Category: Adults

Badger project at Stansfeld Park wins University award

We’re delighted to share the news that WildCRU PhD student Tanesha Allen has been given a University of Oxford Vice Chancellor Public Engagement Award for her citizen science project, How…

Muir Gray celebrates 75 years and talks the Elixir of Life

“I’m going to make a donation to the new centre because it needs a clock!” said NHS health expert and anti-ageing champion Sir Muir Gray, as he began his talk on…

A uni-verse of talent at UK FameLab Final 2019

Our Events Officer Rowena Fletcher went along to the UK FameLab 2019 science communication competition at Cheltenham Festival to cheer on Sam Hatfield, an atmospheric physics PhD student at the…

Oxford Student Storms FameLab national finals 2019

After winning the Oxford heats of FameLab back in March, we were delighted to see Sam Hatfield, an atmospheric physics PhD student at the University of Oxford, be named Runner…

Make a difference for Oxford Green Week

It’s Oxford Green Week (OGW) and Science Oxford is lending its support with events and activities for all the family on the theme of One Planet Living. OGW is a…

Following the scent – badger project comes to Stansfeld Park

What a strange request – to be asked for a urine sample to be used as part of a study into the olfactory responses of badgers. And what a strange…

Science Oxford Centre – Special Family Launch Day and Live Show

Celebrate the late May half term with a preview of the beautiful new Science Oxford Centre, which will be fully open from September this year. We’re offering you the chance…

Science Poetry Competition for Oxfordshire’s young wordsmiths

Are you 16 or under and can you write a terrific science-inspired poem? If so, you’ve got until 30th April to enter the IF Oxford 2019 Poetry of Science Competition…

Science Oxford announced as partner in national programme to encourage more diversity in science

Science Oxford is delighted to announce that we have been selected as partners for a new national programme to increase diversity and inclusion in science. We are one of just…

New Science Oxford Centre one step closer

We’re one step closer to opening our brand new science centre this week, as the team at the Oxford Trust (the charity behind Science Oxford) received the keys to the…

Oxford champion will go to FameLab UK final

Sam Hatfield, an atmospheric physics PhD student at the University of Oxford, has won the Oxford final of FameLab UK 2019 – the countrywide talent competition for people working in…

Brexit to Beds in the NHS with Keith Willett

With only 31 days to go until the UK leaves Europe, we were very lucky to welcome Keith Willett, the newly-appointed Strategic Commander for the EU exit process for the…

Nothing neurotrash about our new theatre

We are thrilled to announce the very first public event to take place in the theatre at our new Science Oxford Centre, which opens later this year. Debunker of sexist…

The new science of psychedelics

Science Oxford recently teamed up with the Ultimate Picture Palace to screen Magic Medicine, a documentary film by filmmaker Monty Wates. The film follows a cohort of patients with chronic…

Evolutionary tales – Storytelling at the Presenter Network

A magician, a librarian and a dinosaur scientist walk into a room…. Well, after all, this is Science Oxford, where absolutely anything can happen! Especially in a Presenter Network storytelling…

FameLab-ulous week for science stars

Science Oxford has had an absolutely FameLab-ulous week, with 27 brave contestants performing a combined 2 hours and 15 minutes worth of sci-comm gold in front of judges and audience…

Earth to humans – Lewis Dartnell talks Origins: Oxford, Brexit and Alien Invasion

Here at Science Oxford we’ve moved heaven and earth to invite Lewis Dartnell, astrobiologist, writer and Professor of Science Communication at the University of Westminster, to join us in Oxford to…

Tune In to Science Oxford for 2019

The arctic winds are circling and the central heating is maxed out so why not stay in, switch off Brexit, snuggle up on the sofa and be ‘The Best We…

From the Slime to the Riddikulus – Science of Magic evening enchants and entertains

For those quick enough to ‘Accio‘ a hot ticket, sixty Harry Potter enthusiasts jumped on their Nimbus 2000s, dockless bikes or the park and ride – and descended on Oxford…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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’…

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…

Stage-tech takes Creation’s Dracula to a Brave New World

Recent smash hit – Creation’s ‘Dracula’ – is a new adaption of Bram Stoker’s classic gothic horror, which was staged deep in the bowels of Oxford’s Blackwell’s Bookshop from 3rd…

Cheeseology – Reinventing Cheese

Who doesn’t love a slice of toast dripping in melted cheddar as the ultimate comfort food, or a beautiful platter of regional cheeses with precisely-selected homemade chutneys at the end…

Science Takes The Stage As FameLab Oxford Competition 2018 Heats Up

A toga-clad mathematician, a corn-on-the-cob wielding virologist, and the youngest ever countdown competitor walk in to a bar.. Standard Oxford! Find out what happened next.. The FameLab regional final on March 7th saw seven brave…

Star Moments with Oxford’s Star Light, Star Bright

Imagine if the stars shone just for you! Over the past six weeks, you may have noticed some strange, Black Mirror-esque installations pop-up around the streets of Oxford – maybe…

Inspiring women in science

2018 looks to be an inspiring year for women and this Sunday, 11th February is International Day of Women and Girls in Science. The number of women working in science and tech is…

Scientists on point for Oxford’s FameLab heats

Following talks as diverse as ‘How to build a mind,’ ‘Jungle remedies’ and ‘Scrambled flu and contagious eggs’, eight brave and brilliant performers have made it through to the final…

Unravel the science behind M.E at ‘Unrest’ screening and talk at the UPP

Our sci-screen partnership with the Ultimate Picture Palace (UPP) Oxford is all about exploring the science behind some of cinema’s most popular science-fiction movies. We watched Close Encounters of the Third…

Event raises Wong-a for UNICEF

A Science Oxford event aimed at inspiring people to eat better has also helped raise over £700 for UNICEF – the world’s leading organisation working for children in danger. In…

‘Science on Your Doorstep’ turns a spotlight on Headington for new series of Oxford talks

We are excited to be running a new series of events for 2018 that will showcase the scientists who live and work in the Headington area. Science on Your Doorstep will feature…

Beer on Tap workshop makes perfect gift for Christmas

If you’re stuck for a festive gift for the person who has everything – what about treating them to an evening at a microbrewery – but with a twist? Today…

The Name Game: Kids competition to win a year’s free Saturday Club Membership

We’re looking for a new name for our Saturday club for 9-13 year olds. And who better to ask than young people themselves? Our interactive and creative Saturday club is…

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…