Careers and volunteering

We are seeking judges for the 2026 CSES Schools' Technology Exhibition (TEXPO).

The exhibition gives primary and secondary school students the opportunity to present their STEM projects to the CSES judges, with the potential of winning an award for themselves and/or their school. As ever, the whole ethos of the competition is to promote STEM subjects and careers to the students and to celebrate their achievements. Further information can be found on this page.

This year the event is to be held on Friday 27 June at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Chelmsford from 09:00 until 15:00 approx.

We are always interested in recruiting new judges, so if you have any link to STEM and would be interested, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The day involves talking to students about their projects, looking at their work and completing a score sheet for each project that you see. You will be working with a partner throughout the day and will visit several project exhibits across all school age groups. These may be presented by individual students or teams. Full training is given on the day – no preparation is needed – and we provide lunch!

Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you have any further questions about the event before volunteering, although a full set of details will be sent out nearer the day.