by Andrew Maynard | May 25, 2010 | Education
As you’ll have realized from my post last week, I will be competing in I’m A Scientist, Get Me Out Of Here in in a couple of weeks’ time. I’m going to be attempting to capture the event from my perspective through a series of rather shorter,...
by Andrew Maynard | May 17, 2010 | Education, Engagement
I can’t sleep, I’m distracted, I keep breaking out in a cold sweat. And the reason? I have a deceptively simple question going my head – and I don’t know the answer! The question… well, I’ll come to that in a minute. I’d...
by Sophia Collins | Apr 13, 2010 | Communication, Education, Engagement, Guest Post
A guest blog by Sophia Collins, producer of the on-line teen science event “I’m a Scientist, Get me out of Here!” “itz hometime but we want to stay and ask questions” These are the words of a 14 year old student, at a school in inner-city...
by Andrew Maynard | Mar 24, 2010 | Communication, Education, Engagement
The website “I’m a Scientist – Get me out of here” should come with a government warning – something along the lines of “Visiting this site could seriously disrupt your professional, social and personal live while altering your...
by Andrew Maynard | Sep 13, 2009 | Education, Miscellaneous
I always thought mathematics at school was all about being taught a new language – one that helps us live in a culture built on numbers, enables scientists and engineers to understand and control the world we live in, and enriches us by revealing the underlying...
