Earlier in the year I won a grant from the Australian Science Communicators to fly down to Sydney, and spend some time with the ScienceAlert team.
ScienceAlert has over seven million fans on Facebook. They have over 1000 views at any one time on their website. They are one of the leading science communication channels in […]
When: March 11, 2016
Where: Room Three Sixty, Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point, Brisbane QLD
A huge thank you to all those who took the time to respond to the conference planning email sent to members in August this year. Your views were very supportive of a March 2016 conference, along with a longer term view to planning […]
Jaclyn Drake meeting some scaly critters
I am very appreciative of the Australian Science Communicators for considering me for the Professional Development Grant 2015. The scholarship allowed me to attend the 64th conference of the Australian Science Teachers Association (CONASTA 64), ‘Science: a Kaleidoscope of Wonder and Opportunity.’ As a country high school science teacher I […]
ASC—its future
Conference! Brisbane, 11 March 2016
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Executive Summary
Australian Science Communicators is the national forum for science communicators and science journalists. We are independent from government and run by members, for members.
Going forwards, our mission is to:
Better support our national network of science communicators and science journalists […]
Written by Paula Lourie.
At the 21st AGM of the Australian Science Communicators on November 19 2015 in Canberra, Professor Joan Leach was confirmed as 2016 President. This is Joan’s third year as President.
The 2016 National Executive is:
President: Professor Joan Leach (ACT)
Vice President: Bianca Nogrady (NSW)
Vice President: Niall Byrne (VIC)
Secretary: Sarah Lau (WA)
Treasurer: Pete Wheeler (WA)
Executive Officer: […]
Come join ASC Victoria for our last hurrah of 2015 as we celebrate with our AGM followed by some of the best science stories of the year at the Laborastory.
The Laborastory brings together five scientists from different fields to tell the remarkable stories of the heroes of their field. Each story is just ten short […]
Reminder – the ASC AGM is coming up (Canberra, 19 November 2015) and a Special General Meeting (Canberra, 18 November 2015).
Please see below for event details. If you can’t make it in person, please nominate a proxy:
Download and complete the proxy form, and ensure a copy of this form is with your proxy to take […]
“Houston, we have a problem.” This line from Ron Howard’s fiction film about the Apollo 13 space accident needs no introduction. In reality, however, astronaut Jim Lovell made a slightly different report to NASA Mission Control on April 13, 1970: “Houston, we’ve had a problem.”
So did Hollywood get it wrong? The line in the film is not […]
Are you a science journalist or a science communicator?
For people outside the science communication sphere, this question might seem like an exercise in splitting hairs, but for those of us whose day-to-day lives are embedded in this arena, it’s actually quite important.
However it can be difficult to find clear, unassailable points of distinction that distinguish […]
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 next meeting with the World Festival of Science so that our members who are involved can make their […]