news & events
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27/03/2012A physicist from the University of Oxford was named as the UK winner of FameLab 2012, the international competition to find the top new science communicator for the 21st century.
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13/01/2012FameLab UK names the 10 finalists who will compete at the UK Grand Final, to be held at the Royal Institution of March 21st, 2012.
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12/12/2011A plant scientist from Durham University has won the North West regional heat of FameLab UK 2012, the competition to find the new voices of science communication. Mags Pullen had just three minutes to pitch a complex scientific idea to the panel of judges, which included writer and comedian Timandra Harkness, Manchester Science Festival Director, Natalie Ireland and Trevor Cox, Professor of Acoustics at the University of Salford, broadcaster and previous FameLab finalist.
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01/12/2011A researcher from Bayswater in London has won the London Heat of FameLab UK 2012, a national competition to find new voices of science communication, which took place at King’s College London yesterday.
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22/11/2011A Chemical Physicist from the University of Glasgow has won the Scotland Heat of FameLab UK 2012, the competition to find the new voices of science communication.
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22/11/2011Andrew Steele, from Oxford, has beaten off ten competitors to win the Famelab South East Regional Final at Science Oxford Live. Andrew won the competition in just three minutes by wowing the judges about how human activity makes clouds whiter and whiter clouds are cooling our planet.
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17/11/2011Cheltenham Festivals (UK), NASA, and the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science (BMSIS) are pleased to announce a partnership to operate Cheltenham Festival's flagship science communication activity – FameLab® – within the USA for the first time. The competition will be held in the fields of astrobiology and planetary sciences, and is open to all scientists working in these diverse areas of research.
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15/11/2011A PhD student from Cardiff University has won the Wales Heat of FameLab 2012, the competition to find the new voices of science communication.
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11/10/2011Stand-up mathematician and FameLab Alumni, Matt Parker has won this year’s Joshua Phillips Award for Innovation in Science Engagement (Josh Award). Well known for his comedic maths routines and maths shows, Matt’s media work and innovative practices in promoting maths wowed the judging panel.
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10/10/2011A Chemist from the University of Hull has won the North East Regional Heat of FameLab 2012, the competition to find the new voices of science communication.
