#BrumSciCommThe EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Food is a collaboration between the Biomaterials Group (University of Nottingham), the Centre for Formulation Engineering (University of Birmingham) and the Centre for Sustainable Manufacture and Recycling Technologies (Loughborough University). It started in December 2013 and is currently delivering against a research portfolio valued at £10m, with more […]
Professor Boden is a world authority in the field of artificial intelligence – she even has a robot named in her honour. The long career of Professor Boden is the very epitome of cross-disciplinary working. From medicine, to psychology, to cognitive and computer science, to technology and philosophy, Professor Boden has spent decades straddling multiple […]
The Pioneers Lecture Series will be welcoming Dr Kevin Fong, a Consultant in Anaesthesia at University College Hospital in London and holds degrees in Astrophysics, Medicine and Engineering. He is also a science and medical broadcaster and writer. Dr. Fong is best known for his television appearances, particularly as an occasional presenter of the long-running BBC2 […]
This year marks the 175th anniversary of the Royal Society of Chemistry and to celebrate many of us will leave the lab, office or library to share our work to intrigue, inspire and connect with the public. But who are the public? What do they think of us and our profession? How do we connect […]
Members involved in science festivals might be interested in this article. Although it is about jazz in particular, it has some interesting things to say about festivals in general. And one of the co-authors is the inestimable Emma Webster, who was the driving force behind Bright Club Oxford when they set it up in 2013. […]
The Lancashire Science Festival 2017 will be open from 29 June to 1 July and is held at the University of Central Lancashire’s Preston campus. The 2016 festival reached over 17,000 people and we are hoping to replicate this for 2017. But…we need you! Applications are now open for submissions to this year’s festival. We […]
JCOM (Journal of Science Communication) invites researchers to submit manucscripts for a special issue on History of science communication. The Issue is being edited by Luisa Massarani (Museum of Life, House of Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Brazil), Ildeu de Castro Moreira (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Bruce Lewenstein (Cornell University, United States). For […]
Applications are invited for the above post based at the University of Nottingham’s King’s Meadow Campus. The Widening Participation Team works to raise awareness of, and interest in, higher education among groups under-represented in higher education. The successful candidate will work closely in support of the academic enrichment, widening participation outreach programme and will assist […]
Do you have experience of working with students and have a passion for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)? Are you someone who has project co-ordination expertise? WMG and the Engineering Department, in a joint venture, are seeking to appoint a Project Officer to co-ordinate and deliver STEM widening participation projects to promote engineering activities in […]
Can you help our young scientists and engineers build their skills and confidence in project work? EngineeringUK are currently looking for individuals with a STEM background (academic or working) to become Online Judges for The Big Bang Competition (formerly known as the National Science and Engineering Competition). The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Competition […]
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