Each month Oriel Science Cafe invites a leading expert in their field to give a brief introductory talk followed by a friendly informal chat. You can sit back, relax with a drink in your hand and listen or get involved in the discussion and debate.
Climate Challenge: the facts and the effects
Professor Siwan Davies (Swansea University)
Wednesday 5th December at 7:30pm
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing humanity. In 2015 Prof. Siwan Davies, a Geographer and climate scientist from Swansea University, embarked on a journey to find out how climate change is already affecting communities around the world. From the heights of the Greenland ice sheet to the low-lying islands of the Maldives, Siwan’s experiences were featured in two TV documentary series produced by Elin Rhys and Telesgop for S4C and Sky Vision. In this Christmas lecture Siwan shares her experiences of leaving her research laboratory to find out more about the real-life impacts, actions and solutions to our climate challenge.
FameLab - Swansea Heats
(in association with Swansea University Public Engagement Forum)
Wednesday 30th January 2019
FameLab is the UK's biggest competition to discover new talent in the communication of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). Come along tonight and hear aspiring science communicators battle it out for a place in the Swansea heat!
FameLab - Wales Finale
(in association with Swansea University Public Engagement Forum)
Wednesday 27th February 2019
Oriel Science Cafe is delighted to again host the All-Wales final of FameLab, the UK's largest competition to discover the next big science communicator. The winner of tonight's competition goes to the UK-wide final, so come along and listen to our skilled presenters educate and entertain.
Oriel Science Café is committed to promoting public engagement with science and to making science accountable. This public lecture series has been running since 2005! Science Cafés are held in casual settings across the UK and further afield. They are informal and accessible and entry is entirely free. They usually start with a short talk from the speaker, usually a scientist or writer, followed by a quick break for glasses to be refilled and then half an hour or so of discussion afterwards. Previous topics have included dark matter, the common cold, Dr Who, the Big Bang and alternative therapies. The first Cafes Scientifiques in the UK were held in Leeds in 1998. From there cafés gradually spread across the country where you can meet regularly to hear scientists or writers on science talk about their work and discuss it with diverse audiences.
Oriel Science is Swansea University's science engagement project It's mission is to “Showcase Science in the Community”. Oriel Science built a pop-up exhibition centre in the city centre, runs school outreach events, exhibits in events across South Wales, organises special exhibitions in the National Waterfront Museum and ... runs the Oriel Scienc Café.
