There’s more to science than ridiculing fools
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An interesting article that raises the question, I think, of how well scientists understand media image or contextual analysis or cultural studies.
Category Archives: National
Scope editor update
In July Sally Miles and Silvia Piviali took on the Scope editorship from Laura Miles. Both Sally and Silvia have young children and agreed to job-share the workload.
Despite best intentions Silvia found the workload of a new-born and other family commitments left her little time for Scope tasks. Silvia has wisely asked to step away […]
National Science Week Feedback Event – Adelaide
Do you want to have a say about National Science Week in South Australia? Do you have feedback or suggestions from this year or a great idea for 2012 and beyond? Are you keen to meet others involved in science-related outreach? You are invited to a Planning Session on Monday 31 October at RiAus (The Science Exchange, […]
ASC National Conference 2012 – update
The conference will be at Sydney Masonic Centre from 27-29 February 2012. Here’s a quick overview on progress so far:
Opening keynote: Professor Ian Chubb, Australia’s Chief Scientist will open the conference and be the first plenary speaker.
Hail to the Chiefs: Several state Chief Scientists have accepted invitations to speak at the conference. We anticipate they […]
AGM in Perth, 30 November 2011
The WA branch of the ASC has agreed to host this year’s National AGM in Perth. The official announcement will be posted soon. We keep the AGM short and to the point, yet provide opportunities for some lively discussion.
The AGM will be followed by David Ellyard presenting his Science Quiz. Around 100 people enjoyed this […]
Learn the ropes – seeking an Assistant National Treasurer
David Ellyard is our long serving and excellent National Treasurer. To preserve his corporate knowledge and to plan for the future we will be inviting members to express interest in becoming Assistant National Treasurer. David will teach you the ropes of our financial procedures and build your financial acumen. This will be a good professional […]
Unsung Hero of Science Communication Award
For a number of years the ASC presented an award called the ‘Unsung Hero of Science’ to worthy recipients. This award acknowledged a scientist for their body of work that we felt wasn’t given the spotlight the work and the person deserved.
We last presented this award in 2007. As we prepared the background information to ask […]
Update: ASC conference 2012, 27-29 February, Sydney Masonic Centre
There has been a lot of behind the scenes development work on the upcoming ASC conference. The call for session producers has just been issued and I’ve previously announced that Professor Ian Chubb, Australia’s Chief Scientist, has agreed to open the conference and be our keynote speaker.
We have received acceptances from several state Chief Scientists […]
Visit to Adelaide for National Science Week 2011
The ASC South Australia branch, had a busy National Science Week. I missed their contribution to the launch event, but arrived in Adelaide in time to see Science Alive, the huge local Science Week event. I met a number of ASC members who were involved in exhibit stands and talks at this enormous undertaking, which […]
Member Profile: Dr Maia Sauren
Dr Maia Sauren
Victorian National Representative
As a stubborn six-year-old, Maia Sauren heard about the scariness of bees (‘your whole hand gets huge! and then they DIE!’), so she decided to find out for herself. She resolutely stalked a poor, helpless creature and poked it until it duly gave its life for science. As an adult, Maia […]