The ASC has reached an agreement with Inspiring Australia to communicate their activities and outcomes to our members. The aim is to encourage discussion which will further raise awareness of and engagement with the Strategy. This marks our first posting of news about Inspiring Australia.
Inspiring Australia Update
The Unlocking Australia’s Potential grants from Inspiring Australia that […]
Science Week is a time of frenetic activity for many science communicators. Come along and celebrate the end of Science Week at the Science Centric After-party, a networking evening for Melbourne science communicators.
When: August 21, 2012, 6:30 pm
Where: Three Degrees, QV Square
First drink and nibbles are on us!
ASC members: Free
Science Week organisers: Free
Non-members: $15
(Discounted memberships […]
It’s time to catch up!
On Monday 23rd of July, join us for drinks followed by dinner at The Seven Stars Pub – a centrally located pub at 187 Angas Street in the City.
A quiet venue for casual conversation in good company by the fireplace. Bring friends, colleagues – anyone interested in communicating science. Good prices. Normal […]
[ 8 August 2012; 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. ]
A woman is reported missing. Blood and other physical evidence have been found in her office. Has she met with foul play?
A team of forensic scientists have been called to assist in investigating the case.
Join a team of Australia’s leading forensic experts as they work through this hypothetical scenario and discover how each of […]
The national on-line survey of science engagement activities been extended to 29 July. Project leader Jenni Metcalfe reports we have had more than 220 entries of Australian science engagement activities so far. However, a number of people have asked for more time to enter as many activities as they can.
In response we squeezed some time […]
[ 17 July 2012; 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Join the ACT Branch of the Australian Science Communicators and CSIRO Discovery to learn about the production of the State of the Environment reports. Continue reading
[ 19 July 2012; 4:30 pm to 8:00 pm. 4:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Communicating Space
It’s one of the hottest topics in science at the moment – space. As seen by the recent public interest in the Square Kilometre Array bid and visit to Australia by astronaut Buzz Aldrin, people are hungry for more information on life, the Universe and everything.
So what are the challenges of ‘communicating space’ to […]
[ 8 July 2012; 11:30 am to 5:00 pm. ] For those of you in Melbourne on Sunday 8 July, come to RMIT for an art-science symposium, chaired by Jesse Shore:
This week’s announcement of the discovery of the Higgs boson, or ‘God particle’ will collide with art and society this Sunday.
Colliding Ideas: Art, Society and Physics, a free public symposium at RMIT University, City campus, […]
For those of you who need a reminder, time is running out to add your science engagement activities to the national survey. We want to get a good snapshot of the diversity of activity in Australia and we need your input. Activities will be represented in an interactive on-line map and other data visualisation tools. […]
I just read that Professor Graham Durant, Director of Questacon in Australia, has been awarded an AM (Member of the Order of Australia) in the 2012 Queen’s Birthday Honours List. His award is in recognition of his services to science education as the Director of Questacon: The National Science and Technology Centre, to the museums […]