Launching on 27 February, the Science Challenge encourages young scientists to present science in engaging ways to a general audience.
The RSCU is launching the Science Challenge, its annual science communication competition, on 27 February.
The Science Challenge, organised by the Royal College of Science Unions (RCSU), is launching on 27 February – inviting young scientists to communicate their interests to a non-specialist audience. The theme of this year’s competition is 'Destination: Unknown' and will tackle the search for science’s next steps.
There will be two categories: one for all Imperial College undergraduates, and one for school students in their last four years of secondary education. Entries are welcome from schools in the UK and internationally.
Entrants must produce a short piece of science communication in either written or video format, answering one of the four questions set by the competition’s guest judges.
The competition runs between 27 February and 17 April, and the awards ceremony will take place in late June 2023.
"The idea is to give anyone who doesn’t have established scientific career the opportunity to develop the skills to talk about science in a way that’s engaging, fun and interesting to people who don’t have their specialism," said Vanessa Madu, the RCSU Science Challenge Chair.
Students are invited to the RCSU's launch event on the 27 February, 18.30-20.00 in Huxley 340, South Kensington Campus, where they can learn more details about the competition.
This year's theme and questions were crafted by the competition's panel of four judges, three of which have been revealed. Professor Lord Robert Winston and Professor Kathy Sykes will be returning as judges for 2023's competition. Both scientists have worked as broadcast presenters on BBC programs, and have been heavily involved in scientific outreach.
Dr Tom Crawford, a mathematician from University of Oxford, will be a new judge this year. He has appeared several times in the popular mathematics Youtube channel Numberphile as one of their resident fluid dynamists.
Students can visit the Science Challenge website to learn more details, or follow the competition's Twitter and Instagram where the organisers will be posting details and science communication content in the lead-up to the launch.
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