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A collaborative space for creatives, scientists and science communicators around the Midlands to share news, upcoming events and thoughts on outreach and public engagement activities.

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Mercury Transit Live Feed

If you want to see Mercury transiting the Sun today (happening now, and for about the next four hours until ~6pm UK time) there are several places online where you can watch including this livestream from Greenwich’s Royal Observatory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOhDfylYvUQ&app=desktop and NASA are posting near-live stills here http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/eclipse/index.html More info here too http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36228327 and it’s […]

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fizzPOP makerspace

fizzPOP are a Makerspace in Birmingham; a community-owned physical space where people come together to collaborate, sharing ideas, knowledge and tools. They host talks and have workshops, providing members with access to machinery or some combination of many other possible facilities. Learning to solder, program, operate a laser cutter, use tools, design or just make things is […]

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External Consultant: Parents for STEM Futures

The Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division of the University of Oxford is developing an exciting pilot project to engage parents of primary school children in STEM (science, technology, engineering, maths) subjects by giving them information and tools for bringing maths and sciences into the home, supporting and encouraging their children (particularly girls and those […]

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Space Dome manager at Cheltenham

The Times Cheltenham Science Festival  are seeking a confident event manager for Space Dome- an immersive interactive venue at this year’s June festival. Last year they created a Dino Zone, which saw over 14,000 visitors and this year they’re building on that success and creating our space themed hands-on venue. They have a range of organisations […]

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‘I’m a Scientist’ Moderator Jobs

The ‘I’m a Scientist, Get Me Out of Here!’ team are looking to hire two moderators to work on their online events, I’m a Scientist and I’m an Engineer, for two weeks this June. The job consists of moderating live chats, approving students’ questions, checking content and generally helping to run the site. They are after […]

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Science & Medical Freelance PR Writers

Taylor & Francis is inviting applications from science and medicine freelance writers with experience of writing press releases for the mainstream media. They are currently looking for writers with a scientific and/or medical background to write approx. 5-7 press releases a month on such topics within Science and Medicine, as: Toxicology Clinical Immunology Oncology Medical Physics […]

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Science & Heritage Career Ladder Programme

Birmingham Museums Trust are advertising for six Trainee Enablers; a wonderful opportunity for young people to gain paid work experience over the summer holiday. “Are you confident, outgoing and have a passion for science? Our successful Science and Heritage Career Ladder Programme, has been running for almost ten years at Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum, and aims […]

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Paid Commission for artwork on GP mental health

For those of you who are artists, know artists or have worked with artists on public engagement projects, The University of Bristol’s ‘Feel It’ festival is looking to commission a new performance piece or screen work and applications are now open. They are looking for a new high-quality collaborative work that explores, examines and captures research into […]

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Pint of Science ’16

If your diary is looking a bit full, then we’ve just made it worse for you. However, you will have no problems looking for something to do over the evenings of 23rd, 24th and 25th of May as Pint of Science has returned! Each night, four different venues in Birmingham City Centre will be hosting […]

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BIG Event 2016 bursaries

This is ideal for people working in and around science communication, who think they might benefit from making some more professional friends by attending BIG’s three-day conference – this year in Belfast on 20-22 July The bursary covers registration fees to attend the BIG Event this July at W5 in Belfast, plus limited travel and accommodation […]