Education

My name is Rebecca Bowler, I’m a Glasstone Research Fellow at the University of Oxford where I search for some of the first galaxies that formed after the Big Bang. I won the RAS Winton Award for Astronomy in 2018 for "leading contributions to the...

The Education and Outreach team, along with some Fellows, have been teaching GCSE Astronomy at the RAS and at local schools since 2015. There are currently three RAS GCSE Astronomy classes taking place, with examinations in 2019 and 2020. One is…

This resource pack includes a collection of websites, documents and activities to help young astronomers and leaders of STEM clubs and extra-curricular groups to gain experience and knowledge of aspects of astronomy, astronautics, and solar system...

2018 - 2019 saw the start of something exciting by way of collaboration! The Royal Astronomical Society’s AstroBoost project ran from March 2018 to March 2019. It was funded by a STFC Spark Award of £15,000 (ref. ST/R005826/1). The Primary Applicant…

Are you an amateur Astrophysicist? Have you always had a desire to learn more about stars, black holes, the planets, the Universe,...? The London Amateur Astrophysics Group (LAAG) is welcoming new members for its 2019/2020 series of meetings. LAAG...

I’m Kathy Whaler, Professor of Geophysics at the University of Edinburgh, and I received the Price Medal in 2013 and the Award for Service to Geophysics in 2019. Although I toyed with the idea of studying Geophysics for my first degree, eventually I…

Young people given the chance to name a planet! Between Friday 6th September and Friday 18th October, schools and youth organisations across the country can make their naming suggestions via an online submission form on the UK Exoworld website.…

I am an Associate Professor at the University of Leeds, interested in the dynamics and evolution of deep planetary interiors and how these bodies generate global magnetic fields. I received the Winton Capital award (G) for work showing how our…

Sarah Crowther, Annie Maunder Medal winner, 2019 For the full article click here. What does the Annie Maunder Medal mean to you? I was stunned – I had no idea I'd been nominated so I had to read the email three times before I convinced myself it was…

I’m a physics teacher and love working with young people where together we can do amazing things like putting a new style cosmic ray detector payload in space. I was so thrilled to win the Patrick Moore Medal in 2012. I had managed to raise funds to…