Do you have experience of engaging the public with genome editing or related fields? Are you a researcher in the field of genome editing? If so, we need your help! Over the coming twelve months we’ve been funded by Wellcome to develop innovation and collective impact in public engagement within genome editing. Working in partnership with […]
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Finding Science Podcasts?
If you love listening to podcasts and love science… this is for you. There are many podcasts out there, and you can find it hard to keep track of them, so here is a big list of science podcasts that Lewis MacKenzie has found. It’d be great if this could become a comprehensive list, so if […]
List members might be interested in two recent publications from Wellcome-commissioned research, which are available on our website. The first, by 2CV, is called ‘The context of youth workers’. It sets out the drivers and motivations of youth workers and explores how science engagement might help them achieve their goals. It includes a guide on how […]
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Pop Up Science – a practical guide
Today The Curious Act has launched Pop Up Science, a free and practical guide to transforming empty shops into creative spaces for science engagement. The guide was written to disseminate learning from our two pilot pop up science shop projects funded by Wellcome (The Heart and Lung Repair Shop and The Heart and Lung Convenience […]
We are excited to announce that submissions are now open to be a part of Cheltenham Science Festival 2018 which takes place from the 5th to the 10th of June. For those that don’t know us, the Festival is a 6-day celebration of science, jam-packed with thought-provoking discussions, energetic schools shows, hands-on workshops, mindblowing performances […]
The Ultimate STEM Challenge is back in partnership with the Science Museum and STEM Learning, and this year we’re inviting students aged 11 to 14 to help create a more sustainable future. Students choose from one of three challenges based around the theme of My Sustainable Future: Handy Hydro, Parched Plants or Brilliant Biogas. What […]
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, under the Research Councils UK digital economy theme, invites expressions of interest for their telling tales of engagement competition. This aims to capture and promote the impact of Research Council funded digital economy research is having. Activities may include video or podcast production, outreach activities to schools, public […]
Fixed-term post at University of Nottingham, UK Recruitment, Admissions & Widening Participation team. As part of our ongoing commitment to working with primary schools, the Widening Participation team is seeking an outstanding individual to join us as Outreach Officer (Primary Schools). Across all of our programmes, we provide engaging and innovative learning experiences, and raise […]
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PhD student internships at the RI
The Royal Institution (Ri) based in Mayfair currently has opportunities for two Professional Internships for PhD students. They are exciting opportunities and will have varying levels of involvement in the delivery of the famous Royal Institution Christmas Lectures. Media and communications Assistant – November 2017 to January 2018 This placement would be ideal for anyone […]
I am looking for science educators to join an online school that I have been working for the past three years. The school is based in Shenzhen, a city located immediately north of Hong Kong, but you would be working remotely. It is specialises in teaching English to school-aged Chinese children from the ages of […]
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