Science Communication Unit (SCU)

Last month on a hot afternoon I presented at my first external conference – Nature Connections 2025 hosted by the University of Derby Nature Connectedness research group. My presentation was held in the beautiful Electric Daisy gardens. This was my first presentation as a PhD researcher and was the perfect platform to share my research, … Continue reading "Nature Connectedness 2025 – Presenting PhD research"

In April 2025 I travelled to Germany for my MRes project, research I am undertaking as part of the UWE Science Communication Unit. There I explored both interdisciplinary practice as a whole and more specifically, scientist’s personal experiences of Science-Art collaborations, which will in turn, inform my research project. I’ve had an interest in Science … Continue reading "Science Communication, Speculation and Schnitzels: Exploring Science-Art Collaborations in Stuttgart and Berlin"

In May 2025 ten members of the Science Communication Unit (SCU) headed to Aberdeen, Scotland for the bi-annual Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference (PCST). PCST is an organisation that promotes discussion on the theory and practice of communicating science, and of public discourses about science and technology and their role in society. Every … Continue reading "The Science Communication Unit, UWE Bristol contributes to PCST 2025"

Wildscreen’s Science in Storytelling event this March opened with the “Artificial Intelligence: An Altruist’s Guide” panel. Given the heated conversations taking place in production houses across Bristol, and beyond, there was nowhere else to start. Bristol is famously celebrated as “Green Hollywood”, being home to a number of production companies, the Wildscreen Festival and, of … Continue reading "AI in storytelling: Telling authentic stories?"

I was always curious to know what a sabbatical visit to another university would be like. I thought about it multiple times during my undergraduate and Masters degrees, but for one reason or another it never felt right. When I finished my Masters, I regretted that deeply because I thought I would never have that … Continue reading "An autumn sabbatical visit to the Science Communication Unit"

Laura Hobbs and Sarah Behenna In 2020, the long-running Science Hunters programme launched Building to Break Barriers, an engagement project to support children from under-represented groups to explore engineering through Minecraft. Science Hunters has a well-established history of communicating environmental sciences through the popular computer game, and this was its first large project focusing specifically … Continue reading "Exploring engineering and sustainability through Minecraft: Science Hunters resources"

Forensic science has always fascinated me—from DNA analysis, fingerprinting to blood spatter patterns. So when the chance to collaborate with the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science and the University of Dundee for my Master’s thesis came along, I jumped at the opportunity. Forensic science is undeniably complex. It’s one thing to watch a TV … Continue reading "From crime scenes to comic strips: exploring forensic science communication"

As a child, I was fascinated by the world around me and knew from a young age that I was interested in science. Studying Biology for my BSc at the University of Sheffield introduced me to the complexity and beautiful diversity of the world’s ecosystems. I loved absorbing this fascinating information but had no desire … Continue reading "Bees and brownfields: My journey from Science Communication to PhD research"