Do you want to run your own event at the British Science Festival? Do you want to get experience in live events, blogging or podcasting? Do you want to meet some of the UK’s top science communicators? Then we want you for the x-change team! Applications close on 21...
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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...
British Science Association Award Lectures (closes 28 Feb 2013)
For the next 2 days only, nominations are open for the British Science Association Award Lectures. Anyone can nominate someone who they have seen presenting their own research to general audience in an accessible and exciting way. Each year we reward five researchers...
British Science Association Media Fellowships – applications close 11 March 2013
Turn the latest science into news and spend 3-6 weeks with a professional journalist as part of the British Science Association Media Fellowships. The Media Fellowships aim to give scientists and their colleagues, the confidence and willingness to engage with the...
Calling all budding STEM communicators – National Science & Engineering Week Stand: Big Bang Fair 2013
The British Science Association is looking for 12 budding science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) communicators. We are looking for volunteers willing to spend at least half a day performing fun science-busking and other hands-on activities to enthuse...
Public Engagement with the British Science Association
Thursday 31 January 2013, 5.15 - 7.00pm, Manchester Museum, Discovery Centre, Ground floor (free) Are you interested in public engagement and science communication? Do you want to meet other like-minded people? Are you looking for a range of opportunities to get...
Call for Proposals for the Science Communication Conference
The 2013 Science Communication Conference, taking place on 16 & 17 May in London and you still have time to submit a proposal to run a session. Following a stakeholder meeting last month there are a few things we have changed this year to make it easier to submit...
Macclesfield SciBar – Graphene: Unexpected Science in a Pencil Trace
Stop Monday night feeling like an inescapable black hole! Come along to the Macclesfield SciBAR and get the low down on life, the universe and everything. Who & What: Dr Aravind Vijayaraghavan, The University of Manchester will talk about the Nobel prize winning,...
Didsbury SciBAR – Bugs ‘n’ Drugs
Stop Monday night feeling like an inescapable black hole! Come along to Didsbury SciBAR and get the low down on life, the universe and everything. Who: Dr David G. Allison, The University of Manchester, presents Bugs 'n' Drugs. When: Monday 15 October 2012, 6.30 pm,...
Bollington SciBAR – The Arsonist, the Martian, the Cat and the Coke … oh and Dwain
8 October 2012, 6:30pm, The Vale Inn, Adlington Road, Bollington Tony Bristow of AstraZeneca in Macclesfield will describe the use of the analytical science technique, mass spectrometry, in forensics, food analysis, space exploration, drugs in sport, environmental...
Sensored Science – part of the Manchester Science Festival 2012
As part of Manchester Science Festival 2012 the British Science Association Manchester Branch is hosting a rude science evening, Sensored Science - 30 October, 5pm, The Lass O'Gowrie, 36 Charles street, Manchester, M1 7DB People are guaranteed a fun filled evening....
Lab in a Lorry hits the North West – call for volunteers
Smash a wine glass with sound, create spiral rainbows, use light to heal wounds and explore medical optoelectronics – volunteers needed! Do these things sound intriguing? Are you interested in communicating science to a young audience? Lab in a Lorry needs volunteers...
Didsbury SciBAr – Speakers Wanted
We are looking for scientists and researchers from all disciplines to sign up as speakers at Didsbury SciBAr. How does it work? The SciBar is a bunch of people with a passing interest in science meeting once a month for an informal chat over a beer or wine in a pub....