Science stars in the making – Sign Up for FameLab 2019 now! Nourish your neurones and enter FameLab UK 2019, where explaining your research to a lay audience happens against the clock. All the lab’s a stage, and nowhere more so than… Read More
Newton’s tree plants seeds of inspiration for Apple Day Apple Day in October celebrates all things autumn and raises awareness of the importance of orchards and traditional fruit varieties to our landscape and culture and in the provenance and… Read More
Young Oxfordshire Scientists Celebrate under the T-rex There’s nothing like taking a step back from our busy schedule of school outreach visits, work placements and careers day to enjoy an evening of celebration. The Young Scientists of… Read More
MY IF FESTIVAL – What will yours be? Team Science Oxford get ready to go… There’s only a week to go until IF Oxford Science and Ideas Festival serves up over one hundred thought-provoking bespoke happenings with a science riff all over the city, from… Read More
Amazing Animals new school show announced for KS1 and FS After numerous requests from Key Stage One teachers for a show for their classes that covers some of the biology content of the curriculum, we’ve been working hard over the… Read More
Big Science Event challenge launched for 2019 Calling all Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire primary schools! We’re officially launching our hugely popular Big Science Event 2019 so why not get involved? The Big Science Event is a competition for… Read More
Celebration evening for Oxfordshire’s best school scientists Some of the county’s most talented and inspiring young scientists are to be celebrated next week at a special event organised by Science Oxford at the Oxford University Museum of… Read More
Coding competition celebrates Lovelace Day for aspiring Adas Aspiring Adas aged 9-15 can win a pair of free tickets to our popular Creative Computing Club ‘Rapid Robots’ (3 Nov) to celebrate the 10th annual Ada Lovelace Day in… Read More
Waist Not, Want Not – The Way We Eat As human populations and wealth increase, so does our meat consumption. But what impact does that have on our planet, our health, and our freedom? Our Events Officer Rowena went… Read More
What’s your elephant? Top tips a presenter never forgets Oxford Presenter Network Hub leader, chemistry buff, science communicator and Science Oxford Events Officer Rowena Fletcher Wood shares a few tips and highlights from the recent Presenter Network Conference, a local,… Read More
What If? Our Top Picks for IF Oxford Science and Ideas festival With over 100 events for all the family, next month’s Oxford Science & Ideas Festival – IF for short – is one to get in the diary ASAP. Running from… Read More
Primary schools Planetarium show goes on tour – booking open! Our super-popular planetarium show is going back out on the road this November and now’s your chance to book it for your primary school. Our Schools Projects Officer Ian will… Read More
Fall for beautiful woodland at next Stansfeld Park conservation day Gather your gloves and wellies this autumn and join our Oxford Conservation Volunteers (OCV) led Conservation Day on Sunday 23rd September. Building work on our new Science Oxford Centre and… Read More
Heat up your Primary school science with the Datalogger! Calling all primary teachers in Oxfordshire and Bucks – why not turn up the wow-factor in your science lessons with our Datalogger kit loan! Find out which cup keeps your… Read More
Ode to Joy played on bananas? Music tech sessions get creative Oxford Mail (Picture Source: The Oxford Mail) Read More
How the future sounds – youth tech project is the new MyNormal From turning bananas into pianos to singing without a voice, the MyNormal: Accessible Instructments project launching this August is sure to be Off The Scale! Science Oxford is delighted to… Read More
Presenter network to launch in Oxford by science charity Oxford Mail (Picture Source The Presenter Network) Read More
Science Oxford launches free skill sharing sessions for Presenters Calling all presenters! This September, Science Oxford will be opening its doors to a gathering of presenters from museums and universities, industry and education – anyone, in fact, actively involved… Read More
Togas to Tattoos – Naked Mathematician ‘Tom Rocks Maths’ bares all.. When toga-clad maths teacher Tom Crawford, AKA the Naked Mathematician, walked into a bar and performed a three minute Archimedes talk in front of a delighted audience and judges including Chris Lintott… Read More
Science Oxford crowned best provider at national award Oxford Mail (Picture source: Bucks Skills Hub) Read More
Wood Farm pupils get sneak peak of new Science Oxford centre Oxford Mail (Picture source: Oxford Mail) Read More
Robertswood School wins Buckinghamshire Big Science Event 2018 Four ingenious primary school pupils from Year 3 at Robertswood School in Chalfont St Peter have been crowned winners of the Buckinghamshire Big Science Event 2018. The Big Science Event is… Read More
Science Oxford Library tour is Magic this summer We’re out on tour again this summer with our fabulous library tour, which brings the best of Science Oxford’s interactive and engaging science shows out to venues across the county…. Read More
Local primary schools to get first sight of new science education centre Pupils from four primary schools in and around Headington are getting the chance to go on site at Stansfeld Park in Headington Quarry this week, to see how work is… Read More
Summer of Science Film Production Internship open call for applications Calling budding film makers! Science Oxford are looking to hire an intern with experience of film production to work with our communications team over the summer to produce a film… Read More
Pondlife to Parklife at Stansfeld Park – it’s Oxford Green Week! Oxford Green Week is a county-wide summer festival which uses culture, creativity and community to inspire local people to take action against climate change. It’s a celebration of all things good… Read More
From Oxford to Whales, celebrating Green Week As Oxford Green Week approaches (16th – 24th June), here at Science Oxford HQ we’ve been thinking about green issues such as the environment, climate change or recycling, up-cycling and… Read More
Science Oxford Wildlife in Your Neighbourhood contest winners Oxford Mail (Picture source: Science Oxford) Read More
Young Photographers Wow With Wildlife Shots at Headington Festival Oxford has discovered a new generation of top wildlife photographers thanks to a competition organised by Science Oxford, in partnership with Headington Action. The Wildlife in your Neighbourhood photography competition challenged… Read More
Science Oxford’s Queen of the Jungle Lucy Guile competes for FameLab International crown Bristol based junior doctor Lucy Guile became Science Oxford’s ‘Queen of the Jungle’ in the search for Britain’s next science presenter when she won over hearts and minds at the Oxford… Read More
Super-weekend kicks off June events programme They say that good things come in threes and we certainly support that theory, as we have a bumper weekend of activities coming up at the start of June that… Read More
SCIENCE OXFORD celebrates unsung Super HERoines of science Have you been inspired by an unsung Super HERoine who has invented, innovated, created or achieved something special in science, technology, engineering and technology (STEM)? Can you tell us ‘HERstory’… Read More
A world of Adventure with Wildlife Cameraman Doug Allan It can only can say good things about your character if one of your friends and work colleagues is Sir David Attenborough. Or that you’re willing to wait out a… Read More
Science Oxford launch Hub for The Presenter Network We’re excited to announce that Science Oxford is now running the Oxford hub of The Presenter Network (TPN) – a local, national and international network set up for presenters to… Read More
Schools celebrate International Women In Engineering Day 2018 International Women in Engineering Day, on 23rd June, is a great opportunity to celebrate the achievements of female engineers. Shockingly, only 11% of engineers in the UK are female, which shows… Read More
Signs of Spring at Stansfeld Park From newts to badger cubs and bluebells, signs of a new season are springing up across the fifteen acres of woodland at Stansfeld Park, home to our new science and… Read More
Students ‘meet the scientists’ at Dunn School As part of our STEM Experience Week in March, students from three Oxfordshire secondary schools visited research-based organisations and STEM businesses across the region to explore what a STEM-based career… Read More