Helping scientists reach wider audiences

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  • Chloé Sharrocks
  • Mark Theobald
  • Geoff
  • Rachel Brazil
  • Sally Keith
  • Paul Sutcliffe
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  • Natalie Lane
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Welcome to Connecting Science! This is a social network for scientists and science students who want to inspire non-specialists about their work.

Here, you will find like-minded people who can offer moral support and exchange ideas and experiences of all kinds of outreach. It’s a place to find resources and information about funding, outreach opportunities and training. There are regular updates on science communication news (see blog), the chance to debate and ask questions (see forum) and tell people about your events.

Join in, and become part of a grand tradition of scientists from Faraday to Feynman, who saw the benefits of sharing their science with the wider community.

Blog Posts

Jon Copley

Science education "black hole" in Islington and Slough?

If you live in Islington or Slough, and can't afford to attend a private school, then the most significant human endeavour of recent centuries - science - may effectively be closed to you as a career option.

That's the bottom line in new data published today on the numbers of state schools offering triple science - separate physics, chemistry and biology at GCSE.

No pupils were entered for triple science GCSEs at state schools in I… Continue

Posted by Jon Copley on June 3, 2009 at 2:00pm

Emma Johnson

Getting the balance right

As a full time postdoctoral researcher with a passion for Science Communication, I often find myself trying to balance the two in terms of time and money.

It's no secret, that I am passionate about Science Communication to the point where I would like to make a career of it. This means that, like a moth to a flame, I am naturally attracted to the organisation and participation of outreach and enterprise events.

This is great for the University and great for the scientific community, but I wond… Continue

Posted by Emma Johnson on April 30, 2009 at 2:47pm — 1 Comment

Claire Ainsworth

Science video podcasts on the web: get involved!

I've just been chatting to Colin Murphy (on Twitter) about the Pulse Project. This is an online repository of science lectures, delivered by academics and presented as video podcasts. I've embedded one of their videos on Connecting Science here. Have a look and let us know what you think!

The Pulse Project hope to "reflect and inform debates amongst academics, students, and the wider public… Continue

Posted by Claire Ainsworth on January 20, 2009 at 3:04pm

Claire Ainsworth

Why Connecting Science?

What prompted me to set up this network? Well, there is a lot of fantastic science communication and public engagement going on in the UK, where I am based. The UK's Beacons for Public Engagement project , for example, is at the forefront of supporting science communication in Britain and fostering an university culture that values it. There is a myriad of organisations, projects and individuals across the country promoting and… Continue

Posted by Claire Ainsworth on November 11, 2008 at 10:00pm

Forum

Conrad Uy

Science for Humanity

Started by Conrad Uy May 25.

Claire Ainsworth

What could Connecting Science offer? 6 Replies

Started by Claire Ainsworth. Last reply by Claire Ainsworth Jan 6.

Notes

Notes Home

Created by Claire Ainsworth Nov 11, 2008 at 5:01pm. Last updated by Claire Ainsworth Nov. 18, 2008.

House Rules

Created by Claire Ainsworth Nov 17, 2008 at 5:55pm. Last updated by Claire Ainsworth Nov. 17, 2008.

"Science, I maintain, is an absolutely essential tool for any society with a hope of surviving well into the next century with its fundamental values intact – not just science as engaged in by its practitioners, but science understood and embraced by the entire human community. And if the scientists will not bring this about, who will?"

Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World, 1996
 
 

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