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Inquisitive young minds impress judges at the Big Science Event 2023
Wednesday 12th July 2023
Science Oxford’s Big Science Event wrapped up the annual search for Oxfordshire’s and Buckinghamshire’s most engaging and experimental young scientists with the finals on 10th and 11th July.at the Science Oxford Centre.
Playforce donates generous prizes for our Big Science Event 2020
Wednesday 18th December 2019
Playground experts, Playforce are kindly donating generous prizes to the winners of our 2020 Big Science Event competition for primary school pupils. The winning schools in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire will each receive a £1000 voucher to install playground equipment of their choice. How good is that? With 20 years of experiences and 8844 playgrounds under […]
Planetarium Tour for Primary Schools is back for 2020!
Friday 11th October 2019
With 2020 due to be a stellar year for space exploration (SpaceX, Mars 2020 Rover, OSIRIS-Rex) we’re about to relaunch our very own space-themed show tour for primary schools. In association with STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, we will be bringing an inflatable planetarium to schools in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire next January. Starry Skies is a planetarium […]
Primary schools to battle it out to win science competition
Wednesday 26th June 2019
Primary school children from 12 primary schools across Oxfordshire will be competing in the grand final of the 2019 Big Science Event next week – a competition to find the county’s most engaging and experimental young scientists. The Big Science Event, which is run by Science Oxford, challenges teams of children aged 5-11 to create […]
A big thumbs up from first school visitors to new centre
Thursday 6th June 2019
What have teachers and children been saying about their visit to our brand new Science Oxford Centre? Over the past few weeks we’ve been running trial group visits to the centre for local primary schools and collecting feedback from both pupils and teachers. And so far the news is good – we’ve got a 100% approval […]
Diamond investment in Big Science Event
Tuesday 14th May 2019
We’ve got a brand new supporter for the Big Science Event. Science Oxford is excited to welcome Diamond Light Source as an associate partner for our popular school competition, which challenges primary-aged children to create their own science experiments. Diamond joins long-standing sponsors Playforce and Abbott Diabetes Care. Diamond joins to support the Big Science […]