Welcome to The Ogden Trust

Mission Statement
To encourage and promote the teaching and learning of physics through the sponsorship of
  • talented students studying physics at sixth form and undergraduate level
  • undergraduate and postgraduate students who wish to become physics teachers
  • programmes and projects supporting physical science teaching in primary and secondary schools
A brief history of The Ogden Trust
The Ogden Trust's educational bursaries and grants were first conceived by Peter Ogden during 1998 and launched in 1999. The Trust’s aim is to maximise the educational opportunities available to young people wishing to study physics.
 
Our first initiative was the provision of scholarships and bursaries at 60 of the UK's leading independent schools. These were available to students from state primaries who would benefit from such an opportunity, but where the family could not afford to pay. This was not solely an opportunity for the students, it was an opportunity for these schools to widen their access outside their traditional intake.
 
The Ogden Trust's physics scholarships now operate at sixth form and undergraduate level, and it also funds a teaching fellowship scheme for undergraduates and graduates wishing to become school physics teachers.

Our second initiative was to provide funding to state secondary schools wishing to become specialist colleges. We have sponsored over 60 schools since 2000 and from January 2004 we have concentrated on science colleges.  From 2008 the focus has been on our school and university science partnerships and physics hub schools.