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Oxford champion will go to FameLab UK final
Tuesday 10th March 2020
We celebrated the launch of British Science Week with the Oxford FameLab Regional Final 2020 at our new Science Oxford Centre Theatre at Stansfeld Park. Our eight brave and brilliant finalists battled it out on stage but it was Maria Violaris who won the day and was crowned the queen of science chatter! With just […]
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.’ […]
Science Oxford’s STEM Insight Week: A first byte into big data
Monday 2nd March 2020
In February, the Science Oxford team ran a STEM Insight Week on Computing and Coding for fifteen Year 10 students from schools across Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. The idea of our Insight Week is to give young people the opportunity to hear about the science relating to particular businesses and the career opportunities available. One of […]
FameLab back with a Bang – Oxford’s battle of the brains begins
Monday 17th February 2020
This February, we put science centre-stage and hosted FameLab UK’s first round of Oxford heats, where sci-curious stars of the future battle it out for a place in the nation’s favourite science competition, in partnership with Cheltenham Festival. With the help of makeshift props and witty bants, thirteen contestants had just three minutes to entertain […]
Hands-on science activities and exhibits this half term
Thursday 13th February 2020
Science Oxford Centre 2020 in the Oxford Mail
Science Oxford Centre trialling post-visit activities for schools
Monday 10th February 2020
The Science Oxford Centre (SOC) team is currently trialling a series of post-visit activities for teachers to try out at school. Teachers have many calls on their time and we recognise that any resources we create need to be clear and easy-to-use. To this end, we have developed a set of five activities: the idea […]
Getting brains buzzing for February half term
Monday 10th February 2020
Looking for something different for February half term? Look no further, as Science Oxford offers a fabulously fun programme of events for children and families to get budding brains buzzing! Did Humpty Dumpty fall, or was he pushed? We’re calling all super sleuths to crack unsolved cases CSI-style at Saturday Science Club in Nursery Rhyme […]
See the World Differently Bookmark Design Competition for World Book Day
Tuesday 4th February 2020
See the world differently this half term and enter our Family Open Day Bookmark Design Competition for World Book Day! We are looking for colourful and imaginative designs of pairs of eyes to represent animals, insects and creatures of the woodland at Stansfeld Park. Our favourite designs will be printed as bookmarks to celebrate World […]
Science Oxford Employer Awards 2019 Announced
Friday 17th January 2020
Would your business or organisation be able to inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers, doctors, programmers, technicians or researchers? We work with some amazing businesses and we are pleased to recognise their contribution to our STEM World of Work Programme. Science Oxford’s STEM Careers Programme offers a range of engaging activities for secondary school students […]
STEM INSIGHT WEEK NOW OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS
Thursday 16th January 2020
We are excited to announce that our STEM Insight Week 17th- 21st February is now open for applications from secondary schools in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. This week’s programme is aimed at providing Yr10 students with an in-depth experience of the types of careers available in coding and computing by visiting various organisations and companies in the […]
Science Oxford Centre now open for bookings for summer term
Tuesday 14th January 2020
With visits from over 1200 pupils from 21 schools and fabulous reviews from both children and teachers, the Science Oxford Centre is now taking school bookings for the summer term. In the spring and summer months the 15-acre woodland surrounding the Centre really comes into its own. As well as sessions in our Exploration Zone, […]
Playforce donates generous prizes for our Big Science Event 2020
Wednesday 18th December 2019
Playground experts, Playforce are kindly donating generous prizes to the winners of our 2020 Big Science Event competition for primary school pupils. The winning schools in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire will each receive a £1000 voucher to install playground equipment of their choice. How good is that? With 20 years of experiences and 8844 playgrounds under […]