{"id":1652,"date":"2021-03-03T15:27:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T15:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/?p=1652"},"modified":"2021-03-03T15:27:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T15:27:06","slug":"celebrate-british-science-week-with-stem-at-kent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/celebrate-british-science-week-with-stem-at-kent\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate British Science Week with Stem at Kent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishscienceweek.org\/\">British Science Week<\/a> (5-14 March 2021), the Divisions of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Science (CEMS) and Natural Sciences (NATS)will hold a series of online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/celebrate-british-science-week-with-a-series-of-events-across-stem-at-kent-tickets-143990125341\">public lectures<\/a>\u00a0from experts in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).<\/p>\n<p>The lectures, which are free and open for all, will cover topics from combatting fake news, to sustainable electronics and using gut bacteria to develop new health solutions. Delivered by Kent academics via Zoom, the short talks will provide insights into how their innovative research is shaping the future.<\/p>\n<p>The public lectures will take place on the following dates and times:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday 8 March<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>16:00 \u2013 17:00 \u2013 Innovating for the Future at Kent: The Fight against Online Misinformation and Fake News \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/computing\/people\/3103\/nurse-jason\">Dr Jason Nurse<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/computing\">School of Computing<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>17:00 \u2013 18:00 \u2013 Innovating for the Future at Kent: How to shrink your microscope \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/physical-sciences\/people\/463\">Dr\u00a0Mike Hughes<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/physical-sciences\">School of Physical Sciences<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday 9 March<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>16:00 \u2013 17:00 \u2013 Innovating for the Future at Kent: Taking a breath to find a pattern for health and performance \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/sport-sciences\/people\/333\/www.kent.ac.uk\/sport-sciences\/people\/333\/dickinson-john\">Professor John Dickinson<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/sport-sciences\">School of Sport and Exercise Sciences<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>17:00 \u2013 18:00 \u2013 Innovating for the Future at Kent: Solitons, Rogue waves and Tsunamis \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/mathematics-statistics-actuarial-science\/people\/404\/www.kent.ac.uk\/mathematics-statistics-actuarial-science\/people\/404\/clarkson-peter-a\">Professor\u00a0Peter Clarkson<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/mathematics-statistics-actuarial-science\">School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday 11 March<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>17:00 \u2013 18:00 \u2013 Innovating for the Future at Kent: Printing flexible batteries for sensors \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/physical-sciences\/people\/361\/www.kent.ac.uk\/physical-sciences\/people\/361\/alfredsson-maria\">Dr Maria Alfredsson\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/physical-sciences\">School of Physical Sciences<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday 12 March<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>16:00 \u2013 17:00\u00a0\u2013 Innovating for the Future at Kent: Using gut bacteria to develop new health solutions \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/people\/2081\/ezcurra-marina\">Dr\u00a0Marina Ezcurra<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\">School of Biosciences<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>17:00 \u2013 18:00\u00a0\u2013 Innovating for the Future at Kent: Can we really get Green Electronics? \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/engineering-digital-arts\/people\/826\/horne-robert\">Dr Robert Horne<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/engineering-digital-arts\">School of Engineering and Digital Arts<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>As well as the individual lectures, all academics will also participate in a panel discussion event between\u00a016:00-17:00 on Wednesday 10 March.<\/p>\n<p>Free tickets for the individual public lectures can be ordered on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/celebrate-british-science-week-with-a-series-of-events-across-stem-at-kent-tickets-143990125341\">Eventbrite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/celebrate-british-science-week-with-stem-at-kent\/&amp;t=Celebrate British Science Week with Stem at Kent' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Celebrate British Science Week with Stem at Kent%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/celebrate-british-science-week-with-stem-at-kent\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/celebrate-british-science-week-with-stem-at-kent\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/celebrate-british-science-week-with-stem-at-kent\/&amp;title=Celebrate British Science Week with Stem at Kent' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/celebrate-british-science-week-with-stem-at-kent\/&amp;title=Celebrate British Science Week with Stem at Kent' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For\u00a0British Science Week (5-14 March 2021), the Divisions of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Science (CEMS) and Natural Sciences (NATS)will hold a series of online public &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/celebrate-british-science-week-with-stem-at-kent\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55813,"featured_media":1653,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[94003,167586],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55813"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1652"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1654,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652\/revisions\/1654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}