How do 3D glasses work? Why do men have nipples? Why is wearing red an advantage in sport? Is nuclear energy good or bad? How do cabbages keep warm in winter? These are some of the things you could learn at the Manchester Final of FameLab, the UK’s biggest competition...
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British Science Festival 2014: Award Lecture nominations open
Nominate someone you know to be an Award Lecturer The British Science Association has been rewarding promising early-career researchers for over 20 years through our Award Lectures, recognising outstanding communication skills and encouraging researchers to engage...
Manchester Histories Festival Bright Club
Calling all researchers - Bright Club Manchester is looking for researchers to become comedians for the night as part of the Manchester Histories Festival. Bright Club is the thinking person's variety club - blending comedy, research and music into a very enjoyable...
Evolving Science Communication Conference: 10 years of science communication at UWE
In 2014 we are delighted to be celebrating the ten year anniversary of science communication postgraduate programmes at UWE. Further to our first Evolving Science Communication conference held in 2009 , in 2014 we will be providing an additional conference...
A quick guide to “science in a pub” events in and around Manchester
27 January - Macclesfield SciBar, 6:30pm, Park Tavern www.macclesfieldscibar.co.uk Rebecca Elliot, University of Manchester asks - how do our brains respond to feeling good? Brain imaging techniques have led to huge progress in understanding the brain basis of human...
Biochemical Society Science Communication Competition 2014
Each year the Biochemical Society looks for talented science writers to take part in our annual Science Communication Competition. The competition is open to all undergraduates and postgraduates, including non-members. What do I have to do? To enter you need to submit...
Universities Week 2014 – call for public engagement activities
The National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE) are pleased to be one of the partners of Universities Week 2014. Universities Week 2014 is inviting universities across the UK to engage with the public. Ideas for Life, will encourage people to find out...
Engagement@Manchester – Supporting Work Experience – 11 December, 1-2pm
Many of you will be bombarded with requests to host work experience students at all stages of their school career, and often many have to be turned away. Find out from colleagues across the University how they deal with such requests, what strategies they have...
FameLab UK Comes to Manchester – February 2014
Passionate about science? Engineering? Technology? Mathematics? Then FameLab needs you! Entries for the 2013-2014 FameLab UK competition are now open. If you think you can explain a concept in science, mathematics or engineering in just 3 minutes using only the props...
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...
Pint of Science Festival 2014
Pint of Science is an international science festival taking place from the 19 - 21 May 2014. To launch the event in Manchester, we are looking for four groups of enthusiastic scientists to help manage events covering Neuroscience, Life Sciences, Physics &...
Opportunities to work at our cultural venues: Paid positions for PhD students
Manchester Museum, Whitworth Art Gallery and John Rylands Library are looking to recruit first or second year PhD students to deliver educational sessions for their respective secondary and post-16 programmes. The aim is to utilise PhD student's expert knowledge to...
Great British Bioscience Festival – call for exhibits
In 2014 BBSRC will be marking 20 years of pioneering Great British Bioscience. To mark this important anniversary, we are staging a platform to highlight world-leading bioscience at its best: the "Great British Bioscience Festival". This is part of a wider year-long...
Public engagement grant: Engaging in Engineering
Engineering Professors' Council 20th Anniversary Awards Engaging in Engineering Closing date: 18:00, 3 February, 2014 At the Engineering Professors’ Council Congress 2013, one of the major messages from all the key stakeholders and speakers – senior politicians,...
Call for proposals – British Science Festival 2014
The British Science Festival 2014 will take place in Birmingham from 6 - 11 September. Working in collaboration with our hosts, the University of Birmingham and associate partners Birmingham City Council, Aston University and Birmingham City University we are now...
Public engagement workshop for researchers – 9 December 2013, London
How does your research impact on society? How can social media engage the public? How can you communicate your work better? The British Science Association invites you to a one-day training workshop that will develop your public engagement skills and your...
3 days until Science Spectacular – A Family Fun Day at The University of Manchester
As part of the Manchester Science Festival, The University of Manchester is playing host to a Science Spectacular! Come along on Saturday 2 November 2013, 11am – 4pm, Whitworth Hall & Manchester Museum, Oxford Road. (Free, drop in event) Meet the scientists and...
One minute wonder! M-cubed (Manchester Minute Microlectures)
2pm and 3pm, Saturday 2 November, Discovery Centre (near reception) in the Manchester Museum Want to know what scientific research is happening at the University and meet the scientists behind the work? Find out more this Saturday at the next M-cubed event (Manchester...
IOP Public Lecture – Graphene: Materials in the Flatland: Why all the fuss? What’s the matter?
Invitation to a public Lecture given by Professor Sir Konstantin Novoselov, Hon FInstP, Joint 2010 Nobel prize-winner “for ground-breaking experiments regarding the material graphene. Graphene: Materials in the Flatland: Why all the fuss? What’s the matter? Date:...
The Briefing Tech Writing Challenge
We’re looking for people who can explain what’s happening in science, technology, and engineering. We know there are lots of great research projects, trends, and people that are never covered because non-specialist writers don’t have the background or insight to see...
Barometer Podcast – live podcast – 29 October
The Manchester Science Festival runs from 24 October - 3 November this year and the Barometer Podcast team are doing a live recording at 7pm (doors open 6.30pm) on Tuesday 29 October at Manchester Museum. We'll be discussing air pollution with a mixture of...
Entries are now open for FameLab 2014
Passionate about Science? Engineering? Technology? Mathematics? Then FameLab needs you! Entries for the 2013-2014 FameLab UK competition are now open. If you think you can explain a concept in science, mathematics or engineering in just 3 minutes using only the props...
Science Communication Conference – Save the Date 1-2 May 2014
The British Science Association is pleased to announce that the 2014 Science Communication Conference will be held on 1 & 2 May 2014 at the University of Surrey. We have chosen a venue outside of London to keep costs down so hopefully the delegate fees will not be...
Free engagement training for engineers – Birmingham/Bristol/Manchester/Bath
Do you love Engineering? Do you wish everyone appreciated how important it is? Do you think there are misconceptions about engineering and wish you could help change its image? If you answered YES to at least one of these questions, this call is for you - join...
SET for BRITAIN Poster Competition 2014 – now open
Take your research to Parliament! Applications are invited from early-stage and early-career research scientists, engineers, technologists and mathematicians who wish to exhibit at the SET for BRITAIN poster competition. SET for BRITAIN Awards are made on the basis of...