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Science & Medical Freelance PR Writers

Taylor & Francis is inviting applications from science and medicine freelance writers with experience of writing press releases for the mainstream media. They are currently looking for writers with a scientific and/or medical background to write approx. 5-7 press releases a month on such topics within Science and Medicine, as: Toxicology Clinical Immunology Oncology Medical Physics […]

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Science & Heritage Career Ladder Programme

Birmingham Museums Trust are advertising for six Trainee Enablers; a wonderful opportunity for young people to gain paid work experience over the summer holiday. “Are you confident, outgoing and have a passion for science? Our successful Science and Heritage Career Ladder Programme, has been running for almost ten years at Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum, and aims […]

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Paid Commission for artwork on GP mental health

For those of you who are artists, know artists or have worked with artists on public engagement projects, The University of Bristol’s ‘Feel It’ festival is looking to commission a new performance piece or screen work and applications are now open. They are looking for a new high-quality collaborative work that explores, examines and captures research into […]

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Pint of Science ’16

If your diary is looking a bit full, then we’ve just made it worse for you. However, you will have no problems looking for something to do over the evenings of 23rd, 24th and 25th of May as Pint of Science has returned! Each night, four different venues in Birmingham City Centre will be hosting […]

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BIG Event 2016 bursaries

This is ideal for people working in and around science communication, who think they might benefit from making some more professional friends by attending BIG’s three-day conference – this year in Belfast on 20-22 July The bursary covers registration fees to attend the BIG Event this July at W5 in Belfast, plus limited travel and accommodation […]

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The 2016 Great Bug Hunt

The closing date for the ASE’s 2016 Great Bug Hunt competition is the 17th June! Open to all Primary Schools… ‘The Great Bug Hunt competition is a fun and fascinating way to introduce children to the weird and wacky world of mini beasts. So grab a bug net and awaken their sense of discovery and adventure […]

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British Gas *paid* video job

British Gas are looking for a science expert to produce a set of 3 videos for their ‘The Source’ web and Facebook channel aimed at enabling parents to do cool science experiments on the theme of energy with their kids in the school summer holidays. The videos would be very simple to film (expectations of HD […]

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Free engineering course for Coventry schools

Leading educational charity The Smallpeice Trust is offering Year 9 students in Coventry the chance to explore the exciting world of engineering on a residential course this summer, which will see them working alongside experts from the likes of Aston Martin, BMW and Jaguar Land Rover. Coventry has long been at the centre of the […]

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L’Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science

This year, the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Fellowship Programme are offering female PhD Students within the fields of Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science the opportunity to present their work in the form of a poster at the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards Ceremony on June 22nd 2016 at the […]

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Science Writing Competition ’16

The UWE Bristol SCU Science Writing Competition 2016 is now open. Aimed at non-professional science writers, entrants are invited to write a 700-word article about “the next big thing in science.” The closing date is 24 June 2016. For more information go to http://www.uwe.ac.uk/sciencewriting There is a separate category for writers aged under 18, and […]