SMASHfestUK is an award-winning narrative-driven science/arts festival which aims to widen participation and increase diversity in STEM and the Arts. Each year we focus on a different natural disaster, featuring interactive installations, games, experiments, comedy and storytelling for all the family. We’re back for 2018 as our new theme – FLOOD! – takes over The Albany Theatre and […]
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Limerick your PhD
The Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies at University of Bath @csctbath have started a social media campaign where PhD students and academics are getting poetic describing their research in a limerick! See on twitter: https://twitter.com/hashtag/PhDlimerick?src=hash If you’re a researcher, we’d love to see your rhyming skills. All you have to do is tweet your research limerick […]
Do you know any infectious disease/forensic scientists or pathologists, or scientists with a keen interest in death/murder? Award-winning, interactive STEM/Arts festival SMASHfestUK is looking for scientists to be part of a murder mystery type show for family audiences, in Feb half-term 2018 (South East London). We’re looking to chat to experts in these fields, with […]
There are 10 bursaries up for grabs to attend The Little Event 2018 on Wednesday 17th January at Thinktank in Birmingham. The Little Event is a 1-day conference designed for early-career STEM Communicators. Each bursary is worth £100 and covers annual BIG membership, registration fees and £25 towards travel expenses. Applying for one of the […]
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Survey for Academic & Museum links
One of the MUPI projects is conducting research into linking researchers with museums. It would be great if you take a few minutes to complete their survey. Details below: We are conducting a preliminary investigation into the possibility of a website to link museums with researchers. To do this we need the views of academics […]
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Research enrichment funding
The Wellcome Trust invites applications for its research enrichment funding. This enables current Wellcome grant holders to increase the impact of their work in regards to public engagement, open research and diversity and inclusion. Three types of funding are available: public engagement – support for engaging the public with the applicant’s research, worth up to […]
The Wellcome Trust invites preliminary applications for its engagement fellowships. These support and develop the careers of emerging leaders in public engagement. Applicants must be based in the UK or the Republic of Ireland, and have at least three years’ experience of engaging the public with health and wellbeing. They may be professional science communicators, […]
The Royal College of Pathologists invites nominations for the Furness prize for science communication. This recognises a pathology trainee who has undertaken sustained high-quality science communication activities and has contributed significantly to the field. Activities include: developing resources for teachers and students; organising outreach sessions; producing high quality public dialogue events; working with other organisations, […]
The Alzheimer’s Society invites applications for its dissemination grants. These support the sharing of research knowledge and material beyond researcher’s own peer groups. Target audiences may include people affected by dementia, professional carers and care home staff, clinicians, nurses, psychologists and other allied health professions, as well as NHS employees, managers, commissioners and policy makers. […]
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Raspberry Pi projects book 3 is out
If you are looking to build tech or engineering workshops with people, then this could be very useful for you. The latest version of the official Raspberry Pi Projects book is here and is absolutely jam packed with articles about the Raspberry Pi. Get started with coding in Python on the Raspberry Pi Be inspired by […]
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