List of Scottish science festivals - The University of Edinburgh

[Pages:3]List of Scottish science festivals

The table below includes the dates and locations of the science festivals that take place in Scotland, as well as a couple that have a UK-wide scope. Many of these involve community events as well as school visits. Festivals are listed in calendar year order. Details updated 3/9/21.

Science Festival New Scientist Live (Usually London; next: Manchester / online) Caithness International Science Festival (Highland)

The Big Bang (usually Birmingham; online in 2021) Edinburgh Science Festival

Inverness Science Festival

Pint of Science, Edinburgh

Falkirk Science Festival

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Contact / Email Jacqui McCarron, Sales Director, jacqui.mccarron@

Prof Iain Baikie, Chairperson iain@kptechnology.ltd.uk Nicola MacLeod, Fest Coordinator festival@

Naomi Gilmour, ngilmour@ General: info@.uk

General call: See online submission pages (available during Call for Ideas period only)

University of Edinburgh Coordinated Programme: Dr Fiona Murray, f.murray@ed.ac.uk

Dr Evelyn Gray, isf@uhi.ac.uk, or Facebook message:

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Anna Plant, Senior Events Officer: Anna.Plant@falkirkcommunitytrust.or g

Application Deadline Speakers deadline passed: July 2021 Exhibitors: ongoing call

Usually December / January

Next dates 29th ? 31st Jan 2022

Usually

Mid-Oct (last: postponed to 2021)

Expected: mid-March 2022

Around British Science Week (last: 1st ? 31st Mar 2021)

Deadline unknown Deadline: 15th Oct 2021

Expected: mid-March 2022

9th ? 24th April 2022

Deadline: 1st Oct 2021

9th ? 24th April 2022

Usually mid-March

No broad call for content in 2021 Deadline unknown

Expected: early-May 2022

Expected: mid-May 2022

Expected: mid-May 2022

British Science Week (last: 23rd ? 25th Jun 2021 [online])

Edinburgh Easter holidays (last: 26th Jun ? 11th Jul 2021)

Edinburgh Easter holidays (last: 26th Jun ? 11th Jul 2021)

Early May (last: 29th April ? 15th May 2021 [online])

Mid-May (last: 17th 20th May 2021 [online])

Last: 24th ? 31st Jul 2021

College Engagement Team, The University of Edinburgh, Sept 2021

Science Festival Festival of the Sea (Oban, Lorn and the Isles)

Dumfries and Galloway Science Festival

Glasgow Science Festival

Orkney International Science Festival

British Science Festival ? host changes annually

Biggar Science Festival

Bang Goes The Borders (Melrose, Scottish Borders) Fun Palaces

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Contact / Email Dr Anuschka Miller, SAMS, Anuschka.Miller@sams.ac.uk Facebook message: estival Dr Rebecca Crawford: rebecca.crawford@glasgow.ac.uk

Dr Deborah McNeill, Festival Director deborah.mcneill@glasgow.ac.uk / sciencefestival@glasgow.ac.uk Dr Howie Firth, Festival Director, orkneyscience@

Online at: .org/contact

Email: admin@biggarsciencefestival.co.uk Facebook message: ncefestival/ Email: bgtbsms@ Facebook message: TheBorders Lewis Hou, Scotland Ambassador, lewis@ or @FunPalacesScot on Twitter

Application Deadline Deadline unknown

Next dates

Possibly: May 2022

Usually

Late May (last: 23rd24th May 2020 was cancelled)

Deadline unknown

Existing partners applications process in 2021 Ideally contact before the end of March in any given year. Deadline passed: midFebruary 2021 Event in Chelmsford and Essex Deadline passed: July 2021

Possibly: May 2022

1st ? 30th Sept 2021

2nd ? 8th Sept 2021 [online]

7th ? 11th Sept 2021

11th and 18th Sept 2021

May (last: Family Day: 11th May 2019; 31st May 2020 was cancelled)

Early-to-mid June (last: 9th Sept ? 9th Nov 2020 [online])

Early Sept (last: 3rd ? 9th Sept 2020 [online])

Early/Mid Sept (last: Coventry: 10th ? 13th Sept 2019; 2020 event cancelled)

Mid/Late Sept (last: 7th ? 13th Sept 2020)

Deadline unknown

17th ? 18th Sept 2021 [online]

Mid/Late-Sept (last: 21st Sept 2019; 19th Sept 2020 was cancelled)

None. "It's about

1st ? 3rd Oct

celebrating making

2021

culture, not consuming it"

First weekend in Oct (last: 3rd ? 4th Oct 2020 [online])

College Engagement Team, The University of Edinburgh, Sept 2021

Science Festival Middle of Scotland Science Festival

Midlothian Science Festival

The Big Bounce (Glasgow) (formerly: Scottish Festival of Physics)

Stirling Science Festival

Dundee Science Festival

TechFest (Aberdeen / Aberdeenshire)

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Online: /contact/

Mikey Jarrell, Public Engagement Manager (Scotland), michael.jarrell@

Contact at Stirling Council currently unknown

Carlene Cura, Development and Fundraising Advisor festivals@.uk g/contact-us Jenny Taylor, Festival Manager, jennytaylor@.uk / enquiries@.uk

Application Deadline Deadline unknown Festival now settled in Milngavie. Public events deadline passed: late-July 2021 School events deadline passed: late-June 2021 Deadline passed. (Late proposals may be considered: /201062878558059) Deadline unknown

Deadline expected: September 2021

Deadline unknown

Next dates Possibly: 3rd Oct 2021

11th ? 29th Oct 2021

12th ? 13th Oct 2021

Expected: 14th ? 16th Oct 2021 1st ? 14th November 2021

Expected: November 2021

Further lists of science festivals across the UK can be found at the following (accessed 3rd Sept 2021): (same information as link above but in a map format) (less up-to-date in comparison with the two options above)

Usually Sept/Oct (last: 6th Oct 2019; 2020 event was cancelled) Early-to-mid Oct (last: 3rd ? 24th Oct 2020 [online])

Late Oct / early Nov (last: 30th Oct ? 1st Nov 2020 [online])

New in 2020 (last: 15th ? 17th Oct 2020 [online]) Oct/Nov (last: weekends in Nov 2020 [online])

Aug/Sept (last: public programme online Nov 2020)

College Engagement Team, The University of Edinburgh, Sept 2021

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