Engineers: want to share your enthusiasm for your subject with others?
The British Science Association is dedicated to connecting science and engineering with people. To achieve this we run a wide range of schemes and events to help scientists, technologists and engineers engage with audiences of all ages. Read on to find out about some of the things you could get involved in.
National Science and Engineering Week is a coordinated nationwide grassroots celebration and discussion of all aspects of science, engineering and technology through local, regional and national events. It is aimed at public audiences at all levels, with a particular emphasis on young people and families.
There are many opportunities to get involved, from organising your own event, to contributing to one of the mass participation activities that we run.
Throughout the rest of the year, our local branches can offer further chances to engage with a wide variety of people, whether by participating in an event yourself, or as an audience member at one of your local events.
Our Media Fellowships will plunge you into the world of science journalism. The scheme is intended to create a greater awareness and understanding of the workings of the media among practising scientists, social scientists, clinicians and engineers. The Fellowships reflect our commitment to work with the media to build understanding between science and society. Placements with a national press, broadcast or internet journalist can last between 3 and 8 weeks. During that time Fellows learn to work within the conditions and constraints of the media to produce accurate and well informed pieces about developments in science.
There are many other schemes and events coordinated by the Science in Society team that can help you develop your communication skills as well as provide you with forums to discuss your work with the public. These include perspectives - a poster session with a difference that provides researchers who are at the beginning of their careers and funded by one of the UK research councils with the opportunity to develop their skills in discussing the social and ethical implications of their research.
If you already consider yourself to be a good science communicator then you could be one of our next Award Lecturers. Each year we honour five professional scientists or engineers in the early stages of their career who show outstanding skills in communication to a non-specialist audience. The recipients of this accolade are given the opportunity to present a prestigious Award Lecture at the British Science Festival.
Our annual Festival is one of the largest events of its kind in Europe, attracting over 350 speakers and thousands of visitors each year. If you'd like to do more than just attend an event, you could volunteer with one of 16 Scientific Sections and play a crucial role in developing the programme of events. It is an extremely rewarding experience, giving you responsibility over bringing areas of your discipline to the wider public, and exposing you to new ideas and developments within your own and other disciplines.
National Science and Engineering Week is a coordinated nationwide grassroots celebration and discussion of all aspects of science, engineering and technology through local, regional and national events. It is aimed at public audiences at all levels, with a particular emphasis on young people and families.
There are many opportunities to get involved, from organising your own event, to contributing to one of the mass participation activities that we run.
Throughout the rest of the year, our local branches can offer further chances to engage with a wide variety of people, whether by participating in an event yourself, or as an audience member at one of your local events.
Our Media Fellowships will plunge you into the world of science journalism. The scheme is intended to create a greater awareness and understanding of the workings of the media among practising scientists, social scientists, clinicians and engineers. The Fellowships reflect our commitment to work with the media to build understanding between science and society. Placements with a national press, broadcast or internet journalist can last between 3 and 8 weeks. During that time Fellows learn to work within the conditions and constraints of the media to produce accurate and well informed pieces about developments in science.
There are many other schemes and events coordinated by the Science in Society team that can help you develop your communication skills as well as provide you with forums to discuss your work with the public. These include perspectives - a poster session with a difference that provides researchers who are at the beginning of their careers and funded by one of the UK research councils with the opportunity to develop their skills in discussing the social and ethical implications of their research.
If you already consider yourself to be a good science communicator then you could be one of our next Award Lecturers. Each year we honour five professional scientists or engineers in the early stages of their career who show outstanding skills in communication to a non-specialist audience. The recipients of this accolade are given the opportunity to present a prestigious Award Lecture at the British Science Festival.
Our annual Festival is one of the largest events of its kind in Europe, attracting over 350 speakers and thousands of visitors each year. If you'd like to do more than just attend an event, you could volunteer with one of 16 Scientific Sections and play a crucial role in developing the programme of events. It is an extremely rewarding experience, giving you responsibility over bringing areas of your discipline to the wider public, and exposing you to new ideas and developments within your own and other disciplines.
