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Nurturing the next generation of creative techies with Arti-Techs Club

Tuesday 23rd July 2024

Science Oxford’s Arti-techs Club, run by Technology Projects Officer Sarah Townson, is a place where young people aged 11 to 14 years old can come to explore their creativity through technology. It’s also a space where they can connect and make friends.

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Sarah Townson receives prestigious High Sheriff of Oxfordshire’s Award 2023

Tuesday 28th March 2023

Technology Projects Officer, Sarah Townson, has received a prestigious High Sheriff of Oxfordshire’s Award 2023, presented at a ceremony on Monday 27 March by Mark Beard, the High Sheriff of Oxfordshire.

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A hot summer in the woodland

Tuesday 19th July 2022

As summer temperatures reach the highest ever recorded in the UK today, the effects on the natural world and how to look after our green spaces and wildlife is on our all minds. Luckily, we’re in good hands at the Science Oxford Centre with our Outdoor Learning and Ecology Manager, Dr Roger Baker — read his woodland update, and top tips to keep a cool head in these unprecedented times.

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Summer of Science – hands-on family fun with Science Oxford

Thursday 7th July 2022

Summer is here and we’re looking forward to a jam-packed programme of hands-on science! Our popular Summer Science Camps are back at the Science Oxford Centre during the holidays, for children age 6-9 (August 15-19) and 9-12 (August 22-26). Our week long camps run from 9am – 3.30pm and are designed by our skilled staff for children who love science and want […]

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Inspiring change at the Science Oxford Centre

Monday 27th September 2021

Science Oxford is delighted to have taken part in ‘Project Inspire’ with the Association of Science and Discovery Centres‘ (ASDC) this spring and summer and inspired change in our Centre! In March of this year, we were lucky enough to be chosen as one of eight UK Science Centres awarded a grant of £15,000, to […]

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Summer woodland delights at the Science Oxford Centre

Wednesday 11th August 2021

Enjoying the outdoors this summer? We were delighted to finally welcome back visitors to our Centre this season, where we are lucky enough to have 15 acres of woodlands, grassland and ponds to explore. The Science Oxford Centre is the only indoor-outdoor science centre for children and families in the UK, and we love seeing people […]

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The science of gardening – top tips for National Gardening Week

Monday 26th April 2021

As spring arrives, we’re championing the great outdoors for National Gardening Week – the UK’s biggest annual celebration of gardening, organised by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) 26th April – 2nd May. We’ve all appreciated our green spaces during lockdown, and new research from an RHS study announced this week shows that gardening just two to […]

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Branching out: celebrating National Tree Week at the Science Oxford Centre

Tuesday 24th November 2020

Planting trees seems more important than ever under the current circumstances – a chance to create positive change. This year we have been funded by the Tree Council Branching Out Fund to plant 25 trees in the 15-acre woodland surrounding our Science Oxford Centre in Headington. These will be dug in by a group of […]

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Cats, Easter eggs and Rube Goldberg machines – deliver the Science Oxford Challenge

Friday 10th April 2020

We’re all facing new challenges at the moment, and looking for creative ways to bring fun and learning into the home during ‘lockdown’. So why not get your household and family together and take our Easter Science Oxford Challenge, for the chance to win a free family visit to the Science Oxford Centre, Exploration Zone and […]

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Explore our world with British Science Week

Friday 6th March 2020

British Science Week is officially here. The Science Oxford team is excited to bring hands-on science-inspired fun to over 5000 school children, families and adults across Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire over the next three weeks! The national celebration runs 6–15 March 2020 and champions science, technology, engineering and maths with the theme of ‘Our Diverse Planet.’ […]

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E-van trial creates a BUZZ

Wednesday 6th November 2019

Electric vehicle mavericks buzzEV are loaning one of their fleet of electric vans to our outreach team to assist in the delivery of our STEM outreach programme to primary schools across the region. London-based buzzEV offers electric cars and vans for rental to business, sporting and educational establishments across the UK. They’ll soon be providing […]

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The Future of Artificial Intelligence? with IF Oxford

Wednesday 23rd October 2019

Recently put on the map with the canonisation of Cardinal Newman, University Church again became the focus of attention last night with a discussion between Rt Revd Steven Croft, the Bishop of Oxford and Professor Luciano Floridi, hosted by Jory Fleming. The event was organised for IF Oxford – the science and ideas festival, of […]

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Countdown to Oxford’s science and ideas festival

Monday 14th October 2019

With only two weeks to go, we’re getting super-excited about the IF Oxford science and ideas festival, which we are delighted to support once again as associate partners. Amid a flurry of activity in the IF bunker, the countdown has begun for an inclusive science-tastic takeover of Oxford, featuring over 100 diverse events from 18-28 October 2019.  IF Oxford […]

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Badger project at Stansfeld Park wins University award

Tuesday 30th July 2019

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 do badgers respond to scents from other species? She received a Highly-Commended in the Early Career Researcher Category. Part of Tanesha’s research took place in […]

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Muir Gray celebrates 75 years and talks the Elixir of Life

Wednesday 26th June 2019

“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 ‘The Elixir of Life’  –holding court to a full house in the new Science Oxford Centre theatre. A clock was hastily provided, to the amusement […]

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Green For Go at Maker Club

Wednesday 26th June 2019

We sowed the seeds of sustainability for Oxford Green Week at this month’s Maker Clubs by upcycling and re-purposing single-use plastics to help our garden birds. Our young club members, aged 9-17, made bespoke and bonkers bird-feeders in all shapes and sizes! But the fun came with an important message about one planet living. Living […]

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Summer RoboCamp now open for booking

Wednesday 19th June 2019

These days, there’s a huge range activity options to keep most children entertained over the summer holidays –  tennis camps, immersive theatre workshops, outdoor games etc. Science Oxford is now adding to that list of options with its first ever publically-bookable RoboCamp. RoboCamp is a cybertastic experience week for children aged 10-13 who love robotics […]

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Make a difference for Oxford Green Week

Thursday 6th June 2019

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 summer festival that uses culture, creativity and community to inspire local people to take action against climate change in and around Oxford. It’s a celebration […]

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Following the scent – badger project comes to Stansfeld Park

Friday 24th May 2019

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 experience to carry my little pot of wee along the sparkling, clean corridors of our new offices and take part in clandestine ‘handover’ of said […]

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Science Poetry Competition for Oxfordshire’s young wordsmiths

Wednesday 3rd April 2019

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 for a chance to win some fantastic prizes. The winning poems plus runners-up will be performed at IF Oxford, the city’s science and ideas festival […]

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

Wednesday 20th March 2019

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 15 organisations nationally who will be delivering initiatives as part of the UK Association for Science and Discovery Centres and the Science Museum Group’s ‘Science […]

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New Science Oxford Centre one step closer

Friday 15th March 2019

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 revolving doors of the Science Oxford Centre and the adjoining Wood Centre for Innovation (WCFI) at Stansfeld Park in Headington. From September 2019, our Science […]

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Brexit to Beds in the NHS with Keith Willett

Tuesday 26th February 2019

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 NHS, to our latest Science on Your Doorstep event last week. Keith joined us at St Andrew’s School in Headington to talk about his career […]

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The new science of psychedelics

Friday 22nd February 2019

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 treatment-resistant depression as they take part in a groundbreaking clinical trial of psilocybin, the active psychedelic compound found in many species of wild mushroom. Wates’ […]

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FameLab-ulous week for science stars

Friday 15th February 2019

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 as part of the FameLab UK Oxford heats. FameLab UK, a science communication competition where contestants have just three minutes to talk about their area […]

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

Thursday 24th January 2019

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 talk about his latest book ORIGINS: How the Earth Made Us. Origins has been hugely well received and is this week’s ‘Book of the Week’ […]

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Tune In to Science Oxford for 2019

Friday 18th January 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 Can Be’ with razor-sharp topics picked from the 2019 Science Oxford events programme! This winter we’ll be tackling hot-off-the-press topical themes such as NHS reform […]

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What If? Our Top Picks for IF Oxford Science and Ideas festival

Saturday 15th September 2018

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 12-22 October 2018, IF promises a broad range of fascinating talks, shows and interactive activities that combine health, engineering and space with dance, hip-hop and […]

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