Gemma and her home-made comet starred in Astrofest tweets from former WA Chief Scientist Professor Lyn Beazley (@ChiefSci_WA)
There’s a lot of space and a lot of things in space out there – which means some potentially interesting finds by keen viewers of the stars. Why not bring them together?
Want some help scanning the skies over […]
Distant land with whole-hearted engagement – meet Tasmania’s Inspiring Australia officer, Sarah Bayne.
There’s a lot of science in Tasmania, and Sarah Bayne tries to cover it all
People come to science engagement with a range of backgrounds, but there can’t be many who’ve worked cleaning convict bricks like Sarah Bayne has.
But there’s far more to Tasmania than […]
The Australian Science Communicators continues to be an active partner in the Inspiring Australia strategy. We are a member of the Science Sector Group, which provides national leadership and coherent action among non-government science sector organisations. This group aims to enable collaboration, information sharing and, where appropriate, coordinated approaches to issues around science. An important […]
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Thanks to Victoria Leitch, for writing this event review.
The BIG science communication summit promised to be a BIG event… and it was.
We fell in love with the critically endangered Baw Baw frog, went wild with some (suitable for work) selfies, visualised rips with purple dye at Bondi and saw Derek Muller (creator of Veritasium) berate himself on […]
Thanks to Sarah Bayne, Inspiring Australia Project Officer Tasmania for writing this event review. Apologies from Ed. it didn’t make the May Scope issue.
On April 17 and 18 the University of Tasmania hosted the Science Engagement in Tasmania event in Hobart. This event attracted more than 50 people to the seminar session on the first day […]
Interview with Anna-Maria Arabia, General Manager, Strategy and Partnerships, Questacon
Words: Sally Miles
Anna-Maria Arabia has recently taken on the role of General Manager, Strategy and Partnerships, at Questacon. She has hit the ground running and is using her passion for science education to build on Questacon’s world class science engagement activities.
While Questacon’s science centre is aimed mainly […]
Want to add your two cents to science communication? Inspiring Australia has announced a two day meeting where everyone’s contributions can add up to a big deposit for Australia’s science communication future.
The BIG science communication summit – pathways to inspiring Australia
Inspiring Australia, TechNyou and ScienceRewired are excited to announce a 2-day hands-on summit to map […]
From Rod Lamberts, ASC National President …
The commencement of 2013 has been filled with a flurry of activity for me, most of which involves getting my head around the nuances of the presidential seat.
The start of the year has also marked the start of some exciting initiatives for the Australian Science Communicators, some of which […]
The range of projects funded by Inspiring Australia’s Unlocking Australia’s Potential program is breathtaking, with a spread across animal, vegetable and mineral topics. Here’s news about one project that combines at least two of the three.
While cleaning up after your dog, have you ever thought, ‘What a waste of perfectly good dog waste!’? Probably not, […]