The Little Event is a training session for people who are new to STEM communication, whether you work in a science centre or museum, volunteer for a festival, are involved in university outreach, or do anything else to engage people with science, technology,...
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Little Event 2020 – a 1-day conference for early-career STEM communicators
As part of BIG STEM Communicators Network (the national skills sharing network for those involved in STEM communication) programme of events, registration to the Little Event 2020 is now open! This years Little Event will take place at The Birmingham & Midland...
BIG Event 2019 – Call for Session Proposals OPEN
BIG (the British Interactive Group) is thrilled to announce a return to Scotland for BIG Event 2019. The highlight of the STEM communicator’s annual calendar will see our conference held at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh 17-19 July 2019. Dynamic Earth is a wonderful venue...
BIG event 2018 – 18-20 July 2018 – Winchester Science Centre & Planetarium
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. This is the place to hone your skills and recharge your professional batteries, pick up great ideas...
Little Event 2017 – Programme and speakers confirmed
This is BIG’s one-day training session for people who are relatively new to STEM communication. The day is crammed with sessions focusing on developing the different skills that are useful in face-to-face STEM communication; they are delivered by experienced science...
Win one of ten bursaries to attend the Little Event 2017, Thinktank, Birmingham, Wed 11 January
The Little Event is for people who are relatively early in their STEM communication career. Whether they work in a science centre or museum, volunteer for a festival, are involved in university outreach, or do anything else to engage people with sciences. It’s a lot...
BIG Skills Day: Using Social Media for Science Communication
BIG Skills Day: Using Social Media for Science Communication - Friday 2 December, 9.30am – 4.30pm, Tramshed Tech, Cardiff Social Media is being increasingly used to bring science to a broader audience. This one-day training session will help you understand the...
The BIG Event Bursary – OPEN
Once 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...
Early-career STEM communicators: The Little Event 2016
The Little Event 2016 Wednesday 13 January 2016, 9.30am - 4.30pm, Thinktank, Birmingham 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 at it for ages. It is also an excellent...
Skills Days for STEM Outreach delivery – 20 – 21 April 2015
Do you work in Outreach? Is it your role to manage, develop and deliver research engagement? For example, based in a university or research centre? Over a number years there has been a steady increase in the number of BIG members whose role is managing public...
Early-career STEM Communicator – training opportunity from BIG
Are you an early-career Science Communicator? Want to suck the knowledge and experience out of those who have been at it for ages? Thanks to generous support from Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum, The Little Event will take place again on Thursday 15 January 2015,...
Keynote Speaker for BIG 2014 Event Announced
Looking for a reason to join us at the BIG Event in Oxford this year? Apart from the chance to spend three days with 150+ good STEM engagement folks? Apart from the 45+ sessions you can see in the latest draft of the programme at www.big.uk.com/bigevent14 ? Apart from...
The BIG Little Event and Bursaries Available
BIG (British Interactive Group) is thrilled to announce that the Little Event returns to Thinktank in Birmingham on Wednesday 8 January 2014. It’s for people who are relatively new to STEM communication, whether they work in a science centre or museum, volunteer for a...
Call for contributions – BIG e-newsletter
Do you have anything you'd like to share with 500-or-so members of the STEM engagement community? Any project ideas or snippets of information? Maybe you'd like to feature in the Day in My Life column? This is a call for contributions for the Autumn edition of the BIG...
BIG Event 2013 Bursary (closes 26 April 2013)
Can't afford to join 150+ STEM engagement professionals at the BIG Event but really, really, REALLY want to? This year BIG is offering 2-3 bursary places to attend the BIG Event taking place at Glasgow Science Centre on 24-26 July 2013. The bursary provides...
UK Science Communication Conferences
If science communication is your thing then here are two great networking and development opportunities coming up. (In both case student bursaries are on offer.) British Science Association - Science Communication Conference, London - 16 & 17 May 2013, Kings...
Registration is now open for the BIG Event 2013 (Early Bird discount ends 31 March)
24 - 26 July 2013, Glasgow Science Centre The BIG Event is a three-day conference providing an unmissable opportunity to squeeze the skills and ideas out of all the STEM engagement people you can in a short space of time. The conference is relevant for designers,...
BIG Event 2013 – Session proposals reminder
This is a reminder that the deadline for session proposals for the BIG Event 2013 is just 9 working days away! Put your snow-cancellation time to good use: put your wet socks over the radiator, brew up a cockle-warming idea with colleagues and follow the link to the...
The Little Event Returns!
Are you an early-career STEM communicator, keen to suck the knowledge and experience out of those who have been at it for ages? With the generous support of Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum again as the venue, the Little Event will take place on Monday 7 January...