Inspiring Australia Update: Redmap Australia launches 13 December 2012
Redmap started as a citizen fishers and divers science driven project in 2009 to map the distribution of fish species, and to track any changes, in the waters around Tasmania. Started by the University...
View ArticleASC branch events 2012
The ASC branches were again very active in 2012, holding 42 events across Australia. Members were able to attend all events for free or at substantial discounts. The pdf (link below) has information...
View ArticleInspiring Australia update: stirring up interest in engineering
Australia needs engineers but where will they come from? Inspiring Australia is looking for answers by funding programs which aim to attract the interest of Australian students. Here is an update about...
View ArticleInspiring Australia update: Nominations Open for 2013 Prime Minister’s Prizes...
The 2012 awards event for the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science was outstanding. A number of ASC members are involved with the Prizes and it would be good to hear their views on what the program...
View ArticleInspiring Australia update: Poo Power! is ready to light the world
The range of projects funded by Inspiring Australia’s Unlocking Australia’s Potential program is breathtaking, with a spread across animal, vegetable and mineral topics. Here’s news about one project...
View ArticleUpdate from the National President
From Rod Lamberts, ASC National President … The commencement of 2013 has been filled with a flurry of activity for me, most of which involves getting my head around the nuances of the presidential...
View ArticleInspiring Australia update: Science communication summit, 6-7 June 2013 at UNSW
Want to add your two cents to science communication? Inspiring Australia has announced a two day meeting where everyone’s contributions can add up to a big deposit for Australia’s science communication...
View ArticleFrom the President this month …
As 2013 starts to accelerate, I’m noticing that these are increasingly interesting times to be involved in the wide world of science communication. Doubly so if you’re a member of the ASC. In 2012 the...
View ArticleApply for new position: General Manager of the Australian Science Communicators
CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST You are invited to express your interest in appointment to the newly-created part-time position of General Manager of the Australian Science Communicators (ASC)....
View ArticleA new climate in Canberra
Thanks to Brigid Mullane for this opinion piece for Scope. Since Tony Abbott announced his new cabinet in September, much has been made of the absence of the word ‘science’ in any minister’s title. Ian...
View ArticleThe ASC and Inspiring Australia: working with the national strategy for...
The Australian Science Communicators continues to be an active partner in the Inspiring Australia strategy. We are a member of the Science Sector Group, which provides national leadership and coherent...
View ArticleInspiring Australia Update: Tasmania’s Sarah Bayne On Selling Science In Our...
Distant land with whole-hearted engagement – meet Tasmania’s Inspiring Australia officer, Sarah Bayne. There’s a lot of science in Tasmania, and Sarah Bayne tries to cover it all People come to science...
View ArticleInspiring Australia Update: Crowdsourcing Citizens For International Astronomy
Gemma and her home-made comet starred in Astrofest tweets from former WA Chief Scientist Professor Lyn Beazley (@ChiefSci_WA) There’s a lot of space and a lot of things in space out there – which means...
View ArticleInspiring Australia update: Country kids communicating with art and science
Digital photography and solar prints of leaves and other found objects are just some of the ways community participation is being encouraged through storytelling technology. Creative photography at the...
View ArticleInspiring Australia update: Millions of science fans can’t be wrong
Hit Australian science news service ScienceAlert approaches six million fans. It started in 2005 as a humble website, but the Canberra-based ScienceAlert is now a social media superstar, having reached...
View ArticlePresident’s Update
Thank you to Joan Leach for the President’s Update. Save the date! 11 March 2016 I’m very pleased to announce that the next ASC conference will be in Brisbane in March 2016. We have tried to tie in our...
View ArticlePresident’s update
Thanks to Joan Leach for the update. The Conference is just about now! I spent a very productive hour this week listening to the new Chief Scientist, Dr Alan Finkel, AO, give his maiden speech at the...
View ArticleSharing amazing science stories at FameLab 2016
Thank you to Sarah Lau for the post. I recently had the honour of MCing the WA semi-final of FameLab 2016 at the WA Maritime Museum in Fremantle. FameLab sees early career researchers share their...
View ArticleASC Constitution, 2015 Special General Meeting and 2015 AGM
The ASC Constitution was reviewed and adopted at a Special General Meeting in Canberra on 18 November 2015. The Constitution is available here. The minutes from the Special General Meeting are...
View ArticleNew global science of learning website launches
International publishing group Nature Research has launched a global online community dedicated to improving knowledge on the science of learning, in partnership with The University of Queensland. The...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....