#BrumSciCommThe Royal Institution (Ri) based in Mayfair currently has opportunities for two Professional Internships for PhD students. They are exciting opportunities and will have varying levels of involvement in the delivery of the famous Royal Institution Christmas Lectures. Media and communications Assistant – November 2017 to January 2018 This placement would be ideal for anyone […]
A group of us recently set up the Minorities in STEM network to support and showcase BAME individuals studying and working in STEM fields. We’re running our first networking event at the Wellcome Trust on the afternoon of the 30th August. The event is open to everyone interested in being part of the discussion, and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Grab yourself a fully funded place at the Association of British Science Writers (ABSW) Science Journalism Summer School on Wednesday 5 July 2017 at The Wellcome Trust, London. To apply you must currently be in full time education within the UK. The closing date for entries is noon on Friday 23 June 2017. Find out […]
It’s the fourth annual London Sci-comm Summer Picnic – eats, tunes, sci-commers and Kubb in the sunshine. Details below – hope you can join us – all welcome! Sunday 9th July 2017 Bring your own food, drink, picnic blankets and games. Hyde Park – specifically 51.506438°N, -0.162520°E Picnic from 1-6pm, then to a nearby pub Hope to […]
Join the London SciComm Socials on Thursday 11th May, at the Blizard Institute in Whitechapel (more information and tickets can be found here.) In September 2015 we started the London SciComm Socials as a chance for science communicators* from across London to get together. Last year we held our first ever symposium and over 140 […]
The Royal Observatory Greenwich is proud to introduce the very first Presenter Network Conference. This special one day conference will be held on Thursday 7th September 2017 at Royal Museums Greenwich in London. The Presenter Network has been running for a number of years now but this will be their very first conference. The day will […]
In the spirit of continuing to organise things where sci-comm freelancers can get together and meet up, and doing them during the week when the ‘normals’ are all chained to their desks, we’re doing a freelance brunch (frunch) thing on Thursday 30th March from 10.30 onwards. We’ll be at Granger & Co, which is at […]
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