Outreach
I have undertaken various kinds of oureach and public engagement activity, working with different audiences and through different media.
Public talks
- Star formation
45 minute talk at Bayfordbury Observatory open day, January 2020
- Tour of the Solar System
15 minute planetarium show given at WOMAD festival, 2019
- How a star is born
30 minute talk to science-engaged public at Hemel Hempstead Old Town Hall as part of Space Week. (A PDF of this talk can be viewed here.)
- How a star is born
40 minute talk to school children aged 11-16 from East London Science School as part of Enrichment Fortnight. (See link above.)
Writing
I began writing science articles at 16 for my local Institute of Physics Branch Newsletter, and wrote a blog during my PhD to practice short-form writing. I have taken courses through the IoP on explaining complex ideas and have written articles explaining exciting new ddiscoveries in many fields of astronomy for amateur enthusiasts, published in Popular Astronomy, the members magazine for the UK's amateur astronomy society.
Other
I have also:
- Given a keynote presentation on the employability skills gained during an Astronomy degree to Undergraduate students.
- Supervised an international group of 16-18 year olds at an ESO Winter Astronomy Camp in the Italian Alps.
- Demonstrated observational techniques with an IR camera to the public at Cardiff Museum Astronomy event.
- Spoken to Rainbow and Brownies groups (girls aged 5-7 and 7-9, respectively) as part of "Girls can do Anything" career event.
- Organised a public protest in Cardiff as part of the worldwide March for Science movement, including liaising with police and Senedd security, publicising the event through social media, and setting up a concurrent STEM outreach fair at Techniquest Science Discovery Centre.
