Education

The RAS Early Careers Network are delighted to have received well over 300 registrations for the Early Career Poster exhibition. We have received dozens of enquiries about the exhibition, some more info is given below. I’ve registered, when will I...

SCIENTISTS MUST CREATE CULTURE OF TOLERANCE TO IMPROVE LGBT+ RETENTION A new survey from the Royal Astronomical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry and the Institute of Physics has shown that the workplace for LGBT+ physical scientists is…

Using JWST science to survey public engagement activity, inspire amateur astronomers and showcase UK involvement to the public. Astroboost phase one is now complete and ready for launch! Follow the links at the bottom of this article to view the...

Our online GCSE Astronomy poster competition is launched today! Did you study for GCSE Astronomy with a view to taking the exam in the summer of 2020? If so, you are eligible to enter our RAS GCSE Astronomy online poster competition. The RAS invites…

We love these space makaton signs! What a fun and useful video by the Lightyear Foundation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXpM5k8uUM0 Have a look at the RAS virtual tour on the Lightyear Foundation website too, featuring some of our staff members…

The 2nd of November 2020 marks the 20th Anniversary of continuous human presence on the International Space Station. As such, we thought this would be the perfect time to show you a special edition of the card game 'Solitaire' which celebrates the...

5 Medals for UK Team in 2020! The first Global e-Competition on Astronomy and Astrophysics (GeCAA) took place on-line, hosted by Estonia. This was put together to replace the postponed 14th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA…

The British Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad (with the British Physics Olympiad) is running an online competition on Astronomy for schools for students from Year 9 -11. A cross between pub quiz and a small amount of knowledge of the night sky, it…

Are you an educator looking to include real-world links to the Deep Earth in your science and maths lessons? Deep Earth Seismology Cambridge have developed three resource packs for this exact purpose. Aimed at KS3 (11-14 years) and KS4 (14-16 years…

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...