Title | Audience | Date | Audience Number |
Finding your way around the winter night sky | Public open evening talk at IoA, Cambridge | Dec | 120 |
Black Holes for beginners | Talk at the Year 10 Pupil Day at Herts University | Dec | 130 |
Talk and tour of IoA telescopes | Shepreth WI | Nov | 12 |
Talk and tour of IoA telescopes | Gateway Scouts | Nov | 25 |
The Science and Beauty of Nebulae | Institute of Physics lecture at Hertfordshire University | Nov | 200 |
The Planets | Yr3 pupils at Morley Memorial School, Cambridge | Nov | 55 |
The Invisible Universe | Presentation followed by live performance and discussion workshop with the artists Edward George and Anna Piva of Flowmotion, at the Dana Centre, Science Museum, London | Nov | 60 |
The Science and Beauty of Nebulae | Emmanuel College Society, Cambridge | Oct | ~70 |
The Science and Beauty of nebulae | Two Maths MOTIVATE videoconferences for KS4 students from John Kelly Girls' Technology College, London; Sholing Technology College, Southampton; Karachi High School, Pakistan | Oct & Nov | ~90 |
Messier and his catalogue | Talk at IoA public open evening | Oct | 120 |
Dark Energy | Two short presentations as part of the Invisible sound-art installation at IoA; along with the artists Edward George and Anna Piva of Flowmotion | Sep | ~60 |
Dark Energy and the ever-expanding Universe | Talk and tour of IoA for Cambridge University Alumni | Sep | 45 |
The Science and Beauty of Nebulae | Plenary lecture for Cambridge University Alumni Weekend | Sep | 180 |
Bubbling Black Holes | A series of short talks to secondary school students (12 a day for 2 days, each to 15-20 people) at the Physics@Work event at the Cavendish Laboratory | Sep | ~480 |
In/Visible | Two arts-science workshops for local KS3 pupils, run with Flow Motion artists Edward George and Anna Piva. Participating schools were Linton, Melbourn, Swavesey, and Bottisham Village Colleges and St Bede's School, Cambridge | Sep | 19,10 |
Cosmology for beginners | Workshop for yr 11 students attending the GEEMA Summer School, Cambridge | Aug | 45 |
Cosmology for beginners | Workshop and tour of IoA telescopes for yr 11 students on the AimHigher Summer School, Cambridge | July | 35 |
Exploring the Solar System | Talk and tour of IoA telescopes for yr 10/11 students from St Augustine's CE High School, London | July | 40 |
Comets and Asteroids | Talk and demonstration for yr 10/11 students at the Ousedale School Astronomy Conference, Newport Pagnell | July | 90 |
The Expanding Universe | Workshop and tour of IoA telescopes for yr 11 students from Woodford County High School for Girls | July | 6 |
The Science and Beauty of Nebulae | Eastbourne astronomical society | July | 40 |
Cosmology for beginners | Talk and tour of IoA telescopes for the Backchat Youth Project for the University Chaplaincy | July | 25 |
The Expanding Universe | Workshop for yr 12 students attending the University of Cambridge FE Summer school | July | 35 |
A beginner's guide to Cosmology | Workshop for yr 11 students attending the Emmanuel College Summer School | July | 25 |
Life in the Solar System | Talk and tour of IoA telescopes to yr 6 pupils from Great Abington Primary School | June | 18 |
Careers in Physics | 3 short talks at South Hampstead Girls School, London | June | 3 x 8 |
The Planets Talk and The Planet Factory | KS1 and KS2 pupils at Rendlesham Primary School, Suffolk | June | 120 |
Black Holes for Beginners | Two Maths MOTIVATE videoconferences for KS3 students from: Northolt High School, London; Exmouth Community College, Devon; John Kelly Girls Technical College, London; Wells Cathedral School, Somerset | June & July | 10,24,24,15 |
Life in the Solar System | Talk and tour of IoA telescopes to yr 5 pupils from Sancton Wood School, Cambridge | May | 12 |
An Introduction to the Solar System | Talk and tour of IoA telescopes to yr 3 pupils from Morley Memorial School, Cambridge | May | 66 |
The Planets | Two talks to children at the ACE Nursery, Cambridge | May | 40 |
The Planets | Talk and tour of the IoA telescopes for reception class children from King's College School, Cambridge | May | 20 |
X-ray Astronomy | Castle Point Astronomy Club | May | 45 |
An Introduction to Our Galaxy | Lecture in the IoA/CAA Introduction to Astronomy course, IoA Cambridge | May | 50 |
Cosmology for beginners | Talk and tour of IoA telescopes to KS4 students from Parkside Community College, Cambridge | May | 27 |
Careers in Science and Astronomy | KS3 Astronomy for Schools conference, IoA | April | 120 |
Careers in Science and Astronomy | KS4 Astronomy for Schools conference, IoA | April | 130 |
Clusters of Galaxies | Crayford Manor House Astronomical Society | March | 37 |
Peculiar Galaxies | Two talks to general public at the IoA open evening, as part of Cambridge Science Festival | Mar | 350-400 |
Careers in Science and Astronomy | KS5 Astronomy for Schools conference, IoA | Mar | 120 |
Sounds of the Universe | Talk as part of the IoA's Astronomy for the visually impaired afternoon as part of Cambridge Science Festival (With AC Fabian) | Mar | 20 |
Our place in the Universe | KS2 pupils at Over Primary School, Cambridgeshire | Mar | 140 |
Introduction to the planets | KS1 pupils at Great Abington Primary School as part of Cambridge Science Festival's Schools Roadshow | Mar | 30 |
Life in the Solar System | KS2 pupils at Cherry Hinton Community Junior School as part of Cambridge Science Festival's Schools Roadshow | Mar | 158 |
Life in the Solar System | KS2 pupils at Middlefield County Primary School, St Neot's as part of Cambridge Science Festival's Schools Roadshow | Mar | 120 |
Career talk | Royal Society New Research Fellows' Seminar | Mar | 50 |
Peculiar Galaxies | St Neot's astronomical society | Mar | 9 |
A career in astronomy | Institute of Physics Very Early Career Woman in Physics award ceremony, Institute of Physics, London | Feb | 60 |
Our place in the Universe | Two Maths MOTIVATE videoconferences for KS2 students from Ravensworth Junior School, Redcar; Shinewater Primary School, Eastbourne, Barrow Hill Primary School, London; and Karachi High School, Pakistan.
| Feb & Mar | 40,70,13,35 |
The Science and Beauty of Nebulae | Talk to the general public at the Norwich Forum | Feb | 65 |
Exploring the Solar System | A-level students attending the Conference for Physics, held by the Independent State Schools' Partnership; hosted by Merchant Taylor's School, Middlesex | Feb | 75 |
Comets and Asteroids in our Solar System | Talk and demonstration in the 'Experts in Action' series of lectures to secondary school students in the National Academy of Gifted and Talented Youth | Feb | 25 |
The Solar System | Three talks to the Reception, yr 1 and yr 2 pupils at King's School, Ely | Feb | 105 |
Cosmology for beginners | Four Maths MOTIVATE videoconferences continuing a year-long project with students aged 13-15 from Abersychan School and West Monmouth School, Torfaen; Whitchurch High School, Cardiff; Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari, Glamorgan | Feb, Mar, May & June | 80 |
Comets | IoA public open evening | Jan | 125 |
Fantastic and Fascinating Nebulae | Papworth Astronomical Society | Jan | 25 |