@jamesromero
Public Engagement Manager Imperial College London - #ImperialLates and #sciart 'Great Exhibition Road Festival' organiser. Also writes about planets and geology and other stuff. #Scicomm + music geek. https://bsky.app/profile/jamesromero.bsky.social
The stuff that's on for the NI Science Festival is brilliant, including @profaliceroberts.bsky.social
Currently working out how not to bankrupt myself buying tickets for things
nisciencefestival.com/events/?ct=t...)
Ten years ago, Luke O’Nien was playing for Wealdstone. Tonight he made his Premier League debut at Anfield. How the mighty have fallen.
600+ visitors through the front door in three hours for last month’s Time-themed #ImperialLates.
Together they enjoyed talks on the early universe, demos of atomic clocks & workshops making time-warping black hole Christmas decorations with our theoretical physicists and the wonderful PomegranART
The British Science Festival needs you!
Our Open Call for #BSF26 with @unisouthampton.bsky.social is now LIVE.
You don't need to be a scientist or linked to Southampton - anyone can propose.
Find out more and send us your event ideas here:
www.britishscienceassociation.org/open-call
"The gold standard of an engagement project’s impact is whatever is intrinsically most beneficial to the project, the people involved in it, and the communities it is hoping to impact...."
Yesterday's annual Engagement Day at Imperial was full of inspiring ideas and practical advice
Come hear us talk about the first moments in the history of the Universe, part of Imperial Lates at Imperial College in South Kensington, London.
🎤 Are you an early career researcher passionate about communicating with the wider public? Applications for the 2026 British Science Festival Award Lectures are now open!
Next year's Festival is in Southampton, 16-20 Sept.
Find out more and apply >
www.britishscienceassociation.org/award-lectures
As we near the end of International Year of Quantum, we're wrapping up the celebrations with a Time-themed #ImperialLates – packed with quantum-fun!
The centre piece of our Quantum Time Zone will be Resonating Possibilities' from Studio Above&Below – an art piece inspired by quantum clocks
An Exciting, Inclusive Day of Exploration and Learning Awaits at the Deaf Art Science Festival
https://www.byteseu.com/1525994/
Published on November 9, 2025 Melbourne is set to host a truly unique and vibrant celebration of creativity, science, and culture, all with a focus on inclusivity, at …
I think Ive posted before about dance and movement as a science storytelling and engagement device for public audiences.
There was some great examples at last week's Diwali celebrating Light themed #ImperialLates - captured by the ever brilliant Brendan Foster
Never get tired of seeing these giant solar system sculptures in beautiful cathedrals. Something about the shape and ligthting of the building frames them really nicely
We're pleased to be part of the Festival of Social Science!
The festival explores the world of social science, from how society has shaped our local areas to behaviours that help fight climate change.
Sign up to the UCL events: bit.ly/3Yab00X
Browse the rest of the festival events: bit.ly/3kCUfXb
Oooooh - thats a nice poster
Has a group of people ever had more fun learning about star formation than these people? I doubt it
A real highlight of last night's light-themed #ImperialLates celebrating Diwali 🪔
Vinay Jobanputra, the creator of Bollyqueer, collaborated with Matthaus Schullik from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social's Astrophysics Group to create a dance class that explored the four stages of star formation ⭐
Two experiments involving Imperial scientists have created the world's most precise measurement of the difference between the mass of two types of #neutrino
Read more here ⬇️
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/270453/...
Lovely
Sunday at @newscientist.com live with the family:
- Coding lunar rovers with the National Space Centre
- Detecting cosmic rays with the Boulby Underground Lab
- Enjoying Christopher Jackson's beautiful layered cakes of seismic reflection
- Learning vertical farming with the John Innes Centre
Promotional image by the Royal Society of Chemistry featuring colorful fireworks labeled with chemical elements like Strontium, Copper, Sodium, Barium, Calcium, Aluminum, and Magnesium. Text states "Chemistry is full of wonder. Watch science light up the sky this Diwali. Enjoy the celebrations!"
💫 Celebrate the festival of lights safely, and let the chemistry of joy shine bright!
Wishing you and your loved ones a very Happy Diwali filled with love, light, and laughter. #RSCIndia #ChemSky #Diwali2025
No one ever wants an #ImperialLates to end, but at the close of next week's event, you'll be treated to a beautiful Bollywood dance by Imperial Indian Society to celebrate Diwali, the festival of light!
🎟️: ow.ly/kJ3W50X9Krw
Stuck for weekend plans? Why not visit The Festival of Social Science!
The festival kicks off this weekend and will be exploring and celebrating the world of social science.
📅 18 Oct - 8 Nov
🎟️ Free entry
📍 Across the UK and online
🔗 Find an event for you: festivalofsocialscience.com
Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.
Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
Back in June we were back on the Oxfordshire “dinosaur highway”, excavating more dinosaur tracks with our teams from the Universities of Birmingham, Oxford & Liverpool John Moores. The BBC have a story out today about our work at the site:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
This is amazing!
🎪 Great Exhibition Road Festival 2026 opens for ideas! 🎪
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social teams can today propose activities for our celebration of art, science, & innovation
📩 Submit proposals lnkd.in/evbJfwNE
📚 Guidance lnkd.in/eYt6nA6T
💡 Advice sessions lnkd.in/e8HdfmCC
☕ 1-2-1s lnkd.in/eqx5ChZv
Heads up all Imperial staff and students!!
Next Wednesday we will launch 🚀 the proposals process for teams interested in taking part in @ExRdFestival 2026 🎪
More details to follow......
I think it means Earth is about to vomit because it's literally sick of us.
Two female dancers in huge beautiful birds' wings and colourful makeup bow facing each other on the steps of a large Cathedral, a tapestry depicting birds hanging in the background
A female dancer looks to the ceiling, her one bird wing in front of her and the other raised. She is East Asian with black hair, orange makeup. Light shines through the cathedral's stained glass behind.
These images by Tommy Wong of dance company Movema at Liverpool Cathedral during the British Science Festival are too beautiful to just keep to Instagram. But join us on there for more!
In the background, artwork by Maria Loizidou 🕊️
Taking Flight was programmed with Liverpool Biennial 🪶
#BSF25
The soon-to-be confirmed, single-day programme has been pulled together by the wonderful Charlotte Coales Amy Seakins & Grace Blissett - and will involve panel discussions, lightning talks & ‘deep dives’ all exploring how engagement can create lasting impacts
Capacity is limited so get signed up!
🚨 Date confirmed for Imperial's Engagement Day 26! 🚨
If you're academic or professional services Imperial staff Imperial with an interest in societal engagement - this is for you!
📆 26/11
⏰ 09:30-16:00
📌 Scale Space White City, W12 7RZ
ℹ️ More info: lnkd.in/eGHhvHd9
🖋️ Sign up: lnkd.in/exKA5WZp
