fees.

Can you do Crest awards at home?

CREST offers parents an easy-to-run system for at-home learning that is child-led, and encourages young people to take ownership of their own projects. You don’t need to have much knowledge about science to run CREST at home.