Category: public engagement

The School is encouraging staff and students to show off snippets of science on Twitter. Despite science events across the country being cancelled, including all … Read more

Dr Victoria Mason tells us more about the latest training session for PG students held within SPS. Before Christmas I had the pleasure of running … Read more

In honour of the first humans setting foot on the moon, this year’s Space School, held from Friday 2 to Sunday 4 August, had a … Read more

Background What sort of crater will an impact leave on a rocky or icy moon? At the University of Kent, we simulate such impact events … Read more

Dr Agata Rożek, Dr Helena J. Shepherd and Dr Emma McCabe enjoy a day of discussing their scientific passions with the public at Soapbox Science. … Read more

The citizen science project HOYS-CAPS (Hunting for Outbursting Young Stars with the Centre for Astrophysics and Planetary Science) is engaging with amateur astronomers to study … Read more

Three SPS postgrads have taken part in an exciting project bringing art and science together, commissioned by PhD Candidate from the School of Anthropology and Conservation, Laura … Read more

This is a very important year for Space: not only is it 50 years since the first human set foot on the moon, but it … Read more

The SPARK project From planning observations, data reduction and data processing, the participants took part in the full observational astronomy experience. Devised and run by … Read more

Dr Rob Barker from SPS, is leading a team researching the potential of cellulose – a natural polymer – to create “plastic-like” materials. In a … Read more