[Academic] Fwd: Glasgow Science Festival 2025 - Proposals are open!

Paul Griffin paul.griffin at strath.ac.uk
Mon Dec 9 17:55:39 GMT 2024 

Hi all,

The deadline for applications to Glasgow Science Festival (GSF) is coming up soon. The event itself will run from 5th-15th June 2025. If anyone hasn’t come across GSF before, it is a city-wide event that highlights that Glasgow is a city steeped in science and that everyone should know more about this environment. Next year, 2025, marks the 850 birthday of Glasgow, and the theme is to celebrate all that is exciting about science the city.

We run a lot of really excellent research in this department that should be highlighted outside of this campus, and GSF should be one of the ways we regularly do this. There is huge flexibility on what we can do, but some options are to have stands at the weekend showcase in the Kelvingrove Museum, run an open-doors day in the department, science on the streets, … It doesn’t have to be a traditional activity either, and I know that some people in the past have been involved in creating poetry, opera, and dance to communicate their work.

A quick review and highlights of last year's event can be seen here -> https://youtu.be/CM9qrWRVfFg , and highlight numbers are in the attached image. The key point is that well over 100,000 participants from the general public got involved. The event is organised and run by a dedicated team, who do a very good job of taking care of admin and advertising, meaning less work on our side

If anyone is interested in running an activity or finding out more, then we will have a meeting on Thursday this week at 2pm in the postgrad reading room, JA8.24. I will bring mince pies. If you can’t make that then drop me an email. The application is relatively short but the deadline is Monday, 13th January.

Best,
Griff


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        Prof Paul F. Griffin
        Department of Physics
        University of Strathclyde
        Glasgow G4 0NG
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           email : paul.griffin at strath.ac.uk
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Glasgow Science Festival 2025: Proposals are now open
Glasgow Science Festival 2025 will run in venues across the City from Thurs 5th to Sun 15th June, with the theme ‘Glasgow Celebrates’. If you would like to be part of next year’s programme, we would love to hear your ideas.



We are delighted to announce that our proposals are now open, with a deadline of applying by the 13th Jan, 2025. You can submit a fully formed event/ activity or just an outline idea which we can help you to develop.  



More information on the festival and how to propose your idea can be found on our website.
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Not sure if GSF is for you? Or looking for inspiration? Come along to one of our online info sessions to find out more along with how to apply.



Tuesday 29th October 10-10:45am
Wednesday 20th November 2-2:45pm
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The Theme: Glasgow Celebrates
In 2025 the city of Glasgow turns 850 years old, the perfect excuse for a party! To mark the occasion, this year’s festival will run from the 5th to 15th June 2025 with the theme ‘Glasgow Celebrates’. We’re thinking party games, music and wanting to foster a feeling of excitement. Let’s explore the city’s culture, bring people together and share the best of research in a fun and informal way.



This theme is widely open to your interpretation but as a guide, we want to celebrate all things Glasgow. From the growth of the city to the importance of the River Clyde. We want to celebrate the amazing scientific research being done here along with the people from past and present who have made all this possible.
We are taking inspiration from the city coat of arms, which features an oak tree, robin, bell and two salmon, each with a ring in its mouth. Remembered by the poem:
Here's the tree that never grew, here’s the bird that never flew,
here’s the bell that never rang, here’s the fish that never swam.
We aren’t just celebrating Glasgow though. We warmly welcome colleagues from across Scotland and beyond, celebrating Scotland’s outstanding contribution to research, and the people behind it.



Our partners have a very broad research base, so as always, please don’t worry if you have a great idea that doesn’t fit with the theme. Not all our activities will, and we would still want to hear from you. We will continue to offer our online content ‘Science on the Sofa’ throughout June. GSF is a STEAMS festival, encompassing Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, Mathematics and Social Science. Proposals from all fields are very welcome.
A short video containing some highlights from the 2024 festival can be viewed on our YouTube channel
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