Mentoring programs – new ideas from WA worth talking about

Speed dating and work shadowing get reworked in some novel professional development ideas Continue reading

‘Why is it so?’

Is evaluation to science communication as peer review is to science? Continue reading

What counts in science communication?

Rob Morrison poses a serious question to the ASC membership and invites your comment Continue reading

From the President, June 2010: Inspiring Australia; national workshops; theatre; and ‘What is science?’

National President Jesse Shore updates the membership on the latest news Continue reading

Adelaide event Mon 19 April

ASCSA Monthly: Inspiring Australia – communicating science to the nation Monday 19 April, 6.30-8.30pm, The Science Exchange. Book at http://ascainspiring.eventbrite.com/ In February, The Federal Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator The Hon, Kim Carr, launched Inspiring Australia; A national strategy for engagement with the sciences. This long-awaited report sets out a plan […]

Canberra drinks – all invited (post-conference)

[ 10 February 2010; 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] if you’re interested in anything to do with communicating and science, come along for a social drink at University House
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Bushfire science and journalism: Communicating when emotions run high

[ 7 February 2010 7:00 pm to 10 February 2010 10:00 pm. ] ASC presents a panel discussion about how bushfires have been communicated and reported. Featuring a bushfire scientist, a Walkley-award winning journalist, a radio journalist and a media manager, this event will explore reflections on the connections or conflicts between high emotions and the logic of science during bushfires Continue reading