Scicomm – Heidi R. Green

Gentle Science Communication: Bill Nye vs David Attenborough

I’ve been promising this blog post on gentle science communication for months now, so apologies that it has taken me so long to get round to writing. I first thought of writing about this topic when I was in Toronto as part of my WCMT Fellowship (that reminds me, applications for WCMT Fellowships 2020 are…
Book Review – Do Story: How to Tell Your Story So the World Listens by Bobette Buster

This is one of the books that I brought away with me whilst I’m out of the country exploring the concept of creative science communication. When you think about it, science communication is all about storytelling, and I figured this little book would be a quick way to get my brain into the habit of…
Peterborough STEM Festival – 13th October 2018

Today I was at Peterborough STEM Festival with Science On A Postcard – I know, I haven’t mentioned it at all, hence the late #Blogtober post. Yesterday I drove from Aberdeen to Northumberland to Doncaster, and then my boyfriend drove the last hour and a half to Peterborough. We were then up bright and early…
Living Near Peterborough and Have Some Free Time This Weekend?

What are you doing this weekend? If you’re stuck for ideas, come and see me at Peterborough STEM Festival! The STEM Festival in Peterborough is an event run completely by volunteers, and a passionate bunch they are too! This year the team have put together an incredible line up including: TV presenter Maddie Moate who …
5 Podcasts You Should Listen To This Month

About a month after I handed my thesis in, I bought a new car. It was a very exciting day – it’s the same car that I had before, but with 100,000 miles less on the clock, and the addition of a USB port that means I can listen to stuff on my phone, through…
What It’s like to Organise a Soapbox Science Event

If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you’ll know that I was a speaker at last year’s Soapbox Science event in Edinburgh – if you haven’t, then read the blog post here to find out how the event went, and what my experiences of talking about clinical trials on The Mound in the…
Academic Blogging – Why and How?

This afternoon I gave a talk about academic blogging for the University of Aberdeen’s Qualitative Research Network. I promised I’d share the slides from the session, so here they are (blogging about blogging.. #meta) Links to the various people/blogs/resources that I referenced during the talk: My Twitter: www.twitter.com/heidirgardner The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust: www.wcmt.org.uk Soph…
I’m Very, Very Excited About This

On January 25th I was in London for an interview – I briefly mentioned it in an earlier blog post but decided to skim over it in case it hadn’t gone as well as I’d hoped. On February 13th, after a fortnight of pacing the flat every time the postman was more than 3 seconds…
Book Review – Don’t Be SUCH A Scientist; Talking Substance in an Age of Style by Randy Olson

My last book review seemed to go down really well, so here’s another. Next up it’s, ‘Don’t Be SUCH A Scientist; Talking Substance in an Age of Style’ by Randy Olson. Spoiler alert – I absolutely loved this and it would be a perfect Christmas gift for one of those sciencey types that seem to…
Thoughts After UWE Bristol’s Science Communication Masterclass

This week I’ve been in Bristol for UWE’s Science Communication Masterclass, and some PhD work too. It’s been an absolute whirlwind of a week (and it’s only Thursday!), so I wanted to write a blog post including my thoughts on the masterclass. Over the next few weeks I plan to do a few more blog…