Outreach Map

Croydon Astronomical Society, Waterhouse Lane, off Hayes Lane, Kenley.

Postcode CR8 5EP will get you close but there is no specific postcode for it. 

The London Loop long distance footpath passes though our site to the East of the buildings.

The Croydon Astronomical Society is an educational charity which was set up in 1956 to encourage and support the enjoyment and study of the night sky.

We run talks, typically two a month, and operate our own observatory which is open September through to May every clear Saturday evening. Both these are free for the public to attend, you don’t have to book just turn up. We have never had a membership fee either but operate entirely on donations (financial, time or skills) from the public and members.

The observatory can be booked for school visits, youth or church groups, U3A, etc and as this can be at a time of their choosing we do apply a small fee for this. We also have a number of STEM Ambassadors who are happy to come out to talk or run observing events at outside venues. Further details can be found on our website Croydonastro.org.uk.

Professor Ian Robson (ianrobson.astro @ gmail.com):

will travel most places within the UK, no fee, just travel expenses and will speak to societies and public groups on:

Supercool Astronomy;
The Pluto Story;
The Changing Scene in Astronomy;
Active Galaxies and Supermassive Black Holes;
The Discovery of Quasars;
Its a hot big bang Universe: the discovery of the cosmic microwave background
radiation;
Confessions of an Astronomer.

Dr Robert C Smith

Emeritus Reader, University of Sussex

r.c.smith@sussex.ac.uk

E-mail me for details of talks available, mostly about stars

email: drdrcole@gmail.com tel: 01780 721781 mob: 07864 081561 Normally will travel up to 30 miles from home but would consider other events Will speak on (age range 14 - 19 and adults) Galaxy evolution Dark matter The evolution of the Milky Way The dynamics of stars in galaxies Supermassive black holes and the centres of galaxies Star clusters

https://www.facebook.com/astro.nwg/

https://www.facebook.com/astro.nwg/

Mt Stromlo Observatory, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Available to speak to community groups and schools, topics include Astronomy, Comets, History of Astronomy and Archaeoastronomy. No restrictions of travel, may require expenses.

contact carolyn@hird.net

The Faulkes Telescope Project is based at Swansea and Cardiff Universities.

The Faulkes Telescope Project is based at Swansea and Cardiff Universities.

The discovery of exoplanets, and the search for life outside the Solar System.

Charterhouse Observatory. Astronomy Outreach & Charterhouse Exoplanet Project. Observatory run by Mark Woodland FRAS

Presentations given to:

Hosting visiting groups
Visiting schools
Lectures / talks
Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Internet-based work

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Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

ap@onvol.net

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Lectures / talks
Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Used to do a radio astronomy show for local radio

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Primary school age children
Adults

Email:

gordonianmacleod@yahoo.co.uk

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Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy

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Secondary school age children

Email:

kabbott706@thornhill.derry.ni.sch.uk

Telephone:

028 71355800

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Visiting schools
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Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Internet-based work
GENERALLY PROMOTING ASTRONOMY

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Primary school age children
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Telephone:

01436 821147

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Hosting Visiting Groups
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Primary school age children
Adults

Email:

lma1@st-andrews.ac.uk

Telephone:

01334 463100

Presentations given to:

Hosting Visiting Groups
Visiting Schools
Lectures / Talks
Practical Activities (e.g. observing)
Internet-Based Work
Support of school curricular development. Exhibitions. Art-Science events

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Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

Martin.Hendry@glasgow.ac.uk

Telephone:

0141 330 5685

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Visiting schools
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Practical activities (e.g. observing)

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Early years (i.e. 0-5 years old)
Primary school age children
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Adults

Email:

duncanlunan@talktalk.net

Telephone:

0141-221-7658

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Lectures / talks

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Secondary school age children

Email:

JMcLean@st-paulshigh.glasgow.sch.uk

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Practical activities (e.g. observing)

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Secondary school age children

Email:

peter.d.mclaren@hotmail.com

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Hosting visiting groups
Visiting schools
Lectures / talks
Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Internet-based work
Dark sky consultancy

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Adults

Email:

steve@owens-online.co.uk

Telephone:

07879 058120

Presentations given to:

Hosting Visiting Groups
Visiting Schools
Lectures / Talks
Practical Activities (e.g. observing)
Internet-Based Work
Many other elements associated with the Observatory's mature programme of Science i

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Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

meb@arm.ac.uk

Telephone:

+44-(0)28-3752-2928

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Hosting visiting groups
Visiting schools
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Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Internet-based work
Video conferencing with schools

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Early years (i.e. 0-5 years old)
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Email:

cj@armaghplanet.com

Telephone:

028 3752 3689

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Hosting Visiting Groups
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Internet-Based Work

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Email:

a.fitzsimmons@qub.ac.uk

Telephone:

02890 973124

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Hosting Visiting Groups
Visiting Schools
Lectures / Talks
Internet-Based Work

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Secondary school age children
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Email:

a.fitzsimmons@qub.ac.uk

Telephone:

02890 973124

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Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy

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Secondary school age children

Email:

mso@trinity.cumbria.sch.uk

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Hosting visiting groups
Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy

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Primary school age children
Secondary school age children

Email:

davidpratt@keswick.cumbria.sch.uk

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Hosting visiting groups
Visiting schools
Practical Activities (e.g. observing)

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Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

warden@lgfc.org.uk

Telephone:

01946 861229

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none

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Primary school age children

Email:

jwrighton@churchhigh.com

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Hosting Visiting Groups
Visiting Schools
Lectures / Talks
Practical Activities (e.g. observing)

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Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

andrew.fletcher@ncl.ac.uk

Telephone:

0191 222 7316

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Hosting Visiting Groups
Visiting Schools
lending equipment

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Primary school age children
Secondary school age children

Email:

tom.bramald@ncl.ac.uk

Telephone:

+44 (0) 191 222 6350

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Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy
NB - GCSE astronomy for pupils only NOT general public

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Secondary school age children

Email:

shortstorey_uk@yahoo.co.uk

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Hosting Visiting Groups
Visiting Schools
Lectures / Talks
Practical Activities (e.g. observing)

Age Groups

Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

physics.outreach@durham.ac.uk

Telephone:

0191 3343782

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Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy

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Secondary school age children

Email:

dsmithson@longfield.uk.com

Telephone:

01325 380815

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Visiting Schools
Lectures / talks
Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy
Introduce Primary School children to the World of Astronomy

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Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

mark.vineyards@btinternet.com

Telephone:

07870 568733

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Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy

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Secondary school age children

Email:

andy.wilkinson@allsaintsva.co.uk

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Visiting schools
Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Internet-based work
Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy

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Early years (i.e. 0-5 years old)
Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

Alastair.birch@pembrokeshire.gov.uk

Telephone:

07890 080560

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Visiting Schools
Lectures / Talks
Internet-Based Work

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Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

j.wild@lancaster.ac.uk

Telephone:

01524 510545

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Hosting visiting groups
Visiting schools
Lectures / talks
Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy
Residential Experience

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Early years (i.e. 0-5 years old)
Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

mg@callington-comm.cornwall.sch.uk

Telephone:

01579 386124

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Hosting Visiting Groups
Visiting Schools
Lectures / Talks
Practical Activities (e.g. observing)

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Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

spseyres@uclan.ac.uk

Telephone:

01772 893742

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Hosting visiting groups
Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy

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Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

rwild@ribblesdale.org

Telephone:

01200 422563

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Hosting visiting groups
Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy

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Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

rwild@ribblesdale.org

Telephone:

01200 422563

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Hosting visiting groups
Lectures / talks
Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy

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Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

science@balshawshigh.co.uk

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Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy

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Secondary school age children

Email:

hughese@tywyn.gwynedd.sch.uk

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Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Society led events for youngsters between 8 - 15

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Primary school age children
Secondary school age children

Email:

steve_southern@gmx.com

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Hosting Visiting Groups
Visiting Schools
Lectures / Talks
Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Radio Presentation and Annual WEA course for adults

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Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

dleconte@guernsey.net

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Visiting Schools
Lectures / Talks
Practical Activities (e.g. observing)
Internet-Based Work
Collaboration with a visitor centre

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Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

A.Newsam@astro.ljmu.ac.uk

Telephone:

0151 2312909

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Lectures / talks

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Adults

Email:

ggastro@liverpool.ac.uk

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Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy

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Primary school age children
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Adults

Email:

hamish.harron@headlandsschool.co.uk

Telephone:

01262 676198

Presentations given to:

Internet-based work
Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy

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Secondary school age children

Email:

chattymag5@aol.com

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Hosting visiting groups
Visiting schools
Lectures / talks
Practical activities (e.g. observing)

Age Groups

Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

d.morris@st-peters.york.sch.uk

Telephone:

01904 527422

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Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Internet-based work
Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy

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Secondary school age children

Email:

anewey@ilfracombecollege.devon.sch.uk

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Hosting visiting groups
Lectures / talks
Practical activities (e.g. observing)

Age Groups

Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

jsc2488@yahoo.co.uk

Telephone:

07840 662633

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Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy

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Secondary school age children

Email:

aurwin@parkcommunity.devon.sch.uk

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Visiting schools
Lectures / talks
Practical activities (e.g. observing)

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Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

helen@spaceconnections.net

Telephone:

0845 6522406

Presentations given to:

Hosting visiting groups
Visiting schools
Lectures / talks
Practical activities (e.g. observing)

Age Groups

Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

brendan-martin@live.co.uk

Presentations given to:

Hosting Visiting Groups
Visiting Schools
Lectures / Talks
Practical Activities (e.g. observing)
Internet-Based Work

Age Groups

Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

john@telescope.org

Telephone:

01274 234024

Presentations given to:

Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy

Age Groups

Secondary school age children

Email:

cdavidson@bgsboys.co.uk

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Lectures / Talks
Practical Activities (e.g. observing)
Public and family events, school astronomy club

Age Groups

Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

HFlood@longeaton.derbyshire.sch.uk

Telephone:

0115 9732438

Presentations given to:

Practical activities (e.g. observing)

Age Groups

Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

nigel.lea-wilson@greatsankey.org

Telephone:

01925 724 118

Presentations given to:

Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy

Age Groups

Secondary school age children

Email:

toogoodb@walkden.uk.com

Presentations given to:

Visiting schools
Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Internet-based work
Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy

Age Groups

Secondary school age children

Email:

sarah.llewellyn@castellalun.flintshire.sch.uk

Telephone:

01978 760238

Presentations given to:

Hosting Visiting Groups
Visiting Schools
Lectures / Talks
Practical Activities (e.g. observing)
Internet-Based Work
Major public events e.g. music festivals. Also lots of media work.

Age Groups

Early years (i.e. 0-5 years old)
Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

tim.obrien@manchester.ac.uk

Telephone:

0161 275 4165

Presentations given to:

Teach GCSE Astronomy

Age Groups

Secondary school age children

Email:

oksana_seniw@hotmail.com

Presentations given to:

Visiting schools
Lectures / talks
Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy

Age Groups

Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

Jon@rigel.demon.co.uk

Presentations given to:

Hosting visiting groups
Visiting schools
Lectures / talks
Practical activities (e.g. observing)

Age Groups

Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

enquiries@Normanlockyer.org

Presentations given to:

Hosting Visiting Groups
Visiting Schools
Lectures / Talks
Practical Activities (e.g. observing)

Age Groups

Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Telephone:

0114 222 3585

Presentations given to:

Lectures / talks
Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy

Age Groups

Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

geoff_puplett@lineone.net

Presentations given to:

Hosting Visiting Groups
Visiting Schools
Lectures / Talks
Practical Activities (e.g. observing)
Internet-Based Work
Production of printed materials (booklets, magazines etc.)

Age Groups

Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Telephone:

01443 654532

Presentations given to:

Hosting visiting groups
Visiting schools
Lectures / talks
Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Internet-based work
Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy
Online education (robotic teelscopes, websites)

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Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

paul.roche@faulkes-telescope.com

Presentations given to:

Hosting visiting groups
Visiting schools
Lectures / talks
Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy
Adult education and outreach

Age Groups

Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

mgriffi8@glam.ac.uk

Telephone:

01443 483329 (Mob 07525 260563)

Presentations given to:

Hosting visiting groups
Visiting schools
Lectures / talks
Practical activities (e.g. observing)

Age Groups

Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

robwressell@aol.com

Telephone:

robwressell@aol.com

Presentations given to:

Hosting Visiting Groups
Visiting Schools
Lectures / Talks
Practical Activities (e.g. observing)
Internet-Based Work

Age Groups

Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

i.g.stimpson@esci.keele.ac.uk

Telephone:

01782 733182

Presentations given to:

Hosting Visiting Groups
Visiting Schools
Lectures / Talks
Practical Activities (e.g. observing)
Internet-Based Work

Age Groups

Early years (i.e. 0-5 years old)
Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

jacco@astro.keele.ac.uk

Telephone:

01782 733331

Presentations given to:

Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy

Age Groups

Secondary school age children

Email:

mba@ecgbert.sheffield.sch.uk

Presentations given to:

Hosting visiting groups
Visiting schools
Lectures / talks
Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Internet-based work

Age Groups

Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

mail@spaceguarduk.com

Telephone:

01547 520247

Presentations given to:

Lectures / talks
Internet-based work

Age Groups

Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

flewis@glam.ac.uk

Presentations given to:

Hosting visiting groups
Visiting schools
Lectures / talks
Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Internet-based work

Age Groups

Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

roger.pickard@sky.com

Telephone:

01568 708136

Presentations given to:

Hosting visiting groups
Visiting schools
Lectures / talks
Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy
Schools, Scouts, Guides and Brownies and any other group that wants a presentation.

Age Groups

Early years (i.e. 0-5 years old)
Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

dr004i9098@blueyonder.co.uk

Telephone:

01952 506411

Presentations given to:

Hosting visiting groups
Lectures / talks
Practical activities (e.g. observing)

Age Groups

Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

ward@queenelizabeths.derbyshire.sch.uk

Presentations given to:

Lectures / talks
Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Internet-based work
Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy

Age Groups

Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

d.beauchamp@staffordgrammar.co.uk

Presentations given to:

Visiting schools
Lectures / talks
Practical activities (e.g. observing)

Age Groups

Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

dmradast@hotmail.co.uk

Presentations given to:

Hosting visiting groups
Visiting schools
Lectures / talks
Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Internet-based work
Deliver 10 point HE courses in astronomy.

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Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

moseleyk@cardiff.ac.uk or ka.moseley@monmouthschool.org

Telephone:

01600 710400 ext 333 or 07785 115773

Presentations given to:

Lectures / talks
Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Scout & Guides

Age Groups

Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Telephone:

01989 565948

Presentations given to:

Lectures / talks
Practical activities (e.g. observing)

Age Groups

Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

peter_j_hill@hotmail.com

Presentations given to:

Hosting visiting groups
Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy

Age Groups

Primary school age children
Secondary school age children

Email:

sjabore@holly-hall.dudley.sch.uk

Telephone:

01384 253722

Presentations given to:

Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy

Age Groups

Secondary school age children

Email:

dvincent@friesland.derbyshire.sch.uk

Presentations given to:

Hosting Visiting Groups
Visiting Schools
Lectures / Talks
Practical Activities (e.g. observing)
Internet-Based Work
YouTube videos (Sixty Symbols, Backstage Science, Deep Sky Videos)

Age Groups

Early years (i.e. 0-5 years old)
Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

michael.merrifield@nottingham.ac.uk

Telephone:

0115 951 5186

Presentations given to:

Lectures / talks

Age Groups

Adults

Email:

rmiles@baa.u-net.com

Presentations given to:

Visiting schools
Lectures / talks
Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy

Age Groups

Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

hflood@longeaton.derbyshire.sch.uk

Presentations given to:

Hosting Visiting Groups
Visiting Schools
Lectures / Talks
Practical Activities (e.g. observing)
Internet-Based Work
astronomy based interpretation of national park locations

Age Groups

Early years (i.e. 0-5 years old)
Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

daniel.brown02@ntu.ac.uk

Telephone:

0115 858 3518

Presentations given to:

Hosting Visiting Groups
Lectures / Talks
School Open Days for university admissions

Age Groups

Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

w.j.chaplin@bham.ac.uk

Telephone:

0121 414 4599

Presentations given to:

Visiting Schools
Lectures / Talks
Practical Activities (e.g. observing)
Internet-Based Work
Days of interactive activities for the local communities; collaboration with artist

Age Groups

Secondary school age children
Adults

Telephone:

0121 414 6474

Presentations given to:

Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Internet-based work
Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy

Age Groups

Secondary school age children

Email:

caseym@ilsley.bham.sch.uk

Presentations given to:

Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy

Age Groups

Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

amp007@blueyonder.co.uk

Telephone:

07946 305063

Presentations given to:

Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Chairman Quuensgroup Residents Association

Age Groups

Adults

Email:

nick@nicks-space.co.uk

Telephone:

01202 395466

Presentations given to:

Hosting visiting groups
Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy

Age Groups

Primary school age children
Secondary school age children

Email:

ajkinchin@physicist.freeserve.co.uk

Presentations given to:

Hosting Visiting Groups
Visiting Schools
Lectures / Talks
Practical Activities (e.g. observing)
Supervising A-level projects, Work Experience etc.

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Primary school age children
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Address:

University of Leicester
Space Research Centre Department of Physics & Astronomy University of Leicester University Road Leicester LE1 7RH UK

Presentations given to:

Hosting Visiting Groups
Visiting Schools
Lectures / Talks
Practical Activities (e.g. observing)
masterclasses, teacher cpd, exhibitions, science festivals, careers talks, industry

Age Groups

Early years (i.e. 0-5 years old)
Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Telephone:

0116 252 5264

Presentations given to:

Hosting visiting groups
Visiting schools
Lectures / talks

Age Groups

Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

J.E.Jimenez@warwick.ac.uk

Telephone:

02476 573868

Presentations given to:

Hosting visiting groups
Visiting schools
Lectures / talks

Age Groups

Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

A.Caldecote@warwick.ac.uk

Telephone:

078 7621 7701

Presentations given to:

Hosting visiting groups
Visiting schools
Lectures / talks
Practical activities (e.g. observing)

Age Groups

Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

Richard.Last@tesco.net

Telephone:

07791 388431

Presentations given to:

Hosting visiting groups
Visiting schools
Lectures / talks
Practical activities (e.g. observing)

Age Groups

Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

drbalcombe@tiscali.co.uk

Presentations given to:

Visiting Schools
Lectures / talks
Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Scouts / guides

Age Groups

Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

astronomy@astunit.com

Telephone:

01425 650713

Presentations given to:

Visiting schools
Lectures / talks
Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Internet-based work
Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy

Age Groups

Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

howesnickhowes@aol.com

Presentations given to:

Visiting schools
Lectures / talks
Practical activities (e.g. observing)
Internet-based work
Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy

Age Groups

Primary school age children
Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

johanna@astronomytuition.co.uk

Telephone:

07739 716383

Presentations given to:

Visiting schools
Lectures / talks

Age Groups

Secondary school age children
Adults

Email:

frostma@aol.com

Presentations given to:

Hosting visiting groups
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progorg@wightastronomy.org

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Support for / teaching of GCSE Astronomy

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edward.pegler@newcollege.ac.uk

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Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, N. Ireland, BT7 1NN
Mobile tel: 07982 606025 Email: chill17@qub.ac.uk
If outside of Belfast, travel expenses required.
Will speak on:- 
How rotation affects life and other processes on Earth and other planets - 14+
Waves, tuning and temperament - the true sound of music - 14+
The science of sci-fi - 11+

Astrophysics Research Centre, Queen’s University Belfast, BT7 1NN
Tel: 0779 561 4747
Email: a.jerkstrand@qub.ac.uk
No travel restriction
Will speak on :-
Origin of the elements 13+
Supernovae 13+
Black holes and neutron stars   13+ 

Director of Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland
Tel: 02890 971245 Email: s.smartt@qub.ac.uk
PA Neil Meharg Tel: 02890 973143 Email: n.meharg@qub.ac.uk
Travel anywhere in NI, no expenses needed
Will speak on:-
Supernovae - 11-18
Exploding stars - 11-18
Massive stars - 11-18

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University of Belfast, BT7 1NN
Tel:028 9097 3552   Email: p.dufton@qub.ac.uk
No travel restrictions
Will speak on:-
Search for Extraterrestrial Life - any age 
Forty five years in astronomy - 16+

Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, N. Ireland, BT7 1NN 
Tel: 028 9097 3552 Email: hcegla01@qub.ac.uk Alt email: ceglahe@gmail.com
If travel is outside of Belfast then would require travel expenses to be covered 
Will speak on:-
Towards Earth-like Worlds: Basics of Exoplanet Detection - 8+ 
Towards Earth-like Worlds: Identifying and Removing Astrophysical Noise - 14+ 
Time Domain Studies of Low-mass Objects: From Pre-main Sequence Binaries to Earth-like Worlds - 14+
And talks on Exoplanet detection, astrophysical noise, introductory level solar system astronomy and stellar astrophysics. Most talks can be altered for any age.

Dept. Physics & Astronomy, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews KY16 9SS

Tel:01334-463147  Fax:01334-463104  Email: acc4@st-and.ac.uk

Travel up to 150 miles

Will speak on:-

Other Earths: the search for extrasolar planets - 16+

SUPA, Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde,John Anderson Building, 107, Rottenrow, Glasgow G4 0NG

Tel:0141-548-3420  Fax:0141-552-2891  Email: h.fraser@phys.strath.ac.uk

Glasgow (day trips), Across Scotland and UK occasionally

Will speak on:-

What's in the Universe's freezers? - any age

The cosmic chemical cauldron - any age

Why the "meaning of life" might not be 42 - bring towels... - any age

Crash diets - or how sharks, weightlessness and stars are tickets to travel the world! - any age

Why study Physics/Astronomy? - any age

Target audience - schools and public audiences. All talks can be tempered to ages 7+ and speaker is experienced in speaking with particularly 13-18 age group and public gatherings.

Contact: Ms. Daphne Davidson, Department of Physics and Astronomy,University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ

No hard travel limits

Will speak on:-

Various Topics - any age

Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ

Tel:0131-668-8312
Fax:0131-668-8312 Email: ian.robson@stfc.ac.uk

No travel restrictions

Will speak on:-

Why it's great to be an astronomer - 12+

Why astronomers need telescopes - 14+

Supermassive Black Holes and Active Galaxies - 14+

Supercool Astronomy – 14+

Confessions of an Astronomer – 14+

Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ

Tel:0131-668-8308  Fax:0131-668-8356  Email: ajl@roe.ac.uk

No travel restrictions

Will speak on:-

Infrared astronomy - 13+

Planets of other stars / the search for life - 13+

Adaptive optics in astronomy: realising the potential of large telescopes - 13+

Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ

Tel:0131-668-8346  Fax:0131668-8356 Email: A.Lawrence@roe.ac.uk

No travel restrictions

Will speak on:-

Stars and Planets - any age

Our Place in the Universe - 13+

Galaxies and Quasars - 13+

Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ

Tel:0131-668-8100  Fax:0131-668-8264  Email: A.Glasse@roe.ac.uk

No travel restrictions

Will speak on:-

Extraterrestrial Life - any age

Star Wars for Astronomy - A-level

Astronomical, Astrophysics and Nuclear Fusion Physics presentations to general audiences

Presentations to GCSE and 'A' Level students at schools and colleges across Wales and England

Primary school introduction to the world of Astronomy and Physics.

Age range of participants are 5 years through to 70+

mark.vineyards@btinternet.com

Email: john@pixaerial.com Tel: 01248 752094

Travel: Within 50 miles of central Anglesey; travel contributions welcome.

Will speak (IN ENGLISH OR WELSH) on:-

The Weather in Space Today (geomagnetic phenomena) – 5-14

Life in boiling water and, maybe, on other planets (exobiology linked to terrestrial extremophily) – 5-14

Space Clouds and our changing climate (methane/CO2 links to NLC formation and climate change) – 5-14

Save Our Night Sky! (fighting light pollution) – 5-14

How Big's Space, Then? (basic cosmology and getting a sense of place in the universe) – 5-14

University of Glamorgan, Earth, Space & Environment, 4, Forest Grove, Treforest,Rhondda, CynonTaff, CF37 1DL

Tel:0144-348-3329  Email: mgriffi8@glam.ac.uk

Up to 100 miles travel from Treforest

Will speak on:-

Life in the Universe - any age

Impacts from space - any age

Myths of the sky - any age

Black holes - any age

Extrasolar planets - any age

The Big Bang - any age

Britain in space - any age

History of astronomy - any age

Human evolution - any age

Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Wales, P.O.Box 913, Cardiff CF2 3YB

Tel:029-2087-6982  Fax:029-2087-4056  Email: B.Sathyaprakash@astro.cf.ac.uk

No distance restrictions

Will speak on:-

Exploring the dark and dense Universe though gravity's eye - A-Level

All you wanted to know about black holes but were afraid to ask - A-Level

Warped space-time and exotic waves:an introduction to Einstein's theory - A-Level

Listening to the symphony of black holes and the Big Bang - A-Level

Email: jamesdoesscience@gmail.com
Twitter: @jamesdoessci
Distance: Up to about an hour's train journey from York
Will speak on:-
Space: It Gets Weird

University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD

Tel:01904-430000  Fax:01904-433433  Email: dj4@york.ac.uk

Within York

Will speak on:-

Where do all the Elements come from?

Dept. Physics & Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH

Tel:0114-222-4291  Fax:0114-272-8079  Email: paul.crowther@sheffield.ac.uk

Within 50 miles of Sheffield

Will speak on:-

Birth, life and death of stars - 15+

Life the Universe and everything - 15+

School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT

Tel:44-01130-343-3889  Email: h.j.rose@leeds.ac.uk

No travel restrictions

Will speak on:-

Extreme environments and high energy gamma rays - any age

Cosmic rays and cosmic ray detectors for schools - any age

Optical searches for extraterrestrial intelligence - any age

Very large detectors for neutrino astronomy - any age

Dept. Applied Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT

Tel:0113-343-5138  Email: sam@amsta.leeds.ac.uk

Up to 50 miles from Leeds

Will speak on:-

Supernovae - 16+

Extragalactic jets - 16+

Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE

Tel:0191-334-3719  Fax:0191-334-3588  Email: r.m.sharples@durham.ac.uk

Up to 50 miles travel from Durham

Will speak on:-

Hubble tours the Universe - any age

New eyes on the Universe - 11+

Department of Physics, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE

Tel:0191-334-3782  Fax:0191-334-3658  Email: p.j.edwards@durham.ac.uk

No travel restrictions

Will speak on:-

A beginners guide to cosmology - any age

Life and death of stars - any age

Mined over matter - any age

Cosmology on a computer - any age

New views of the planets - any age

Bringing the Universe down to Earth - CERN and the LHC - any age

Dept. Physics & Astronomy, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE

Tel:0191-334-3614  Fax:0191-334-5823  Email: chris.done@durham.ac.uk

50-100 miles travel from Durham

Will speak on:-

Stars and planets - 8+

Life and death of stars - 14+

Extrasolar planets and extraterrestrial life - 14+

Black holes: science fact, fiction or fantasy - 14+

The beginning and end of the Universe - 16+

Dept. Physics & Astronomy, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE

Tel:0191-334-3560  Fax:0191-334-5832  Email: p.m.chadwick@durham.ac.uk

No travel restrictions

Will speak on:-

The Solar system - Primary and 12-14

The constellations - Primary

Life and times of stars - 11+

Gamma-ray astronomy - A-level

Department of Cybernetics, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP

Tel:01274-234024  Fax:01274-236600  Email: J.E.F.Baruch@bradford.ac.uk

No distance restrictions

Will speak on:-

Journey to the planets: The Solar system and beyond - any age 

Is there life out there? - any age

Challenges of astronomy - any age 

Time travel? - 16+ 

Creationism: A challenge to science - any age

The Bradford Robotic Telescope: Inspirational science education for fun - any age

Department of Physics, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YB.

Tel: 01524 593702

Email: c.arridge@lancaster.ac.uk

Web: chrisarridge.wordpress.com

Twitter: @chrisarridge

Distance: Up to about 50 miles from Hull

Will speak on:-

The Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn and Titan - KS3/KS4/KS5/Adult (11+)

Exploring the Solar System with Robots - KS3/KS4/KS5/Adult (11+)

The Plumes of Enceladus - KS3/KS4/KS5/Adult (11+)

The JUICE Mission to Jupiter and Ganymede - KS2/KS3/KS4/KS5/Adult (7+)

Wandering Giants: Stories from Giant Planets - KS2/KS3/KS4/KS5/Adult (7+)

The Birth of the Solar System - KS2/KS3/KS4/KS5/Adult (7+)

The Lives of Stars - KS2/KS3/KS4/KS5/Adult (7+)

Communicating and Navigating Around the World with Satellites - KS4/KS5/Adult (14+)

E.A. Milne Centre for Astrophysics
University of Hull
Email: brad.gibson@hull.ac.uk
Sample Talks:
1. Building a Universe inside your Computer (12+)
2. How Studying the Stars Can Change your Life! (12+)

School of Mathematics and Physics
Lincoln University
Lincoln
LN6 7TS

email: psutton@lincoln.ac.uk

Topics of talks

Saturn and the Cassini mission (age 8+)
Exoplanets (age 8+)

The Open University in the North West, 351 Altrincham Road, Sharston, Manchester M22 4UN

Tel:0161-998-7272  Fax:0161-945-3356  Email: m.h.jones@open.ac.uk

Within 50 miles of Manchester

Will speak on:-

Astronomy in the Infrared - 14+

The Lives of Stars - 10+

Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Alan Turing Building, University of Manchester M13 9PL

Tel:0161-306-3912  Fax:0161-200-3941  Email: P.Browning@manchester.ac.uk

Within 50 miles of Manchester, will speak on:-

Our Active Sun - 14+

NRAL Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 9DL

Tel:01477-571618  Fax:01477-571321  Email: tob@jb.man.ac.uk

Up to 50 miles from Jodrell Bank

Will speak on:-

Searching for extraterrestrial life - 13+

Exploring the Universe from Jodrell Bank - 13+

Cosmic explosions - 16+

Dept. Physics, Keele University, Keele ST5 5BG

Tel:01782-583892  Fax:01782-711093  Email: rdj@astro.keele.ac.uk

Up to 20 miles

Will speak on:-

Secret lives of stars - 11+

Planets of other stars - 11+

Supernova cosmology - A-level

Gamma ray bursters - A-level

Astrophysics Research Inst., Liverpool John Moores University IC2, Liverpool Science Park, 146 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L3 5RF

Tel:0151-2231-2916  Email: P.A.James@ljmu.ac.uk

No travel restrictions

Will speak on:-

Galaxies - any age

Dark matter - any age

Infrared astronomy - any age

Dr Rob Jeffries

Dept. Physics, Keele University, Keele ST5 5BG

Tel:01782-583892  Fax:01782-711093  Email: rdj@astro.keele.ac.uk

Up to 20 miles

Will speak on:-

Secret lives of stars - 11+

Planets of other stars - 11+

Supernova cosmology - A-level

Gamma ray bursters - A-level

Department of Physics, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YB.

Tel: 01524 593702

Email: c.arridge@lancaster.ac.uk

Web: chrisarridge.wordpress.com

Twitter: @chrisarridge

Distance: Up to about 50 miles from Lancaster

Will speak on:-

The Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn and Titan - KS3/KS4/KS5/Adult (11+)

Exploring the Solar System with Robots - KS3/KS4/KS5/Adult (11+)

The Plumes of Enceladus - KS3/KS4/KS5/Adult (11+)

The JUICE Mission to Jupiter and Ganymede - KS2/KS3/KS4/KS5/Adult (7+)

Wandering Giants: Stories from Giant Planets - KS2/KS3/KS4/KS5/Adult (7+)

The Birth of the Solar System - KS2/KS3/KS4/KS5/Adult (7+)

The Lives of Stars - KS2/KS3/KS4/KS5/Adult (7+)

Communicating and Navigating Around the World with Satellites - KS4/KS5/Adult (14+)

School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD
Tel:0115-8468819 Email: julian.onions@gmail.com
No travel restrictions (if reimbursed)
Will speak on:-
Astrophysics for beginners - 11+
The Big Bang - 16+
Dark Matter - is it dark, and is it matter? 16+
Galaxies - a brief history 7+
Planets - things you might not know  - 7+
Various other astronomy topics

School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD

Tel:0115-951-5160  Fax:0151-951-5180  Email: frazer.pearce@nottingham.ac.uk

No travel restrictions

Will speak on:-

Exoplanets - 16+

Are we alone? - 11+

School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD

Tel:0115-051-5186  Fax:0115-951-5187  Email: michael.merrifield@nottingham.ac.uk

No travel restrictions

Will speak on:-

The Universe - 5+

How to build a galaxy - 11+

The centre of our Galaxy: Black holes, rare stars and cosmic mayhem - 11+

21st century telescopes - 11+

1, Kingshill Close, Malvern, Worcs., WR14 2BP

Tel:01684-566205

Within Worcester/ West Midlands

Will speak on:-

Exploring the Solar system - any age

Stars and galaxies - any age

Relativity and cosmology - A-level

The Universe in 4D! - any age

15 Talks in all - please contact me for details

Dept. Physics and Asronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH

Tel:0116-252-3492  Fax:0116-252-3311  Email: mab@star.le.ac.uk

Up to 90 miles from Leicester

Will speak on:-

Exploring the Solar system - any age

Exploring the Universe - any age

A game of cosmic leapfrog - 11+

Extraterrestrial roadshow - any age

How to be a rocket scientist - any age

Address:

University of Leicester
Space Research Centre Department of Physics & Astronomy University of Leicester University Road Leicester LE1 7RH UK

School of Physics & Astronomy, The University, Birmingham, B15 2TT

Tel:0121-414-4597  Fax:0121-414-4601  Email: y.p.elsworth@bham.ac.uk

Distance: South Cheshire

Will speak on:-

The Sun and similar stars: 14+

School of Physics and Astronomy,

University of Nottingham,

Nottingham,

NG7 2RD

www.jpoffline.com

Willing to travel ~50miles from Bedfordshire

Will speak on:-
Stars and galaxies - 6+
Cosmology - 12+
Cosmic Acceleration & Dark Energy - 12+
Gravity - Special & General Relativity - 14+
Black Holes - 14+
Cosmic Microwave Background - 14+
Nature of Time - 14+
Other topics (on request)

92, Par Green, Par, Cornwall PL24 2AG

Tel:01726-813602  Fax:01726-813602  Email: brians@roselandobservatory.com

No travel restrictions

Will speak on:-

The Sun - 9+

The Solar system - 9+

Practical astronomy - 9+

The astronomy of climate change - 9+

School of Physics, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QL

Tel:01392-724172 Fax:01392 724111 Email: T.Naylor@exeter.ac.uk

Up to 50 miles from Exeter

Will speak on:-

Star and Planet Formations - 16+

Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research, University of Bristol and

Dept. Mathematics, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS

Tel:0117-980-6303 / 020-7882-5445  Email: M.A.H.MacCallum@bristol.ac.uk and M.A.H.MacCallum@qmul.ac.uk

Web: www.maths.qmul.ac.uk/~mm

Up to 2 hours from QMUL / Bristol

Will speak on:-

Black holes - 16+

Cosmology - 16+

Was Einstein 100% right? - 16+

Gravitational waves - 16+

The White House, Merley Park Rd, Ashington, Wimborne, BH21 3DB

Tel: 01202-885661 M: 07990-558358

Email: jfradgley@fradg.com

Willing to travel: ~100 miles from Bournemouth

Will speak on:

Many subjects, see www.fradg.com/astro.html.

Ages: 14+

5, Albion Road, Fordingbridge, SP6 1EL
Tel: 01425 650713 Email: astronomy@astunit.com
100 miles from Fordingbridge: travel expenses
Elsewhere: travel expenses and overnight accommodation
Will speak on:-
The Solar System - 9+
Journey Into Space - 9+
Six Ways the Universe is Out to Get You! - 11+
Time and Calendars - 11+
Are We Alone? - 14+
How Old Is It? - 14+
Various other topics and activities; details at http://astunit.com/astunit_talks.php

Astronomical, Astrophysics and Nuclear Fusion Physics presentations to general audiences

Presentations to GCSE and 'A' Level students at schools and colleges across Wales and England

Primary school introduction to the world of Astronomy and Physics.

Age range of participants are 5 years through to 70+

mark.vineyards@btinternet.com

Dept. Physics & Astronomy, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ

Tel: 023-8059-7548 Email: t.j.maccarone@soton.ac.uk

Within 30 minutes of Southampton by public transport

Will speak on:-

Star clusters - any age

Mark R Smith FRAS

Astronomical, Astrophysics and Nuclear Fusion Physics presentations to general audiences

Presentations to GCSE and 'A' Level students at schools and colleges across Wales and England

Primary school introduction to the world of Astronomy and Physics.

Age range of participants are 5 years through to 70+

mark.vineyards@btinternet.com

Dept. Physics & Astronomy, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ

Tel:023-8059-2101  Fax:023-8059-3910  Email: imh@soton.ac.uk

Hampshire

Will speak on:-

The violently variable high-energy Universe - 15+

Black holes - 15+

Dept. Atmospheric Physics, University of Oxford, Parks Rd., Oxford OX1 3PU

Tel:01865-272082  Fax:01865-272923  Email: p.read1@physics.oxford.ac.uk

No travel restrictions

Will speak on:-

Planets - any age

Planetary atmospheres - any age

Astrophysics, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keeble Road, Oxford OX13RH

Tel:01865-273345  Fax:01865-273309  Email: garret@mrao.cam.ac.uk

No travel restrictions

Will speak on:-

Galaxies - A-level

Cosmology - A-level

Dept. Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, Keeble Rd., Oxford OX1 3NP

Tel:01865-273947  Fax:01865-273947  Email: j.binney1@physics.oxford.ac.uk

Within 20 miles of Oxford and Didcot

Will speak on:-

Galaxies - any age

The Milky Way - any age

Cosmology - any age

Department of Physical Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA
Tel: 01908 654121  Email:  andrew.norton@open.ac.uk
Within 50 miles of Milton Keynes/Northampton/Bedford,  travel expenses please
Will speak on:-
•    Planets and the Solar System: An interactive talk suitable for children aged 5 - 10 using a set of inflatable planets, and linked to my exoplanet story book (Oogle-Flip and the Planet Adventure). Needs a room the size of a school hall, and suitable for groups of up to 100.
•    The Life and Death of Stars - we are made of star-stuff!: A demonstration lecture suitable for children aged 10-15, or for family audiences, which explores the life cycle of stars and the origin of the chemical elements.
•    Exoplanets and How to Find Them: A demonstration lecture suitable for ages 16+ or for astronomical societies, or family audiences. Various models are used to illustrate the techniques by which planets around other stars are detected and a brief summary of the recent discoveries in this area, including those from the SuperWASP project.
•    Gamma-ray Bursts: an astronomical detective story: A highly illustrated talk suitable for ages 16+ or for astronomical societies, which describes how the mystery of the origin of gamma-ray bursts was solved.
•    The New Cosmology or How the Universe Works: A highly illustrated talk suitable for ages 16+ or for astronomical societies, which describes the remarkable new theories concerning the origin and evolution of the Universe.
•    Magnetic Compact Stars: A more technical talk suitable for advanced astronomical societies looking for something linked closely to ongoing research, concerning white dwarfs and neutron stars.

Department of Physical Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA

Tel: 01908 653762 Email: jakub.bochinski@open.ac.uk

No travel limit if travel expenses reimbursed

Will speak on:-

The tale of exoplanets and how we find them (including demonstration of the PIRATE telescope) – 11+

PIRATE: a remotely controlled telescope on Mallorca (including demonstration of the telescope) - 11+

Exoplanets and Exomoons – amateur astronomers

Old and New Astronomers (an insight into how astronomers worked centuries ago and how they work today) – any age

Astronomy tour guide and author

Tel: 01525 237370

Email: xx@clock-tower.com

Up to 100 miles from Milton Keynes, travel expenses

Elsewhere in UK, travel expenses and overnight accommodation

Will speak on the following topics to all age groups:-

Eclipses, occultations and transits

Fascinating astronomical facts

Amazing images of deep space

Choosing and using small telescopes and binoculars

Travel stories on eclipses in exotic locations

Planning your trip to see the aurora

Department of Physics & Astronomy, Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA

Tel:01908-655132  Fax:01908-654192  Email: n.j.mason@open.ac.uk

Travel in London and Home Counties

Will speak on:-

Chemistry in the Cosmos - any age

Astrobiology; Understanding the origins of life - any age

School of Physics , Astronomy and Mathematics, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane Campus, Hatfield, Herts AL10 9AB

Tel:01707-284385  Fax:01707-284256  Email: a.j.davies@herts.ac.uk

No travel restrictions

Will speak on:-

Rainbows - any age

Halos and glories - any age

Colours from the sky - any age

Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL), Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6NT

Tel:01483-204145  Fax:01483-278312  Email: ajc@mssl.ucl.ac.uk

Up to 50 miles from MSSL

Will speak on:-

Exploring the Solar system - any age

Weather in space - any age

The Cassini mission - any age

Exploring Mars - any age

Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6NT

Tel:01483-204133  Fax:01483-278312  Email: gbr@mssl.ucl.ac.uk

Up to 40 miles from MSSL

Will speak on:-

Catching gamma-ray bursts with Swift - 11+

The XMM mission - 11+

X-ray views of the Solar system - 11+

British Antarctic Survey, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET

Tel:01223-221551  Fax:01223-350456  Email: A.Rodger@bas.ac.uk

Up to 100 miles travel from Cambridge

Will speak on:-

Space weather - any age

Aurorae - any age

Sun-climate links and climate change - any age

Abbey College, Cambridge

Tel:01223-578280  Email: kpm68@tutor.open.ac.uk

Distance: up to 45 miles travel from Cambridge

Will speak on:-

Island Universes - 16-19

The rise of astrophysics - 16-19

Star lives - 16-19

Stellar atmospheres - 16-19

Earth Moon Sun and stars - 6+

Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA

Tel:01223-766661  Fax:01223-337548  Email: catchpol@ast.cam.ac.uk

Distance: 2 hours travel from Cambridge

Will speak on:-

The Universe unveiled (an overview of what we know about the Universe) - any age

From the Solar system to the edge of the observable Universe - any age

Stellar evolution - any age

Are we alone - any age

Astronomy Centre, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH

Tel:01273-678974  Fax:01273-873124  Email: R.C.Smith@sussex.ac.uk

Distance: within an hour of Lewes

Will speak on:-

How far are the stars? - 11+ 

Supernovae - 16+ 

The distant future of the Sun and Earth - 16+

The Crendon Observatory, Long Crendon, Aylesbury, Bucks.

Fax:01844-202940  Email: grogers@psa.online.com

Web: www.gordonrogers.co.uk

Up to 40 miles

Will speak on:-

The night sky - any age

CCD imaging of deep space - 16+

Basic astronomy - any age (8-11)

Prior's Corner, Priory Lane, Marcham, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 6NY

Tel:01865-391439  Email: E.Dunford@btinternet.com

No travel restrictions

Will speak on:-

Infra-Red astronomy - any age

Science in space - any age

Imperial College, London, Astrophysics, Blackett Laboratory, Prince Consort R., London SW7 2AZ

Tel:020-7594-7793  Fax:0207-594-7541  Email: r.trotta@imperial.ac.uk

Web: www.robertotrotta.com

 London and South-East

Will speak on:-

Planets of the Solar system - 6+

The mysterious Universe (and introduction to cosmology) - 14+

Life in the Universe - the strange case of intelligent life in the cosmos

Dept. Physics & Astronomy, UCL, Gower St., London WC1E 6BT

Tel:020-7679-7155  Fax:020-7679-7145  Email: j.tennyson@ucl.ac.uk

Up to 1 hour from UCL

Will speak on:-

Water in the Universe - any age

Life in the Universe - search for extraterrestrial unintelligence - 14+

Dept. Physics & Astronomy, UCL, Gower St., London WC1E 6BT

Tel:020-7679-3471 Fax:020-7679-7153  Email: jcr@star.ucl.ac.uk

Home by 9.30

Will speak on:-

Star formation - any age

Molecules in space - any age

Dept. Physics & Astronomy, UCL, Gower St., London WC1E 6BT

Tel:020-7679-3475  Fax:020-7679-7145  Email: rkp@star.ucl.ac.uk

No travel restrictions

Will speak on:-

Birth, life and death of stars - GCSE/A-level Galaxies

Evolution of the Universe - GCSE/A-level

Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research, University of Bristol and

Dept. Mathematics, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS

Tel:0117-980-6303 / 020-7882-5445  Email: M.A.H.MacCallum@bristol.ac.uk and M.A.H.MacCallum@qmul.ac.uk

Web: www.maths.qmul.ac.uk/~mm

Up to 2 hours from QMUL / Bristol

Will speak on:-

Black holes - 16+

Cosmology - 16+

Was Einstein 100% right? - 16+

Gravitational waves - 16+

Elbury House, 37, Blenheim Road, West Wimbledon, London SW20 9BA

Tel:020-8542-2374  Email: garryehunt@gmail.com

SE England, around Bournemouth (Dorset, Hampshire, Wiltshire)

Will speak on:-

Exploration of Solar system - any age

Planetary exploration - any age

Global warming and climate change - any age

Business and science - any age

15, Foxcombe Road, Roehampton, London SW15 4LH

Tel:0181-789-2877  Fax:020-7371-1704

No travel restrictions

Will speak on:-

The birth of the Sun - 11+

Molecules in space - A-level

Life in the Universe - 11+

Dept., Physics and Astronomy,University of London Observatory, 553 Warford Way, Mill Hill, London NW7 2QS

Tel (mob): 07974-917878 Email: fd@star.ucl.ac.uk

No travel restrictions

Will speak on:-

Landscapes in the sky, the planets - any age

Life in the Universe - any age

Rainbows of stars - 10+

The ultimate time line - the story of the Universe - 12+

The ghost universe - 12+

Cosmic fire on Earth (the origin of atomic matter and energy) - 12+

The lives of stars - any age

The magic of total solar eclipses - any age

Our star, the Sun - any age

Based in Bromley, Kent

Tel: 0208 4609638 Email: thebestsolution@icloud.com

Travel restrictions: None (but requests travel expenses)

Will speak on:-

A Window through the Universe – from 8-9 to adult

Dept. Physics & Astronomy, UCL, Gower St., London WC1E 6BT

Tel:020-7679-2446  Fax:020-7679-7153  Email: a.aylward@ucl.ac.uk

Up to 2 hours travel from UCL

Will speak on:-

Aurorae - 11+

Glows in the atmosphere - 11+

Exoplanets - detection by radio - 11+

Modelling exoplanet atmospheres - 11+ 

Dept. Physics & Astronomy, UCL, Gower St., London WC1E 6BT
Tel: 07412652063 (text, do not call)
Email: seib2 @ ast.cam.ac.uk
Travel restrictions: None (but requests travel expenses)
Will speak on:
Galaxies - 10+
Cosmology - 12+
Dark matter - 15+
Supermassive black holes - 15+
Simulating the Universe on supercomputers - 15+