Royal Society
New Royal Society fellows named
It’s a science talkfest in Wellington at the moment as the Royal Society of New Zealand holds its AGM, its branches and Council meet and new fellows are welcomed into the fold. This year is interesting because the make-up of fellows shows the broadening of the Royal Society to include the humanities – hence names […]
MoreDescribing your research – soundbites from Auckland part 2
More researchers from the workshops at the University of Auckland describing their research in one to two sentences. These were the largest workshops yet so I came away with a huge number of slips of paper – not all of them are listed as a result, but this should give you a flavour of the […]
MoreDescribing your research – soundbites from Auckland part 1
The Emerging Researchers roadshow trucks on and more researchers who participated in my Communicating your Research workshop have come up with succinct ways of describing their science or research. Apologies to those in Palmerston North, I left your workshop exercises in Wellington while I was home briefly so will post them on my return. See […]
MoreLocal science TV show coming to Freeview platform
Apart from the excellent kids programme Lets Get Inventing, there hasn’t been a family-orientated science TV show commissioned in New Zealand for years. So it is great news that TVNZ has commissioned a show for the TVNZ7 channel available on Freeview and on Sky as well. I’ve spoken to several companies that have pitched ideas […]
More$66 million in Marsden Fund grants – what was funded?
The Marsden Fund, bolstered by a $9 million top-up in funding announced in this year’s Budget, today hands out a record sum of cash to researchers around the country. The full list of successful grants is available here. Check back here through the day for reaction and analysis from our Scibloggers and for further analysis […]
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PETER GRIFFIN 