Apply for SUN Special Projects 2026
SUN is pleased to announce that we will be including Special Projects from our members in our bid for UKSA funding in 2026. This is an oppertunity for SUN members to apply for up to £25,000 of funding to develop and deliver content for teaching space and space related...
Bringing Space Materials to Life: A collaborative visit between Nottingham and Birmingham
At the Space Universities Network, we believe that collaboration is key to advancing space education. To support this, we recently funded a visit that brought together two of our members to exchange ideas on course development and space materials teaching. Dr...
Knowledge Sharing Visit : UWS goes to Glasgow
This March, the Space Universities Network (SUN) helped bring together two universities with a shared goal: expanding space science education in Scotland. Dr Mike Bowry from the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) visited Dr Nicolas Labrosse at the University of...
RocketLab! Inform
Informing Design: Turning a Novel Propulsion Concept into Reality Every groundbreaking engine starts with a spark—not just the ignition kind, but the kind that fires in the imagination of an engineer. What if we could go further, faster, more efficiently? What if we...
RocketLab! Educate
Educating Minds: Launching into the World of Rockets The future of space exploration is being built today—by the curious, the bold, and the engineers of tomorrow. From reusable rockets to interplanetary travel, the race to expand humanity’s reach into the cosmos is...
RocketLab! Inspire
Igniting the Future: Inspiring the Next Generation of Rocket Engineers The world is on the brink of a new space age. With missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond becoming a reality, the demand for skilled rocket engineers has never been greater. From designing...
SUN Attends the UKSA Inspiration Programme Networking Event 2025
On Tuesday, January 28, 2025, SUN attended the UK Space Agency’s Inspiration Programme Networking Event, held at the National STEM Learning Centre in the beautiful city of York. Like the other attendees at the event, the Space Universities Network is funded by the...
Knowledge Sharing Visit – Sheffield –> Imperial
Dr Alistair John from the University of Sheffield visited Dr Peter Johnson at Imperial College in late 2024. The aim of the visit was to share knowledge on undergraduate student rocketry and practical engineering education.Alistair and Peter met for a tour of Imperial...
Industry Space Projects for Undergraduates
The Space Universities Network, together with UKSEDS, have been working together to run an endeavour that is designed to help students find space projects to work upon as part of their degree. The platform, SpaceProjects.uk, is a place designed to help foster...
Blog: Who Owns the Moon?
Whenever we have guests round, there always seems to be two particular books which jump off the shelves and grab their attention: one is How Bad are Bananas? (actually not that bad, all things considered); and the other is AC Grayling’s Who Owns the Moon? Both titles...