In July Sally Miles and Silvia Piviali took on the Scope editorship from Laura Miles. Both Sally and Silvia have young children and agreed to job-share the workload.
Despite best intentions Silvia found the workload of a new-born and other family commitments left her little time for Scope tasks. Silvia has wisely asked to step away […]
Toss Gascoigne has been part of ASC since it began in 1994.
He helped convene the historic first meeting at the National Press Club in February that year. The leading lights in science communication met to discuss the formation of a new national association to provide a forum for science communicators.
Alison Leigh, the executive Producer of […]
David Ellyard is our long serving and excellent National Treasurer. To preserve his corporate knowledge and to plan for the future we will be inviting members to express interest in becoming Assistant National Treasurer. David will teach you the ropes of our financial procedures and build your financial acumen. This will be a good professional […]
For a number of years the ASC presented an award called the ‘Unsung Hero of Science’ to worthy recipients. This award acknowledged a scientist for their body of work that we felt wasn’t given the spotlight the work and the person deserved.
We last presented this award in 2007. As we prepared the background information to ask […]
I’m pleased to add science communication plaudits to Australia’s latest Nobel Prize winner.
Dr Brian Schmidt, Laureate Fellow in the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Australian National University, shares in this year’s Nobel Prize for Physics. He is being recognised along with US scientists, Saul Perlmutter and Adam G. Riess, by the Royal […]
Sally Miles has always had a strong interest in Science Communication. Upon completing a Bachelor of Science at Melbourne University in 1997, she sought ways to communicate environmental issues and practical solutions to the public. Sally has worked in communications roles with Clean Up Australia, The Wilderness Society, Planet Ark and Conservation Volunteers Australia. In […]
Silvia Piviali
It didn’t take Silvia very long to settle into the way of life in Perth, Western Australia after she immigrated from Italy, at age 6. Its hard to believe that this is her 25th year of living in Perth, where she is happily settled with her 2 young children and husband of 6 years. […]
Jesse is pleased to announce that not only do we have a new editor for Scope, but that we have two new editors in a job sharing arrangement. Sally Miles (no relation to Laura), from Sydney, and Silvia Piviali, from Perth, will team up to produce our newsletter. Continue reading
Jesse Shore, National President discusses the ASC Management Committee structure and the benefits associated with past or soon-to-be past committee members offering their knowledge and experience to those new to the role. Continue reading
Jesse Shore, National President is pleased to announce that the ASC has signed a Letter of Agreement (LoA) with the Australian Institute of Policy and Science (AIPS). AIPS runs the nationwide Young Tall Poppy Science Awards and this LoA will encourage Award winners to get involved in ASC events. Continue reading