The Pint of Science festival is an international public engagement event that takes place over three days in May each year. Last year some 450 events took place across 26 cities in the UK including Canterbury and Medway. More than 1,000 scientists took to the stage in bars and pubs, sharing their research with members of the public.
A Pint of Science provides a unique platform for researchers to present, discuss and explore their work with their local community. It’s a fantastic opportunity to use your research to inform, explore and interact with a live audience.
Call for expressions of interest
Following a successful inaugural Kent festival last year (three sold-out events!), the Kent Pint of Science Team is co-ordinating the University’s festival for 2018. We plan to double the number of events to six adding Tonbridge to the line-up with Canterbury, and Medway.
We’ve already selected a number of pubs and are looking for expressions of interest from speakers, particularly Early Career Researchers and final year PhD students looking to develop their public engagement skills.
If you are interested, please email pintofscience@kent.ac.uk with the following details by 23.59 on Wednesday 31 January 2018:
- Your name and school
- A summary of your research (max 100 words)
- Your plan for an interactive session of 20-30 minutes (max 100 words)
- A short summary explaining how you plan to engage a live audience (max 100 words).
Kent’s Pint of Science Team will review the expressions and develop themes for each evening of the festival – for examples of past themes, see: https://pintofscience.co.uk and https://www.kent.ac.uk/publicengagement/current-projects/pint-of-science.html
The outcome will be announced by the end of January. A practice run will take place in the spring.
Please direct any questions to the Kent Pint of Science team c/o Dr Simon Scott at pintofscience@kent.ac.uk