A collaborative space for creatives, researchers and science communicators around the Midlands to share news, ideas, upcoming events and thoughts on outreach and public engagement activities.
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News
Guest Blog: Matt Ward – join him on his journey into the blogosphere!
Originally posted on Think: Public Engagement with Research:
PER Team recently heard about a new project being developed by Research Physicist, Matt Ward, and went to chat…
Immersive Experiences AHRC funding
The Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council invite applications for follow-on funding for their research and partnership development for the… Read more “Immersive Experiences AHRC funding”
Drought story competition
For anyone keeping young people busy in the school holidays, the DRY Project (Drought Risk & You) is re-running a story competition to capture stories of drought,… Read more “Drought story competition”
Socials
We meet once a month at various places around the region, often in Birmingham city centre. During the summer months we host a family picnic day, featuring the ‘Great BrumSciComm Bake Off’.
It is not unusual for people to try out new demonstrations, seek career advice or find themselves planning work with each other. We get people who aren’t even scientists; so no excuse. There is no guest speaker and we like it informal.
Our family picnic was awesome but we’re heading to Cherry Reds Cafe Bar, John Bright Street on Thursday 6th September from 18:00 onwards. We’re being joined by a group from the British Association of Planetaria who sound awesome. It means we’ll be in the big room, upstairs.
Ooo, dates for next year already? Friday 11th January 2019. We’re inviting science teachers from all over to join us as we hit the ASE Conference programme! “We’re gonna need a bigger boat.”
Definitely a sociable bunch.
– Sarah Bearchell
Resources
New to SciComm?
Everybody started somewhere! If you have no idea what science communication, or ‘scicomm’ is about then start here, with our collected thoughts.
This resource will give you a glimpse into what scicomm is and the many different ways you might have come across it already.
Useful Contacts
Not an exhaustive list, but at least a nudge in the right direction of the people and groups who are working in the region.
If you want to tell stories about science or feel you can be of help to those who are, then let get in touch.
Forum
Got a question? Want to share something? Looking for advice from the comfort of your sofa? Want to see what artists and scientists talk about?
We have a Google forum and invite you to chat with us. There are few rules but keep on topic and play nicely.
About
#BrumSciComm was born in a cafe on a random afternoon. Three friends realised they had lots of ideas about translating research but never got round to sharing them. They decided on an excuse to get together with others, but without an agenda, so nothing like a meeting at all. As a community of practice, we are made up of representatives of many organisations and are our own boss. ^_^
Like other examples around the country, the idea was to invite researchers, artists, creatives and science communicators to share ideas about how to work together. We are journalists, researchers, teachers, performers, writers, buskers, musicians, film-makers, amateurs and professionals.
We are listed with the NCCPE public engagement ambassador scheme for the South-West, North-West of England and all of Wales. If you are running an arts or science conference or training session in the region, let us know and we can meet up; maybe even organise a social to coincide with you.
All images courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech
