The British Ecological Society invites applications for its outreach grants. These encourage individuals and organisations to promote ecological science to a wider audience through public engagement activities. Grants support projects that: increase public understanding of, and engagement with, ecology; stimulate discussion about ecology and its implications for society; inspire and enthuse people of all ages […]
Would you like to be part of the NCCPE’s Engage Conference this year? Our call for contributions to Engage 2017 is open until 30th July. The event will be held in Bristol on Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th December, 2017. This year we are doing things slightly differently. In the spirit of collaboration, we are inviting people to nominate themselves […]
The Ingenious public engagement awards are now open for applications. The deadline for applications is Monday 18 September at 4pm. Ingenious is an awards scheme for projects that engage the public with engineers and engineering and aims to: Inspire creative public engagement with engineering projects Motivate engineers to share their stories, passion and expertise with wider […]
The IOP Physics Communicators Group invites 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 to be eligible applicants do not need to be a member of the IOP but must […]
Well worth reading this if you want a little inspiration to level up your presentation skills. Source: #MySciComm: Ariana Sutton-Grier’s Confessions of a Not- Quite-Broadway Scientist
A centuries-old tradition becomes a necessity in an age of shrinking research budgets In the shadow of the Shard skyscraper, King’s College London is building a £12m science communication centre. Science Gallery London, due to open next year, is a symbol of the public’s growing desire to learn more about science and the parallel wish of researchers to engage […]
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Imperfect VR Workshop
Interested in learning more about Virtual Reality? Michael Straeubig (@crcdng) will be leading a 4-hour workshop where you can explore creating in virtual reality with only your smartphone and a Google Cardboard. In this workshop we will create a small, quirky VR experience with A-Frame and Google Cardboard. A-Frame is a beginner-friendly but capable open […]
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Paid Internship at RSB (London)
The Royal Society of Biology are currently looking to recruit a Biology Week intern, to help their communications and public engagement team with the running of this year’s Biology Week. They are offering a paid placement for 10 weeks here in their London office, suitable for anyone who has bags of enthusiasm for biology and […]
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‘Now We Are Three’
On the 4th of July, #BrumSciComm turned three years old. This is a good opportunity to reflect and celebrate on what we’ve done, but also ask you what you would like to see us try. We’ve held a social event every month since we were born and have welcomed artists, industry professionals, academics and researchers […]
The College of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Birmingham are seeking a Student Recruitment Coordinator to join the Student Recruitment team within the broader Marketing and Communications team based in the College to provide day to day support for student recruitment activities and processes. The successful candidate will be expected to build […]
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