Susan Kirk is a nationally published writer, with a degree in journalism and TAFE qualifications in horticulture. She has written for many different publications but lately writes extensively for Rural Press publications including Good Fruit and Vegetables and Australian Horticulture.
She wrote a number of the Taste booklets (Global Food and Wine) which showcased Australian produce […]
Thanks to Joe Hanson for posting his best science apps for iphone / ipod – for the science and technology obsessed – enjoy!
Best Science Apps for iPhone/iPad:
Space/Astronomy:
– NASA has a great free educational app where you can track spacecraft and learn about projects.
– GoSkyWatch, which is inexplicably free for the iPad only version (and a very underpriced $3.99 for iPhone/iPad compatible […]
Robyn Williams is a past president and life member of the ASC. He is a science journalist and presenter of Radio National’s Science Show (since 1975), Ockham’s Razor and In Conversation.
Robyn is as prominent on radio as he is on television, having narrated programs such as Nature of Australia, and Catalyst, and appeared on World […]
Cocktails in UTS’s new Great Hall? Café Scientific in a pub? Book Launch event of The Genome Generation? Pre-conference drinks with sci-comm up-and-comings?
Yes to all! The conference social calendar is now in place and we even offer a choice on the Tuesday evening.
First off is a relaxed pre-conference get-together at the Belgian Beer Café in […]
From Alison Leigh:
I didn’t grow up dreaming that one day I would be …. the Editorial Director of the World Congress of Science Producers. No such thing existed. Now it does and like the best things in life – it evolved.
I emigrated to Sydney from the UK in 1988 – bicentennial year; fully expecting my […]
Thanks to Craig Macaulay, CSIRO for contributing this article:
Once a year Australian atmospheric scientists gather for a research review centred on a real singing ‘canary’ – the Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Monitoring Station. The Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station was established in 1976 to monitor and study global atmospheric composition; the Bureau manages […]
The Australian Science Communicators, the peak professional group of people who make science accessible to diverse audiences, welcome the appointment of Senator Chris Evans as Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research and Greg Combet as Minister for Industry and Innovation.
“Minister Evans has an opportunity to encourage improving the communication of science in the […]
The ASC National Conference will be at Sydney Masonic Centre from 27-29 February 2012. The program is coming into shape and looks enticing. Here’s a quick overview (some sessions may change, not all are listed, and titles and details of sessions will be refined):
Day 1
Opening keynote: Professor Ian Chubb, Australia’s Chief Scientist will open […]
Special thanks to Sean Perera from ANU for this contribution.
SCREN is a network of science communication researchers and educators in Australia, and aims to enable members to take part in collaborative science communication research and share best practices in science communication training at tertiary institutions.
Inaugurated in June 2007 under the auspices of the Director of […]
Australian Science Communicators National Conference
http://2012conf.asc.asn.au/
Getting Science Where It’s Needed
February 27 to 29, 2012
Sydney Masonic Centre, Sydney
RESEARCH PAPERS
If you would like to tell us about your sci-comm research, please submit an abstract BY FRIDAY 2 DECEMBER 2011 (EXTENDED!!!). If you wish to submit an abstract for review by the research committee, you must also intend to register […]