SMASHfestUK is an award winning science communication company based in Deptford South London. We are best known for SMASHfestUK a narrative driven STEAM festival held in Deptford in February. SMASHfestUK concentrates on reaching audiences that are underrepresented and achieves this through community engagement, schools outreach and running festivals and activities in the heart of those […]
The Royal Institution have is an exciting opportunity with a Christmas Lectures Assistant position. The Christmas Lectures Assistant will assist with preparations for the creation, development and implementation of the Christmas Lectures and associated activities in 2017. For this year’s topic, the Christmas Lectures Assistant will need a science degree, (or demonstrable equivalent experience) and a […]
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Society for Endocrinology grants
The Society for Endocrinology grants are available to public engagement professionals, to create projects aimed at engaging non-scientists with hormones. Up to £1,000 available Contact us before 18 August 2017 to be partnered with a Society expert Application deadline 30 September See http://www.endocrinology.org/grants for further details including eligibility criteria Previous grants have supported the following […]
While we’re on the subjects of free courses, has anybody noticed this one on Futurelearn? Discovering Science: Science Writing Without science writing, science could not really exist. By recording experiments and publishing the results of studies and discoveries, scientists can share their important work, and find an engaged audience. Science writing takes many forms: from press […]
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‘Physiology for all’ MOOC
Physiology has become a whole lot more accessible. Enrolment for a MOOC in physiology, developed together with the University of Liverpool, opened on 10 July, 2017. The MOOC, funded by The Physiological Society and hosted by FutureLearn, will start running for the first time in September 2017. It will provide a free, online learning opportunity […]
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Job – Engagement Officer in Warwick
The University of Warwick is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to join the University’s new Public Engagement Team to help develop and support public engagement relating to our Quantitative Biomedicine Programme (QBP), which is supported by an Institutional Strategic Support Fund (ISSF) award from Wellcome. The QBP aims to drive further development […]
Arcola Energy, specialising in Hydrogen Fuel Cell based technologies, are coordinating an educational event during the Summer holidays (21st to the 26th of August). The event is called the Hydrogen Hack, and is the first of it’s kind. The hack is taking place in 10 centres around the UK with a final show-&-tell/prize-giving event to […]
“I am in the earlyish stages of working on two new art/theatre pieces that concern insects- specifically mosquitoes and beetles. I would love a chance to talk to anyone who has an interest in science and art work – particularly relating to performing arts but also anyone who does public engagement work with insects. We […]
The Palaeontological Association invites applications for its engagement grants. These encourage educational outreach, public engagement and related initiatives in paleontological themes. Grants may support stand-alone complete projects or proof of concept case studies that have their own outcomes but form the groundwork for a larger bid elsewhere. The principal applicant must be a member of […]
The Microbiology Society invites applications for its education and outreach grants. These support relevant science teaching or promotion initiatives, or developments likely to lead to an improvement in the teaching of any aspect of microbiology. For full and postgraduate student members these may support a variety of educational outreach activities to promote public engagement with […]
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