Want to be part of next year’s British Science Festival? Now’s your chance. We have opened the call for proposals and Award Lecture nominations. Next year, the Festival is taking place in Hull – the 2017 UK City of Culture – and will be hosted by the University of Hull between 11 – 14 September […]
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The brief arrived via Twitter. How could I resist? This blog is about generating some ideas not taking into consideration time, money, people, resources and logistics. To make things really interesting the questioner is based in the USA but requested ideas that can be adapted by them to their…
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Life Sciences in Six
Six talks, six minutes each, a swift way to learn more about the life changing, lifesaving, life sciences research taking place across the University of Birmingham and beyond. Monday 27 November 2017, 6.00-7.15pm, Birmingham Repertory Theatre In this exciting, free event, introduced by Michele Paduano, BBC Midlands Today’s Health Correspondent, and held at the prestigious Birmingham […]
Waltham is the fundamental science centre for Mars Petcare and focuses on the nutrition and wellbeing of dogs, cats, horses, birds and fish, and their benefits to humans. The Science Engagement and Communication Team play a critical role in the centre’s operation, partnering with researchers to create inspiring communication content that tells the story of […]
The Stroke Association are currently looking to recruit a Prevention Marketing Officer, based in Bromsgrove. This can be a full or part time role. The Stroke Association is the leading UK stroke charity. We have been leading the fight against stroke for over 20 years. We influence and campaign to improve stroke care and support people to make […]
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Job – National Schools’ Observatory
The National Schools’ Observatory (NSO) are looking to recruit an enthusiastic science communicator to join our STFC-funded ‘Astronomy for Remote and Island Schools’ (AfRIS) project, which begins on the 1st September 2017. The part-time (0.2 FTE) role will act as the second member of a small, mobile science-outreach team, which will create, organise and deliver […]
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UoB EPS Christmas lecture announced
The College of Engineering and Physical Sciences requests the pleasure of your company at the EPS Christmas Lecture, ‘From Theorems to Serums, From Cryptology to Cosmology… and The Simpsons’, delivered by Simon Singh, author, journalist and TV producer, specialising in science and mathematics Thursday 7 December 2017 at 6:30pm, Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building, University of Birmingham. A […]
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Reminder of upcoming events
Funny Things is a new comedy festival for the Black Country. That’s in the Midlands for those readers unfamiliar with British idioms. Specifically, there are two events which have plenty of science content and you will find some BrumSciComm regulars lurking there. Get them both in your diary. BRIGHT CLUB | 30th October 8pm-9.30pm | […]
The Annual Lecture for the Josh Award this year is on Friday 20th October, given by Jon Chase. Come along, if you can get to Manchester, and stick around for our BIG GameLab weekend afterwards! We have all kinds of things, eSport tournament, VR expo, Citizen Science Showcase, science busking. To sign up to the Josh event, please […]
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Science Pumpkins Contest
Can you use your science know-how and creativity to tell a science story – carved into a pumpkin?! On Monday 30th October, bring in your best carved pumpkin creations for display over lunchtime. There will be prizes of £20 Amazon vouchers for the “Best science showstopper” pumpkin, plus the “Best science storytelling” pumpkin depicting actual […]
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