The conference programme is now live, and includes games designer Tassos Stevens (Papa Sangre), Steve Benford from the Mixed Reality Lab, Judith Good and Hugo Critchley from University of Sussex, Alessandro Vinciarelli in Social Signal Processing, Tony Churnside from BBC Research & Development, funding consultants from AHRC and EPSRC, and many more. We are looking … Continue reading
My Research Records is broadcast on Radio Free Brighton, an internet-based community radio station located near Brighton station. The one hour show is designed for researchers to talk about their work and, between the discussion, play four pieces of music. The show is then broadcast and made available through mixcloud. The show gives you a chance to: Get your work … Continue reading
The BBC are holding a free training day for women who are very interested in appearing on television, radio and online as presenters. Email your CV and a couple of paragraphs on your USP… Continue reading
Did you know it’s Open Access Week? Several events are happening around campus, so come along to find out what it’s all about, and what it might mean to you as a researcher (you want to publish, right?). Researchers of all disciplines and career-stages welcome. Continue reading
Do you know someone who has promoted sound science and evidence? Nominate them for the John Maddox Prize for standing up for science. The John Maddox Prize will reward an individual who has promoted sound science and evidence on a matter of public interest. Its emphasis is on those who have faced difficulty or hostility in doing … Continue reading
Booking is now open for this workshop run by Josie Dixon. This session is suitable for doctoral researchers who are at least one year into their research, and research staff. Monday 16th July, Time: 9.30am-4.00pm The workshop is designed to help you develop the necessary skills for effectively communicating the significance of your research, particularly to … Continue reading
Thursday 10th May from 5.30-6.30 in Fulton 104: Meet the Brilliant Club! The Brilliant Club trains and pays doctoral researchers to deliver programmes of university-style tutorials to small groups of high performing pupils aged 13-18 who attend schools in low-participation areas and are from low-income backgrounds. They are looking to recruit doctoral researchers from Sussex … Continue reading
Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.[1] Karl Popper Arts research needs to change direction, to look outwards, and investigate the audience not the texts. It needs to link up with sociology and psychology and public health, and create a body of knowledge about what the arts actually do to people. … Continue reading
I get a lot of email circulars, and some of them are absolute gems, including this one: the Scientists in Society Newsletter from the British Science Association. This February newsletter contains loads of opportunities for public engagement, and all of them look like a great deal of fun. Rather than replicate the information here, I’ll … Continue reading
Another PG-organised conference, this time on the theme of Population Studies. Second Call for papers – PopFest 2012, Loughborough University – 21st-23rd June 2012 http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/gy/popfest/index.html PopFest is an annual population studies conference for postgraduate students organised by fellow postgraduates. To celebrate the 20th annual PopFest, the conference in 2012 will reflect on the past 20 … Continue reading
