My apologies to Cathy, the suggestion to include states/territories wasn’t directed at her – I sloppily used her email to do a reply, and didn’t expunge her details. It was simply a reminder as we are getting lots of NSWk material coming to inboxes. My apologies, Cathy.
Dear ASC,
A major goal of the Inspiring Australia report is to coordinate science engagement activities throughout the regions and the nation. To achieve this the states and territories each agreed to appoint a person , with funding or co-funding from DIISR, to such a coordination role. The first such job, titled ‘Science in Society Project Officer’, was recently advertised and will be based at RiAus in Adelaide.
The next job, NSW Science Communication, Project Officer, has just been advertised. This position will be based at the Australia Museum in Sydney and will have a focus on NSW activities but will communicate with stakeholders at local, state and federal levels. It is temporary full-time for up to 12 months.
I strongly encourage suitably qualified ASC members to consider applying for this position (and similar ones yet to be advertised). This is a great opportunity for those who are skilled networkers.
The link to the position and details is:
https://jobsnsw.taleo.net/careersection/all_jobs/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en https://jobsnsw.taleo.net/careersection/all_jobs/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job= 191500> &job=191500
An extract from the position description:
The position of NSW Science Communication, Project Officer is one of five (5) positions that report to the Manager, Science Communication within the Visitor Programs and Services Branch (of the Australian Museum)….
This position is funded through the Australian Federal Government’s Science Connections Program (SCOPE), and has been created to address recommendations in the Inspiring Australia (IA) report. In particular, the position has been created to support the strategy’s key recommendation to establish a ‘national framework – local action’ approach to science communication. This Project, hosted by the Australian Museum, will establish a collaborative partnership in New South Wales (NSW) between the Commonwealth (DIISR), the Recipient, the New South Wales Government (through I&INSW and Office of the Chief Scientist and Scientific Engineer, OCCSE) and the NSW National Science Week Coordinating Committee (NSWk CC). The overarching objective of this partnership is to increase cooperation amongst organisations involved in science communication in NSW, drive partnerships and implement complementary activities.
Cheers, Jesse
Jesse Shore
President, Australian Science Communicators, 2010
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Dear all,
We used to have a couple of informal guidelines on using the ASC lists.
One of them was
“Please don’t post the same document to both lists.”
I’m not involved in running the lists but I wondered if we could agree as users to follow this guideline.
I think, and feel free to disagree, that
* ASC Media is for media releases and media alerts.
* ASC List is for discussion, communicators events, jobs, invites and everything else except media releases and alerts.
That way people can decide what mix of information they want to get from the ASC lists.
Does this work for you?
Niall ________
Niall Byrne
Science in Public 26 Railway Street South, Altona Vic 3018 ph +61 (3) 9398 1416 or 0417 131 977 niall@scienceinpublic.com.au Twitter scienceinpublic Full contact details at www.scienceinpublic.com.au/blog
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2010 Australia Post Kids Teaching Kids Week
30 August to 3 September 2010
MEDIA ALERT
19 August 2010
No More Pencils, No More Books, No More Teachers..
Kids Teaching Kids Week Around Australia
The age-old schoolyard rhyme about holidays could equally apply to the 2010 Australia Post Kids Teaching Kids Week, being held from 30 August to 3 September across Australia.
10,000 students in hundreds of schools around Australia will celebrate Kids Teaching Kids Week by teaching each other about environmental issues which concern them.
There may be the odd computer but teachers and blackboards take a back seat and the kids will use comedy, songs, quizzes, costumes, craft, poems, plays and experiments to teach other kids about climate change, water, waste, conservation, energy, drought, habitat destruction, population and pollution to bring about positive environmental change.
To help, there are about 100 organisations, local government agencies, community groups and others around the country involved to support this great week of environment activities, fun and learning.
Kids Teaching Kids events have been underway all year and are being staged for the remainder of the year, but Kids Teaching Kids Week will focus attention, and further spread the interest throughout schools and communities.
For interviews about Kids Teaching Kids Week, you can talk to:
– Arron Wood, a passionate environmentalist who created this green education program to develop the next generation of environment leaders and now sees it as a way to encourage kids into green economy careers. He followed Tim Flannery as Environmentalist of the Year and sits on the National Environmental Education for Sustainability Council.
– Richard Wood, the education manager for Kids Teaching Kids and former school principal who has supported his son over more than 10 years to see this unique Australian education model slowly grab attention in Australia and overseas and in education circles.
– Students and teachers who can talk about their environment issues and solutions and the difference KTK is making in the individual, the school and the community.
A few examples of great learning with fun events around the country that will be celebrating Kids Teaching Kids Week, are:
* NSW: at Taronga Park Zoo in Sydney on Monday, 30 August with over 200 students
* VIC: in St Mary’s Primary School, Williamstown on 31 August with 180 students
* WA: at Baldivis Children’s Forest, Perth on 2 September with 120 students
* QLD: at Gympie Showgrounds on 3 September with over 500 students
For further information, a program of photo/footage opportunities or to arrange interviews, please contact: Cathy Reade: Media Manager, 0413575934 creade@squirrel.com.au or Angela Takats: Media Liaison on 07 54483095.
Australia Post Is the Principal Sponsor of Australia Post Kids Teaching Kids Week and Veolia Transport is the Official Transport Partner
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MEDIA ALERT
THE CRAWFORD FUND
2010 International Development Conference
BIODIVERSITY AND WORLD FOOD SECURITY:
Nourishing the Planet and Its People
Parliament House, Canberra
30, 31 August and 1 September.
Contact: Cathy Reade 0413 575 934 cathy.reade@crawfordfund.org
CAN WE HAVE OUR BIODIVERSITY AND EAT IT TOO?
Dr Cristian Samper, Smithsonian Institution
Professor Stephen Hopper, Kew Gardens
Professor Hugh Possingham, the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists
Dr Megan Clark, CSIRO
International and Australian conservation specialists and advocates will come
together from 30 August to 1 September in Canberra for the UN International Year of
Biodiversity at this key event in the Australasian region and one of very few
international events focusing on food security imperatives in relation to biodiversity
conservation.
Key speakers include:
– Dr Cristian Samper, Director of the National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution, the largest natural history collection in the world, who
will provide a global perspective of Biodiversity, Nature and Food Security;
– Professor Steve Hopper, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, arguably
the planet’s most famous garden, an internationally recognised Australian plant
conservation biologist will present the 2010 Sir John Crawford Memorial
Address titled Plant Diversity at the Turning Point;
– Dr Emile Frison, Director General, Bioversity International, the largest
international research organisation dedicated to the conservation and use of
agricultural biodiversity, will address Agricultural Biodiversity for Nutrition and
Health;
– Dr Megan Clark, Chief Executive, CSIRO will address The Importance of
Working with Biological Collections in Helping with Biosecurity and Biodiversity.
Other international and Australian specialists and advocates will address issues for
fisheries, livestock, forestry, microbials, biosecurity, and GM and biodiversity.
Media releases will be available on an embargoed basis, on request or in the
Theatrette Foyer, Parliament House from 8.15am, 31 August.
Contact Cathy Reade on 0413 575 934 to pre-arrange interviews. Program, abstracts, bios and other
materials at www.crawfordfund.org http://www.crawfordfund.org/
The Crawford Fund wishes to thank the supporters of this event including:
ACIAR; AusAID; Austraining International; Australian Government Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry; AIAST; Bioversity International; CAB International; CropLife Australia; CSIRO;
Doyle Foundation; Fisheries Research and Development Corporation; Grains Research and
Development Corporation; Industrial Research Limited; Rural Industries Research and Development
Corporation; World Vegetable Centre
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MEDIA ALERT
THE CRAWFORD FUND
2010 International Development Conference
BIODIVERSITY AND WORLD FOOD SECURITY:
Nourishing the Planet and Its People
Parliament House, Canberra
30, 31 August and 1 September.
Contact: Cathy Reade 0413 575 934 cathy.reade@crawfordfund.org
CAN WE HAVE OUR BIODIVERSITY AND EAT IT TOO?
Dr Cristian Samper, Smithsonian Institution
Professor Stephen Hopper, Kew Gardens
Professor Hugh Possingham, the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists
Dr Megan Clark, CSIRO
International and Australian conservation specialists and advocates will come
together from 30 August to 1 September in Canberra for the UN International Year of
Biodiversity at this key event in the Australasian region and one of very few
international events focusing on food security imperatives in relation to biodiversity
conservation.
Key speakers include:
– Dr Cristian Samper, Director of the National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution, the largest natural history collection in the world, who
will provide a global perspective of Biodiversity, Nature and Food Security;
– Professor Steve Hopper, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, arguably
the planet’s most famous garden, an internationally recognised Australian plant
conservation biologist will present the 2010 Sir John Crawford Memorial
Address titled Plant Diversity at the Turning Point;
– Dr Emile Frison, Director General, Bioversity International, the largest
international research organisation dedicated to the conservation and use of
agricultural biodiversity, will address Agricultural Biodiversity for Nutrition and
Health;
– Dr Megan Clark, Chief Executive, CSIRO will address The Importance of
Working with Biological Collections in Helping with Biosecurity and Biodiversity.
Other international and Australian specialists and advocates will address issues for
fisheries, livestock, forestry, microbials, biosecurity, and GM and biodiversity.
Media releases will be available on an embargoed basis, on request or in the
Theatrette Foyer, Parliament House from 8.15am, 31 August.
Contact Cathy Reade on 0413 575 934 to pre-arrange interviews. Program, abstracts, bios and other
materials at www.crawfordfund.org http://www.crawfordfund.org/
The Crawford Fund wishes to thank the supporters of this event including:
ACIAR; AusAID; Austraining International; Australian Government Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry; AIAST; Bioversity International; CAB International; CropLife Australia; CSIRO;
Doyle Foundation; Fisheries Research and Development Corporation; Grains Research and
Development Corporation; Industrial Research Limited; Rural Industries Research and Development
Corporation; World Vegetable Centre
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Posted on behalf of Carley Tillet, Manager, Horizon – The Planetarium
Auspex Australis http://www.scitech.org.au/about-scitech/news/featured-news/852-auspex-australis Wednesday 25 August 2010 7.00 – 8.30pm Horizon – the Planetarium, Scitech. Bookings essential for this free event. Please click here to book http://www.trybooking.com/4388 .
Auspex Australis is a full dome production that explores the plight of endangered seabirds living on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. This experimental inter-media project draws on Scientific Research carried out by Dr Janos Hennicke and his colleagues at the Pink House Research Station on Christmas Island.
You will experience immersive full dome time-lapse photography of Christmas Island nesting sites by Scitech’s artist in residence Dave Carson. Witness the incredible journey the seabirds undertake with Dr Janos Hennicke’s tracking data visualised by Carley Tillett, while you enjoy a live performance of the soundscape created for the full dome piece, by UK sound artists Phil Mouldycliff and Colin Potter.
Special guest Dr Janos Hennicke, research fellow at the world renowned Chizé Centre for Biological Studies (the French National Centre for Scientific Research), will speak about his research and the significance of the Christmas Island seabird project.
*Auspex: an observer of birds… one who tries to discern the significance of their presence and behaviour and use it as a guide for predicting future events
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I’ve been asked, “What services do science institutions really need from a science communication company?”
This is a broad question which invites many answers and is ideal to pose to all of ASC. We encompass many types of science communicators and each would offer a different perspective to the question.
My own reply started by saying that the services required depend on what the science institution is trying to achieve and who their audiences are. This assumes the institution is clear on who their audience really is or should be. Then my very short list of services followed:
A science communications company can help science institutions to:
. identify their various audiences and the needs of each audience
. prepare a communications strategy that involves feedback from their audience (i.e. some form of two-way communication and evaluate effectiveness of communication activities)
. develop and deliver the means of communication suited for each audience (e.g. design and content of e.g. media releases, exhibitions, websites, all print material, multimedia, public and educational programs)
Please email me with your answers to “What services do science institutions really need from a science communication company?”. I’ll post the list on the website next month. I expect the membership will find the collated answers a useful resource.
Cheers, Jesse
Jesse Shore
President, Australian Science Communicators, 2010
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ABC Science at Tilley’s LIVE FORUM: Care for some Nanotech in your trolley? Saturday August 21 6pm (to finish by 7.30pm) with live election updates! FREE
Drop into Tilley’s in Lyneham and check out the nano-trolley: a load of real and hypothetical products based on nanotechnology. This technology is now being used in everyday items including clothes, phones, computers, packaging, sunscreens and cosmetics – with many more in the pipeline. How do we take advantage of this amazing new technology without risking our health or the environment?
Thought provocation by host Dr Paul Willis (ABC TV Catalyst). Opinions and insights from experts – Dr Tim Senden (ANU), Professor Jim Williams (ANU), Dr Lyria Bennett Moses (UNSW), Dr Michael Biercuk (USYD).
Have a drink, have a listen, have your say. Bar and kitchen open.
* Why does everything change when things get really small? * Why is nanotechnology so controversial? * Is it safe? * Do we need new laws to protect us and the environment?
Presented by ABC Science for National Science Week. Tilley’s Devine Café and Bar, cnr Wattle and Brigalow Sts, Lyneham
Enquiries: Abbie Thomas, ABC Science, 02 8333 5116
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