by UKSEDS
    on 26th March 2015
    in Events, Outreach
    
                
                
 
 
                    BBC Stargazing Live took place on 20th March at the Leicester Race Course to coincide with the solar eclipse — one of the biggest space events with over 8000 people. ESA Astronaut Paolo Nespoli attended who spent a total of 174 days on The International Space Station and Paul Franklin, who was the Visual Effects […]
                 
                
    			   
             
            
                                                                            
            
            
                
                
                
    by UKSEDS
    on 25th March 2015
    in Events, Outreach
    
                
                
 
 
                    Sheffield SpaceSoc (ShefSEDS) teamed up with the Sheffield Astronomical Society to witness the spectacle of the eclipse through the clouds. A large crowd gathered at the sight of a range of telescopes and observing equipment, with a palpable sense of excitement as the event peaked at 9:33am. Adam Harris, President of Sheffield SpaceSoc said: It […]
                 
                
    			   
             
            
                                                                            
            
            
                
                
                
    by UKSEDS
    on 16th March 2015
    in Events, Outreach
    
                
                
 
 
                    UKSEDS attended Big Bang Fair 2015 — the largest celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths for young people in the UK — held this year 11-14 March at the NEC in Birmingham. Thousands of young people attend this annual event. Many thanks to the support of University of Birmingham AstroSoc and Leicester AstRoSoc members.
                 
                
    			   
             
            
                                                                            
            
            
                
                
                
    by UKSEDS
    on 21st February 2015
    in Events, Outreach
    
                
                
 
 
                    We were delighted to carry out outreach at the Brighton Science Festival on the 16th February 2015. The venue for this outreach was a pub called the Hope in Brighton. It was a new and amazing experience to do outreach in a local Brighton pub. We shared a venue with Jon London of Out of this World Learning. More information […]
                 
                
    			   
             
            
                                                                            
            
            
                
                
                
    by UKSEDS
    on 19th February 2015
    in Events, Outreach
    
                
                
 
 
                    UKSEDS have arranged amazing outreach opportunities at the following science festivals, space events and schools. We hope that these opportunities will provide great volunteering and social networking experiences to our members. We require 4-5 volunteers to help us with the following confirmed events in February and March. Travel expenses will be paid and each volunteer […]
                 
                
    			   
             
            
                                                                            
            
            
                
                
                
    by UKSEDS
    on 19th January 2015
    in Competition, Ecliptic, Education, Internal, News, Outreach, Press releases
    
                
                
 
 
                    The first ever contest allowing members of the public to NameExoWorlds begins its first round, offering the registered clubs and non-profit organisations, including UKSEDS, the chance to nominate their favourite systems to take through to the next rounds. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is organising a worldwide contest to give popular names to selected exoplanets […]
                 
                
    			   
             
            
                                                                            
            
            
                
                
                
    by UKSEDS
    on 16th January 2015
    in Branch Spotlight, Events, Outreach
    
                
                
 
 
                    by Lukasz Zapotoczny, StrathSEDS An Astronomy Day took place on the 29th of November in the National Museum of Flight in Edinburgh, and StrathSEDS were lucky enough to be invited along to host a stall. The event took place in the main hangar of the museum, and amongst the things on display was one of […]
                 
                
    			   
             
            
                                                                            
            
            
                
                
                
    by UKSEDS
    on 2nd September 2014
    in Events, Outreach
    
                
                
 
 
                    Help needed with robots, training astronauts and designing classrooms Technopop is a new festival celebrating science, technology, innovation and design in Stratford London. Beginning on 8 October, there will be four weeks of free workshops and events for everyone aged 6 – 19, their teachers and their families. We need volunteers to help make Technopop […]
                 
                
    			   
             
            
                                                                            
            
            
                
                
                
    by UKSEDS
    on 28th August 2014
    in Events, Outreach
    
                
                
 
 
                    Each September, the British Science Festival transforms a different UK city into a vibrant celebration of science, engineering and technology. This year’s Festival will take place in Birmingham, in partnership with the University of Birmingham, from 6 – 11 September 2014. A full programe can be downloaded here. UKSEDS members are asked to help set up on Sunday […]
                 
                
    			   
             
            
                                                                            
            
            
                
                
                
    by UKSEDS
    on 17th July 2014
    in Events, Outreach, Press releases
    
                
                
 
 
                    Aviation fans are getting excited as Farnborough International Airshow started earlier this week. The Airshow is one of the biggest air spectacles in the world. It attracts big-name aviation and technology companies and thousands of enthusiasts. UKSEDS will be present at a stall over the weekend, so why not pay us a visit?
                 
                
    			   
             
            
                                                                            
            
            
                
                
                
    by UKSEDS
    on 16th July 2014
    in Ecliptic, Education, Events, Opportunities, Outreach, Press releases
    
                
                
 
 
                    UKSEDS participated in the Big Bang Fairs and school festival. As a part of outreach programme, our stand for these events consists for space activities such as identifying meteorites from the earth rocks, display and description of our model rocket and telescope, space game called Space Invaders played using the keyboard interface created by SpaceGambit, […]