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Anneliese Dodds MP visits the Science Oxford Centre
Monday 28th September 2020
Anneliese Dodds MP took time out to visit our Science Oxford Centre recently with her daughter for one of our Family Open Days. During the week, the Centre is open for school visits but every other Saturday we welcome families to our Family Open Days, where they can try the hands-on exhibits in the Exploration Zone […]
Celebrating 30 years of science magic
Tuesday 15th September 2020
This October we mark the 30-year anniversary of CuriOXity, our very first science centre, which opened to the public in the Old Fire Station, George Street in 1990. To celebrate three decades of science magic, families are invited to join us for a special Family Open Day at the Science Oxford Centre on Saturday 3rd October. […]
Science Oxford programmes re-open for schools
Wednesday 9th September 2020
With the start of the new academic year, we are pleased to announce that we are now re-opening all our programmes for schools across Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Over the summer we’ve reviewed the opening of the Science Oxford Centre as well as all our activities to ensure that they are COVID-secure and include appropriate precautions […]
Science Oxford contest challenges children to experiment
Tuesday 28th July 2020
Big Science Event at Home winners in the Oxford Mail
OxSource supporting Science Oxford’s STEM Careers Programme
Monday 27th July 2020
We are pleased to say that local recruitment company OxSource is supporting our STEM Careers programme this year. OxSource a young, dynamic Oxford-based technology recruitment agency. Their STEM graduate programme started in January before the effects of Covid-19 were known but it is an added incentive for John Chapman and his team to assist this […]
STEM Club Workshops
Wednesday 22nd July 2020
As part of a national programme supported by the Gatsby Foundation, Science Oxford is delighted to be working with Oxfordshire Science Learning Partnership to deliver free workshops for science teachers to grow STEM Club provision in state-maintained secondary schools. The workshops will offer guidance and support for teachers to start new, or improve existing, STEM […]
Winners of the Big Science Event at Home announced!
Monday 20th July 2020
Our panel of science-friendly judges have now selected the winners of Science Oxford’s first Big Science Event at Home competition. We’d like to give a big virtual applaud to our winners brother and sister Leah and Harry Gould (ages 9 and 10) and their guinea pigs, Snowy and Toffee, who investigated “Which maze will […]
Experiment with Kitchen Science
Wednesday 24th June 2020
Have you’ve been inspired by our Big Science Event at home? Are you’re looking for investigation ideas for all the family? How about some fun kitchen science? From baking cakes to melting chocolate, our Science Oxford furloughed team have kept busy with projects at home. Head of all things tech, our Technology Projects Officer Sarah […]
Big Science Event at Home keeps Oxfordshire children learning on lockdown
Wednesday 17th June 2020
The Big Science Event at home in the Oxford Mail
Science Oxford supports Science Centres for our Future Campaign
Tuesday 2nd June 2020
Science Oxford joins over 40 members of the UK Association for Science and Discovery Centres’ (ASDC) nationwide campaign to call for Government to set up an Emergency Resilience Fund to support our world-class network of regional science centres. The campaign is being supported by some of the UK’s leading science advocates – including Professor Alice […]
Science Oxford’s Bridget Holligan wins Beetlestone Award
Monday 1st June 2020
Our very own Head of Education and Engagement, Bridget Holligan has been awarded the 2020 Beetlestone Award for informal learning in science. She talks about her 27 years of involvement in science education, working for Science Oxford and what it means to win the award. Curioxity… For the first 15 years of my career in […]
Summer science outdoors – top 5 things to do for families
Thursday 21st May 2020
It feels like summer is almost here! The sun is shining and the flowers are coming into bloom in our woodland at Stansfeld Park. As lockdown eases, it’s time to get outdoors and spend more time in your local park, going on walks or messing around in your garden at home. We’ve been looking out […]