The many positive impacts of participating in outreach activities on postgraduate students

Postgraduate students are excellent role models for school students where their passion and energy play a vital role in engaging younger students and spreading enthusiasm and excitement about science. However participating in outreach is not a one way activity for these postgraduate students. Through focus groups we show that the postgraduate students perceive that there are many benefits for themselves. These benefits are identified and discussed. This paper also contrasts the postgraduate with their undergraduate counterpart in terms of their contributions to engagement activities.