"New Person" podcast · Season on the future of education — episode 1
"New Person" on Sci-High — episode 1: why student science clubs
First of five episodes of the "New Person" podcast on Sci-High — why the programme started, what it changes inside Bulgarian schools, and how mentorship makes the difference.
The first of five episodes of the “New Person” (Нов човек) podcast dedicated to Sci-High. The conversation asks why Bulgaria needs a parallel structure of student science clubs and festivals at all — and what students find inside it that they don’t find in a textbook.
Topics in the episode:
- The origin story of Sci-High — from a single public showcase at NPMG in 2019 to a national programme covering 40+ schools.
- Why a “science club” isn’t the same as a traditional after-school group — the methodological and expectation gap.
- What “a project with a real outcome” means — and why students want exactly that kind of project.