by UKSEDS
on 17th July 2014
in International, Opportunities, Projects
We just received this message from our Nottingham branch who got in touch to invite other UKSEDS branches to take part in a REXUS/BEXUS project. See our previous article on REXUS/BEXUS opportunities and read below to join a team: Dear all, We are a group of Engineering and Science students from the University of Nottingham […]
by UKSEDS
on 16th July 2014
in News, Opportunities
This is a routine shout-out to all branches wanting freshers packs for the next university term to support their stands during freshers week. We are designing new material including, flyers, posters and e-resources to be distributed to any UKSEDS branch that requires it. Email [email protected] before August 31st for more information on this.
by UKSEDS
on 16th July 2014
in Competition, Ecliptic, Events, International, News, Opportunities, Press releases
The first UKSEDS Kerbal Space Program Competition has now come to an end. [Warning Easter Egg Spoilers are listed in this article, don’t read if you haven’t attempted this challenge or want to find them on your own] The Scavenger Hunt Challenge required entrants to visit as many of the Kerbin’s closest moon ‘the Mun’, […]
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, […]
by UKSEDS
on 15th July 2014
in Careers, Ecliptic, Opportunities
As part of our efforts to build closer relationships with our alumni, we have created a short form here to gather some basic information. The purpose is to collect useful insights to help inspire students to support the growth of the UK Space Sector. We hope you will give as much information as possible in order to best inform our […]
by UKSEDS
on 15th July 2014
in Conference, Education, Events, Opportunities, Outreach
UKSEDS volunteers are needed to help our friends ‘I4IS’ at Loncon3 run their exhibition ‘The Interstellar Space’ Your space expertise is needed to help I4IS deliver their message ‘Knowledge to the Stars’ to the 7,000 plus people at Worldcon – and I4IS experts will be there to back you up. As part of our Outreach activities, […]
by UKSEDS
on 15th July 2014
in Opportunities, Outreach, Projects, XRT
Exeter Student Radio Telescope to be built at Caradon Observatory A team of intrepid students are set to herald a new era of astronomy at the University of Exeter after securing a special partnership with the South West’s newest observatory. The group, called eXeter Radio Telescope at Caradon (XRT-C), have teamed up with Caradon Observatory […]
by UKSEDS
on 15th July 2014
in Events, News, Opportunities
Interested in developing cubesats? Want to see how they are made? Following on from the success of the 2013 event, Surrey Space Centre (SSC) and AMSAT-UK invite CubeSat developers to bring their equipment to a ‘Bring Your Own Board’ (BYOB) workshop. Confirmed attendees include: ISIS (bring their new On Board Computer and transceivers), AMSAT-UK (new […]
by UKSEDS
on 14th July 2014
in Careers, News, Opportunities
The Institute of Space Policy and Law (ISPL) has announced that enrollment is now open for the 2014 Space Law and Policy Course. The prospectus can be found here. The Course will comprise lectures and interactive case studies. Participants will have access to the IALS Law Library during the course. Those considering a postgraduate degree […]
by UKSEDS
on 14th July 2014
in News, Opportunities, Projects
REXUS/BEXUS call for proposals The European Space Agency (ESA), in collaboration with the Swedish National Space Board (SNSB) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR), is currently accepting proposals for the eighth edition of the REXUS/BEXUS programme (Rocket and Balloon EXperiments for University Students)*. UKSEDS encourages its members and branches to take part. Past UKSEDS projects include: PoleCATS, Conceptual […]