{"id":894,"date":"2015-04-16T13:38:32","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T12:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/?p=894"},"modified":"2015-04-16T13:41:20","modified_gmt":"2015-04-16T12:41:20","slug":"science-communication-students-crowdfunding-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2015\/04\/16\/science-communication-students-crowdfunding-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Science communication student’s crowdfunding success"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chrysanthemums<\/em>, to be staged on Tuesday 21 April at 7.30pm, combines music from Monteverdi to Philip Glass with Argentine tango dancers. It is being produced by Jane Seaman, a part-time student in MSc in Science, Communication and Society<\/span><\/span><\/a>, with donations from two crowdfunding campaigns.<\/p>\n

Jane is fundraiser for The Mirabai Project, a not-for-profit collective of musicians, composers and performers, mostly from Kent, who stage innovative events to introduce audiences to new works by contemporary composers.<\/p>\n

Jane says: \u2018Being a new venture, funding was a challenge so I ran my first ever crowdfunding campaign, which was going well \u2013 until the crowdfunding platform we chose went bust eight days before we reached our target!<\/p>\n

\u2018So I tried again, this time with Ideas Tap, and thanks to amazing supporters we reached our target. The show will be mesmerising and a first for Kent.\u2019<\/p>\n

The School of Biosciences is delighted that its students make an impact beyond their academic study. For more information on the event see the university news page.<\/a><\/p>\n