A double thrill for physics students, who visited CERN (the European Organisation for Nuclear Research), one of the world’s largest and most respected centres for scientific research, and had the opportunity to meet Kumar lyer, the British Ambassador to the United Nations and Permanent Representative to CERN! The students toured the Large Hadron Collider as part of their behind-the-scenes trip with a CERN particle physicist and saw live data from particle collisions being generated and analysed. They were also able to see the ALICE detector, which works with the large hadron collider to recreate and measure the conditions existing after the big bang. After the tour, they were invited to meet Mr lyer and discuss world politics, science and society as well as careers. They heard about the work of the International Telecommunication Union which governs satellite orbits and regulates spectrum and looked at the work of the International Organisation for Standardisation, that acts as a design standards bible for engineers.