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Monthly Archives: February 2017

‘From Elephants to Uh-ohs’: Soapbox Science one year on

Posted on February 18, 2017 by create psy
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Soapbox Science may be just the platform you need to launch your academic career. Gill Hill looks back over her personal successes of the past year, since her appearance at Milton Keynes, and urges all female scientists to take the plunge.


About this time last year I noticed an announcement on the University of Buckingham‘s round-up email. It was a call for female scientists to take part in our local Soapbox Science event, to be held in Milton Keynes shopping centre in the summer of 2016. Although initially hesitant, I talked myself into applying, thinking it would be good for me to have to talk about my PhD research to a public audience.

One year on I thought I’d reflect on my Soapbox experience, in the hope of encouraging other female scientists to apply.

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Posted in Creativity Research, Public Engagement | Tagged Aha, Creativity, Females in Science, Gill Hill, Impact, Insight, Lyrics, Networking, Problem Solving, Puzzles, STEM, Uh-Oh | Leave a reply

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