#BrumSciCommDon’t know your GPIO from your Yippie-Ki-Yay? This Skills Day, on 13th October 2017, is for you. You’ll be guided you through some simple programming-the-physical-world exercises, exploring the point where code meets tangible objects. Then we’ll offer some examples of where this sort of work leads, who’s doing it, and why anybody thinks it’s enjoyable, […]
Following the Scoping the Professionalisation of Public Engagement with STEM session at the BIG Event, Helen Featherstone has written a blog post which summarises the draft framework developed in the session. VERY much a first draft, she has tried to use the language used in the session so you can get a feel for how far […]
The Josh Award is the UK’s national award in science communication, established to recognise and support up-and-coming talent in science communication. The award provides the opportunity to become the science communicator in residence at the Manchester Science Festival, developing and delivering a new project or event while showcasing best practice in the field of science […]
Again this year, BIG is offering a few lovely bursary places to attend the BIG Event in July. 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 in Newcastle. The bursary covers registration fees to attend the […]
Registration now open with early bird prices for The BIG Event 19-21 July 2017 at Life Science Centre, Newcastle UK. The BIG Event is a three day get-together every summer to share skills and experiences, develop professional links and keep up-to-date with the STEM engagement field. Whether you consider yourself a science communicator, or are […]
The Little Event will take place again on Wednesday 11th January 2017, 9.30am – 4.30pm! Thanks to support from Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum, BIG, the STEM communicators network will be bringing their great science communication Primer session. This one-day conference is for early-career STEM communicators who are keen to suck the knowledge and experience out of those who have been […]
The deadline is imminent for our position of BIG Conference and Events Coordinator This is a freelance contract for a self-employed contractor to join its small-but-perfectly-formed team of supporters of BIG’s aims and activities, to improve its service of training provision to members. You will develop and deliver BIG’s Skills Days and – over time […]
BIG STEM Communicators Network is looking for a self-employed contractor to join its small-but-perfectly-formed team of supporters of BIG’s aims and activities, to improve its service of training provision to members. You will develop and deliver BIG’s Skills Days and – over time – take over the coordination of the BIG Event too. The contract […]
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 […]
The Josh Award is the UK’s national award in science communication, established to recognise and support up-and-coming talent in science communication. The award recognises a defining moment in the career of a science communicator; a person who is a practicing scientist or someone who has chosen science communication as their profession. This defining moment could […]
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