By Craig Cormick
Let’s do a little bit of short-term crystal ball gazing. (I have this wonderful glass ball crafted by a glass-blower – those most wonderful and near-extinct artisans). What is 2017 likely to bring and what impacts will it have on what we do in our work as science communicators?
According to groups like the […]
Thank you to Joan Leach for the President’s Update!
Welcome to 2017!
I hope ASC members are starting out 2017 on a high note. The end of last year brought a new report from the US on Science Communication—it’s available for download here. While ASC members will be well aware of the communication techniques it advocates, the […]
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is proud to offer the
Unsung Hero Award of Australian Science Communication
The award will be announced at the ASC Conference in Adelaide on 23 February 2017.
Nominations close at 5pm on Wednesday 8 February 2017.
ASC Unsung Hero Award 2016 Nomination Form – Entry PDF
ASC Unsung Hero Award 2016 Nomination Form – Entry WORD
The Unsung […]
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (‘ABC’) is Australia’s main national public broadcaster, providing television, radio, online and mobile services throughout metropolitan and regional Australia, as well as overseas through Radio Australia and Australia Plus.
Catalyst is the ABC’s flagship science television show. It showcases significant Australian and international science discoveries that have an impact on the broad […]
Thank you to Joan Leach for the President’s Update
Happy End, 2016!
2016 winds its wicked way to the end. Dickens to comes to mind: “it was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” The ‘best of times’ included the recent SCANZ conference in Dunedin. Despite an earthquake (!), the conference went ahead with […]
Now in its third year, we again had a number of high calibre applications submitted into our Grants Program. We only wish we could award everyone who applied and of course thank all those members who took the time to apply for the grants and internship on offer.
After a peer-review process, we are pleased to […]
Should it be ‘compare with’ or ‘compare to’? When do you use a pie graph? Is there a space between the number and the unit? Should it be ‘Earth’, or ‘the Earth’? Do you capitalise ‘government’?*
The answers to all these questions and more can now be found in the online Australian manual of scientific style […]
Thank you to Joan Leach for the President’s Update.
I’m writing this on the plane as I return from a work trip around China and am reflecting on the extraordinary interest in science communication currently emerging there. What I found were University presidents and organisations across China who want to learn from Australia about science communication […]
The ASC-Vic is announcing their end of year dinner and AGM.
Where: Lincoln Hotel, 91 Cardigan St Carlton
When: November 23rd, 2016 at 6pm for the AGM and 6:30pm for the dinner
What: ASC will buy you a free beer/wine for coming out to the AGM
We have tables reserved for ASC members to dine together and have a good […]