Scooting through science on Rowena’s Roadtrip Chemist, science communicator, rock climber and avid scooter fan – find out what happened when our Events Officer Rowena Fletcher Wood took to her wheels and called in at two… Read More
Rings of time – MRI-inspired sculpture marks 90 years for Trust Founders This week, Science Oxford’s parent charity the Oxford Trust presented our founders and patrons, Sir Martin and Lady Audrey Wood, with a specially commissioned sculpture to mark and celebrate their 90th… Read More
Starry Starry night at the Oxford Christmas Light Festival We can’t wait for the Oxford Christmas Light Festival to begin later this evening – it’s a great chance for Science Oxford to celebrate all that glows, glistens and glitters. Start… Read More
Sign up now for FameLab 2018 – Can Oxford win the UK’s favourite science competition again? FameLab is back! Science broadcaster and astrophysicist Chris Lintott and science writer Georgina Ferry join Science Oxford on the hunt for the region’s best new science communicators.. Could it be… Read More
A-Z of the Science of Swearing with author Emma Byrne Ahead of her profound and profaine Oxford talk next week, Emma Byrne, author of Swearing Is Good For You, shares her titillating insights of the rise and fall of taking… 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Egg-citing times with Science Oxford Science Oxford will be running a series of fabulously fun family shows and workshops across Oxfordshire this Easter. We’ll be heading to Witney with a culinary inspired ‘Kitchen Science’ workshop… Read More
Art & Science project Full STEAM ahead! Science Oxford are excited to team up with the OYAP Trust to deliver a creative project designed to excite young people in Bicester and Banbury about STEAM – Science, Technology,… Read More
My 150 Minutes of FameLab Blog by Autumn Neagle. They came, they performed, they conquered. Our eight fantastic FameLab finalists were at the top of their game for the regional final of the UK’s best-loved… Read More
Your Green Future careers event comes to Oxfordshire We’re excited to be taking part in an innovative green careers event that is coming to Oxfordshire for the first time this spring. The Oxfordshire Your Green Future event will take place… Read More
FameLab Superheat Superstars Tickets are available on the door for the regional final – or watch the final LIVE video stream CLICK HERE 🎥 tonight 7-9PM There is no doubt that the FameLab Superheat we held in Oxford… Read More
Popular taster sessions put the micro:beating heart into programming To kick off our new Creative Computing Club in January, we ran a day of taster sessions to give as many young people as possible the opportunity to have a go… Read More
Record registrations for Big Science Event The Science Oxford Big Science Event, our flagship science competition for primary schools, has seen a significant increase in registrations this year – a great indicator that the 2017 competition… Read More
Seeds of science – Flowers, trees, potatoes and tools for your school Science Oxford’s Education Outreach Manager, Sophie Batin, gets prepared for spring and sows the seeds for green spaces projects! It’s the perfect time of year to apply for free plants, trees and… Read More