A group representing the CMRI, consisting of Public Engagement Manager (and CMRI PhD alumni) Dr David Newman and current PGRs Jonathon Smith and Stuart Kendall, went to the Sidmouth Science Festival (Saturday 7th October) to present a series of outreach demonstrators introducing a variety of wave phenomena and wave-matter interactions. The demonstrators then led to […]
Category: Outreach
PGRs visit local Cheriton Bishop Primary School
A group of current PhD students (Hannah Barnard, Kyle Arnold, Charlie Patrickson, Valentin Haemmerli and Ben Scott) and recent graduates (Dean Patient, Joe Shields and Jonas Riisnaes) from the Centre for Metamaterial Research and Innovation recently visited a local Primary School to run their annual STEM day alongside members of the Exeter Photonics Society. […]
CDT PGRs at Sidmouth Science Festival
Sidmouth Science Festival is an event held every year in Sidmouth that aims to engage with public and inform them how STEM relates to the things we do every day. It aims specially to educate younger members of the public and inspire them to take up a career in STEM themselves. This year the festival […]
Pint of Science 2021
Pint of Science 2021 was slightly different to previous years. Normally, the events would be held in pubs across the country, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was moved to an online format. Over 30 UK cities organised almost 70 live online shows. This year, the city of Exeter hosted three shows: Our Bodies […]
Alumna Dr. Natalie Whitehead co-founds Exeter Science Centre
Congratulations to alumna Dr. Natalie Whitehead, who has been featured in the i newspaper for co-founding Exeter Science Centre with Dr Alice Mills, CEMPS Outreach Officer at University of Exeter. Their aim is to create an exemplary science discovery centre in Exeter. Over the coming years, the centre will have a number of voluntary […]
Hannah Barnard, Conor Price and Jonas Riisnaes in outreach visit to Ide Primary School
On the 13th February, second year PGRs Hannah Barnard, Conor Price and Jonas Riisnaes visited Ide Primary School, a local school in Exeter, to talk about what scientists and engineers do. Conor said: “The children have recently been learning about British engineer Isambard Brunel, and were interested to learn about what other scientists and engineers […]
Pint of Science Festival 2019
Last month Pint of Science returned to Exeter. Pint of Science is a worldwide science festival that takes place every year and brings researchers to your local pub to present their scientific discoveries. This year it was in over 24 countries in nearly 400 cities. In the UK there were over 600 events in 41 […]
Jess Brown @ Soap Box Science 2018
Jess Brown only started her PhD in 2017, but has been an incredibly engaged researcher with strong committment to sharing her passion and experiences beyond her immediate research project right from the start. She joined the XM² Student Advisory Group to represent her cohort together with her peer Emily Glover, and represented Exeter on the […]
Lighting up RAMM – XM2 PGRs in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum
On Saturday 21st July 2018 the CDT in Metamaterials PGRs set out to inspire the public in Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM). They joined forces with research colleagues from the University’s physics and engineering departments and an Irish artist to showcase interactive experiments, demonstrations and craft activities. Thanks to all of them for sharing […]
Our International Day of Light contribution at the University of Exeter – congratulations to the photo and poster prize winners and the fantastic organizer!
On 16 May 2018 the world saw the celebration of the first ever International Day of Light. The event was celebrated around the world with more than 500 events taking place in 87 countries to create awareness of the role of light plays in science, culture and art, education, and sustainable development, and in fields […]