Countdown to Oxford’s science and ideas festival 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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
Green For Go at Maker Club 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,… Read More
Summer RoboCamp now open for booking 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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
Saturday Clubs Back with a Splash Our popular Saturday Clubs for kids aged 5-17 are back with a colourful splash this January. From Pop-Up Coding to Kite Design, we’ve got a fantastic programme of workshops running… Read More
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… Read More
Coding competition celebrates Lovelace Day for aspiring Adas Aspiring Adas aged 9-15 can win a pair of free tickets to our popular Creative Computing Club ‘Rapid Robots’ (3 Nov) to celebrate the 10th annual Ada Lovelace Day in… Read More
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… Read More
How the future sounds – youth tech project is the new MyNormal From turning bananas into pianos to singing without a voice, the MyNormal: Accessible Instructments project launching this August is sure to be Off The Scale! Science Oxford is delighted to… Read More
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’… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
New Maker Club for 12-17 year olds launches this Easter Calling Young Makers, Crafters, Inventors and Designers! If you’re aged 12-17 and interested in opportunities to experiment with science and art, get creative and learn new skills, then why not… Read More
IF you can dream – Science & Ideas Festival launches schools poetry competition Science Oxford is proud to be supporting this year’s IF Oxford festival – formerly known as the Oxfordshire Science Festival – and the IF Oxfordshire schools poetry competition especially. The… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… 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
Astronaut and space travel record breaker coming to Oxford Coming to Oxford this November, Science Oxford will be beaming in Scott Kelly, retired astronaut and former commander of the International Space Station (ISS), who is the US record holder… 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
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
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
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
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
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
Getting tech savvy at family Science Clubs is not just for the kids! Blog by Jude Eades I don’t want this blog to read like an advertorial for Science Oxford but just so you know, the following paragraphs are basically me eulogising about our family programme. I’m… Read More
Makers and shakers – New creative science clubs for young people We’re excited to be launching a new range of weekend science workshops for older children in 2017 that aims to tap into their creativity and provide an opportunity for those… Read More
