Headteacher with a special link to Stansfeld Tuesday 16th July 2019 Andy Spooner is sitting on a stool in our Exploration Zone, keeping one eye on his Year 3 pupils who are zipping about between hands-on exhibits, while also trying to… Read More
New course will help teachers bring creativity and skills to science lessons Tuesday 2nd July 2019 If you’re a primary school teacher looking to develop creative and challenging science lessons which encourage children to use critical thinking skills, look no further. We’ve just launched the latest… Read More
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… Read More
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,… Read More
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… Read More
Summer at the Science Oxford Centre Friday 21st June 2019 Pack the brain cells, a tonne of enthusiasm and your wellies and head on up to our Science Oxford Centre for a series of family open days this summer. Rain… Read More
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… Read More
A uni-verse of talent at UK FameLab Final 2019 Monday 17th June 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… Read More
Oxford Student Storms FameLab national finals 2019 Friday 14th June 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… Read More
Students sample Biomedical STEM careers in Oxfordshire Monday 10th June 2019 Our World of Work programme aims to inspire and encourage young people to consider a career in STEM through giving them real life work experiences. In May, we took fifteen… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More