Seeds of Science 2018 – our Top 5 Free Growing Resources for Schools Article from November 13th 2018 – please note the grants and resources listed relate to 2018 and may not be relevant now. It’s the perfect time of year to apply for… Read More
Bonfires, brambles and bulbs – A 5th November to Remember at Stansfeld Park Conservation day The Eades Family enjoy woodland clearing and bluebell planting – helped along with marshmallows and hot chocolate – at our family conservation day at Stansfeld Park. Blog by Jude Eades…. Read More
The Big Science Event is back! It’s that time of year again when we open registrations for our hugely popular Big Science Event – a primary school competition that encourages young people to think creatively about… Read More
New celebration event for Buckinghamshire’s best school scientists Some of the county’s most talented and inspiring young scientists are to be celebrated at a very special event hosted by Science Oxford and the Buckinghamshire Learning Trust. The Buckinghamshire… Read More
Magic Mike – Introducing our inspiring new Science Oxford Centre Manager They say what goes around, comes around and never were the case more emphatic than for Science Oxford’s latest staff member, Mike Dennis. Mike is our new Science Centre Manager… Read More
Celebrate Oxfordshire brightest science stars Eighty young people from 30 Oxfordshire schools have been commended as potential science stars of the future at a special Science Oxford celebration. Our annual Young Scientists of the Year… Read More
New film highlights Thinking, Doing, Talking Science project Science Oxford is involved in a ground-breaking research project called Thinking, Doing, Talking Science (TDTS) – which aims to make science lessons in primary schools more practical, creative and challenging…. Read More
Science Oxford Employer Awards Launched Science Oxford’s Employer Awards show how much we value the contribution businesses make to our STEM World of Work programme. Without their support, we would not be able to offer… Read More
Demolition Day at Stansfeld Park After fifty years, the Stansfeld Outdoor Education Centre in Headington Quarry – once a destination for Birmingham schools’ residential trips – is no more. The last of the dilapidated buildings… Read More
Animal Agent Library Tour competition winners announced Over the summer, we toured libraries across the county with our Animal Agents show, which explored nature’s cleverest creatures and tested out their skills of camouflage, super-sense, defence and fighting…. Read More
It’s Treats all the way with our half-term Halloween programme We’re here, there and everywhere this Halloween as we thrill and wow children across the county with some spooky science. Our popular Halloween Show, which sells out every year, is… Read More
CSI Cogges – a review by Sophie Griffiths Sophie Griffiths, a reviewer for Daily Info, gives us her take on our recent forensic science event at Cogges Farm, Witney – first published September 15th, 2017 on Daily Info…. Read More
A new season begins for families at Oxford’s Botanic Garden Things are looking blooming splendid at Science Oxford this weekend as we celebrate everything that is fabulous about seeds. In partnership with University of Oxford’s Botanic Garden, we’re hosting a… Read More
Celebrating the 90th birthdays of our founders and patrons This week we are celebrating the 90th birthdays of founders and patrons of the Oxford Trust and Science Oxford, Sir Martin and Lady Audrey Wood. The Oxfordshire charities they founded,… Read More
Cogges Manor Farm turns crime scene for forensic challenge fun Lying broken on the cold dark stone beneath an open window, the body of a young farmhand has been discovered. Did she jump or was she pushed? Science Oxford, in… Read More
Space To Dance – wannabe astronaut Merritt Moore talks TV, ballet and physics Merritt Moore, quantum physicist and professional ballerina, talks to Science Oxford’s Autumn Neagle ahead of appearing in ‘Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?’ a new TV series launched on… Read More
High flyers bring fantastical new science show to Oxfordshire Lauren Hussein, Dawns Powys Dance project manager for spectacular science show Flying Atoms, talks to Science Oxford about engaging young people through dance and science, the inspiration behind the new show coming… Read More
STEM Careers on the Horizon for Oxfordshire secondary schools This summer Science Oxford held its third STEM Experience Week, which proved to be a huge success once again. The aim of the week was to provide secondary school students… Read More
Rose Hill children go space crazy at stellar summer club Children in Rose Hill, Oxford enjoyed galactic games and construction challenges at Science Oxford’s summer holiday Space Camp last week. We engaged young people aged 7-11 in science and technology… Read More
New funding boost for Science Oxford Centre at Stansfeld Park The Oxford Trust’s Stansfeld Park project has taken another exciting step forward with the news that we have been granted a Special Award from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition… Read More
Young Poets emerge from Oxfordshire Science competition In March 2017 we asked young people from schools in Oxfordshire to write a short poem inspired by science, in any style, as part of the Oxfordshire Science Festival (OSF), a… Read More
SUMMER STEM IDEAS for Primary Schools The holidays are almost here, so if you’re looking for inspiration for September, book one of our brilliant hands-on science workshops or check out our Top 3 ideas to add a… Read More
Wolvercote Primary School wins Big Science Event 2017 Four super-scientist pupils from Wolvercote Primary School in Oxford have been crowned winners of the Oxfordshire Big Science Event 2017. The pupils, who are in Year 6 at the school,… Read More
Vote NextGen Earth, the Great Debate It was very enthusiastic audience that met with our three panellists at Masters of Disaster: NextGen Earth, an interactive, proleptic, and kind of apocalyptic sustainability discussion that formed part of the… Read More
Young Scientists to be Celebrated Calling all secondary school science teachers. It’s time to nominate your most amazing students for our ‘Young Scientists of the Year 2017’ celebration, which honours some of Oxfordshire’s most outstanding… Read More
Carnival Time! We’re going to be busy this weekend as both Cowley and Eynsham go fiesta crazy! On Saturday 1st July we’ll be at Eynsham Carnival where entertainment includes a shirt race,… Read More
Oxfordshire Primary Schools will fight it out to win Big Science Event 2017 Teams of budding young scientists from across Oxfordshire will be competing to win £1,000 worth of brand new science-themed Playforce playground equipment for their school at the grand final of… Read More
Science made fun for Buckinghamshire pupils – June 2017 We are delighted to be running the BigBang@Bucks this week, in partnership with the Buckinghamshire Learning Trust. Over 800 pupils from primary and secondary schools across Buckinghamshire will head to the… Read More
The Great Dane – Oxfordshire Science Festival Director Speaks to Jude Eades Dane Comerford joined us as the new Director of the Oxfordshire Science Festival (OSF) at the start of year. It’s been a busy few months for Dane but now, as… Read More
New grant puts science centre stage Thanks to a new scientific outreach grant from the Biochemical Society, Science Oxford will be teaming up with the Oxford Playhouse and the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics (WTCHG)… Read More
Come to Next Gen Earth and think big – by Jude Eades As one of thousands of Oxford residents who cycles across the city to work every day, it really frustrates me to see the number of commuters who still insist on… Read More
Future Automatic by Luiza Patorski Stop and think for a minute, what would happen to Western civilisation if we switched off our online life-support system – the Internet? Can you imagine how you would cope?… Read More
Dance the Universe at the Oxfordshire Science Festival The Oxfordshire Science Festival, supported by Science Oxford, has launched its fantastic programme of events and activities for 2017. The festival takes place from 16-21 June this year and promises… Read More
Woodland rejuvenation – Progress and Pain at Stansfeld Park Steve Burgess, The Oxford Trust’s CEO, and his wife joined Oxford Conservation Volunteers to carry out some important (and back-breaking) conservation work in our new woodland at Stansfeld Park. The… Read More
Get Moving at the Memory Cafe with Sir Muir Gray A new health initiative from Living Well Oxford, a project supported by Science Oxford, launched this week in Oxford, complete with twiddle muffs, training workshops and a Memory Café. ‘Ageing: From… Read More
Oxfordshire Science Festival Schools Poetry competition 2017 From texting to celebrity tweeting, amusing memes or hashtag-ing lunch, the world around us has never been so obsessively observed and widely shared via technology – text is trending! Both… Read More
Living well for Dementia Week at Templars Square There are just a few days to go until the launch of a week of unique dementia-themed events at Templars Square Shopping Centre as part of Dementia Awareness Week (15th-21st May… Read More
Volunteers wanted to help at Templars Square dementia events Are you interested in ageing and dementia and the science of getting older? Are you interested in volunteering at a unique Oxford event that promises to offer practical advice and… Read More
Healthy ageing event in Cowley How does your brain and body change as you get older and how do you stay healthy all that time? As part of Dementia Awareness Week 15th-21st May 2017 Oxford… Read More
Science Oxford’s day out at ATOM Festival ATOM Festival of Science and Technology took place in Abingdon this March, as part of the Oxfordshire Science Festival, supported by Science Oxford. The festival was a great success and… Read More