#BrumSciCommNERC is inviting proposals under this programme for public engagement projects costing up to £20k that must be delivered between January and end of March 2017. A call information event will be held on Thursday 22 September 2016. Applications to attend this event will close at 16:00 on Monday 12 September. Please see the Announcement of Opportunity […]
Stop what you’re doughing, cancel all your flans, the Bio-Bodies Bake-Off is back for 2016! Biology Week (Saturday 8 to Sunday 16 October 2016) is on the horizon, and The Physiological Society is celebrating once again with its physiology cake decorating competition. They are inviting you to make a bake, savoury or sweet, representing physiology, […]
A great opportunity for anyone at post doctorate level, with a physics, chemistry or engineering based background able to step in on Tuesday 4th October to do a Cafe Scientifique. Café Scientifique meets on the first Tuesday of each month, in the cellar bar of Pure Bar and an invited speaker talks for about 30-40 minutes before […]
Dudley Libraries are planning a STEM fair and Digital Festival at Halesowen Library on 8th October and are hoping for up to 200 people. If anyone would like an outreach/public engagement opportunity fairly locally, and would like a stand, let Emily know.
The second round of the IOP 2016 Public Engagement Grant Scheme opened on Tuesday 6th September. Their public engagement grant scheme provides up to £2000 to individuals and organisations running physics-based events and activities in the UK and Ireland. They are able to fund projects taking place before 31st July 2017. To find out more about the scheme […]
the IOP are looking for the next winner of our Early Career Physics Communicator Award 2016! The IOP Physics Communicators Group is inviting applications from people at the start of their careers in physics who have undertaken activities that support and encourage excellent communication of physics. The Early Career Physics Communicator Award is awarded annually and […]
The Society for Endocrinology offer public engagement grants for their members and/or public engagement professionals (non-members) wanting to organise and deliver activities that communicate the science of hormones. Previously funded projects include organising a one-day seminar on doping in sport, taking the egg and sperm race to Green Man Festival or running a talk on […]
Do you use a laptop for presentations at work? Particularly as a visiting speaker. Matt Pritchard, the Science Magician has rewritten a document packed full of tips and tricks that might just save multimedia meltdown. Drop him an email at tech@sciencemagicshows.co.uk and he’ll send you it over. He would love to get feedback to make it even […]
I’m a Scientist and I’m an Engineer return this November to show students across the UK and Ireland a slice of real science and engineering. The events will be running 7th–18th November 2016, and scientists and engineers can apply now to take part. Keep reading for all the details of the November events, as well […]
Science and art were not always two separate entities. Historically, times of great scientific progress occurred during profound movements in art, the two disciplines working together to enrich and expand humanity’s understanding of its place in this cosmos. Only recently has a dividing line been drawn, and this seeming dichotomy misses some of the fundamental […]
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