Recruiting for this year’s Soapbox Science is now well underway and you have until the 1st March to put in your application – what better way to take plant pathology to the masses than by standing on your soapbox and sharing your love of this fascinating microscopical world with anyone who stops to listen – a chance to inform, inspire or entertain the general public, boost your science communication experience and raise the profile of women in science.
There are more events than ever in 2019 – with 20 in the UK alone – and a simple online application procedure. Locations and dates are listed below but check out www.soapboxscience.org for the up-to-date list and to apply direct. You can apply to speak anywhere in the UK: your home town or where you are based now being the most obvious. It is a competitive process and local organisers will be in touch beyond the closing date with details of how the event will run in their town/city. GOOD LUCK!
Want to gain some general Science Communication training, then join us at MBPP in Norwich later this year …
UK LOCATIONS:
Aberdeen – May & September
Belfast- date tbc
Brighton- 1st June
Bristol- 20th July
Canterbury- 15th June
Cardiff- 1st June
Edinburgh- 8th June
Exeter- 29th June
Leicester- 1st June
London- 25th May
Milton Keynes- 29th June
Newcastle- 15t h June
Norwich- date tbc
Plymouth- June
Reading- 8th June
Sheffield- June/July
Stoke-on-Trent- 6th July
Swansea- June/July
York- June
International locations:
Argentina:
Tucumán- September
Australia:
Gold Coast- 17th August
Sydney- 10th August
Brazil:
Rio de Janeiro- 14th July
Canada:
Calgary- 1st June
Halifax- July
Ottawa- 14th September
Toronto- September
Waterloo- 9th June
Windsor- 22nd September
Germany:
Berlin- 22nd June
Munich- 1st June
Ghana:
Accra- 25th May
Ireland:
Dublin- July
Cork- June
Galway- July
Nigeria:
Lagos- date tbc
South Africa:
Cape Town- September
Sweden:
Umeå- 18th May
Uppsala- May
Tanzania:
Arusha- 8th August
USA:
Boulder- 7th April
Chicago- 13th July