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STS is proud that Helen Pearson, Honorary Professor of Practice with us, and who teaches on our SciCom MSc, has been awarded the European Science Journalist of the Year Award from the European Federation for Science Journalism.
#ScienceJournalism #ScienceCommunication
#ScienceJournalism #ScienceCommunication
🎉 Exciting news from @UCLSTS! We’re thrilled to welcome Professor Andy Stirling as an Honorary Professor in our department. Andy, is a emeritus professor at Sussex, and has been a valued friend to the department for decades. For more info 👉https://bit.ly/4hFlY7K
November 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
🎉 Exciting news from @UCLSTS! We’re thrilled to welcome Professor Andy Stirling as an Honorary Professor in our department. Andy, is a emeritus professor at Sussex, and has been a valued friend to the department for decades. For more info 👉https://bit.ly/4hFlY7K
STS is proud that Helen Pearson, Honorary Professor of Practice with us, and who teaches on our SciCom MSc, has been awarded the European Science Journalist of the Year Award from the European Federation for Science Journalism.
#ScienceJournalism #ScienceCommunication
#ScienceJournalism #ScienceCommunication
October 27, 2025 at 9:54 AM
STS is proud that Helen Pearson, Honorary Professor of Practice with us, and who teaches on our SciCom MSc, has been awarded the European Science Journalist of the Year Award from the European Federation for Science Journalism.
#ScienceJournalism #ScienceCommunication
#ScienceJournalism #ScienceCommunication
We’re hiring! We are recruiting for Science Communication Technician (Equipment and Resources) to join our Department from November 2025. For more info and to apply, please visit: http://bit.ly/43BnBxu
Closing Date: 10th November 2025
#WeAreSTS #Sciencecommunication #MSc
Closing Date: 10th November 2025
#WeAreSTS #Sciencecommunication #MSc
October 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM
We’re hiring! We are recruiting for Science Communication Technician (Equipment and Resources) to join our Department from November 2025. For more info and to apply, please visit: http://bit.ly/43BnBxu
Closing Date: 10th November 2025
#WeAreSTS #Sciencecommunication #MSc
Closing Date: 10th November 2025
#WeAreSTS #Sciencecommunication #MSc
We’re hiring! We are recruiting for Associate Professor in the Material and Public Cultures of Science to join our Department from January 2026. For more info and to apply, please visit: http://bit.ly/48Ll8nU
Closing Date: 9th November 2025
#WeAreSTS #education #lecturer
Closing Date: 9th November 2025
#WeAreSTS #education #lecturer
October 24, 2025 at 6:30 AM
We’re hiring! We are recruiting for Associate Professor in the Material and Public Cultures of Science to join our Department from January 2026. For more info and to apply, please visit: http://bit.ly/48Ll8nU
Closing Date: 9th November 2025
#WeAreSTS #education #lecturer
Closing Date: 9th November 2025
#WeAreSTS #education #lecturer
We were honoured to host the 2025 @aaas.org Kavli foundation Journalism Award Lecture by Natasha Loder. Her talk, From Print to Prompts, explored the wild ride from analog to AI—and the future of science journalism. Watch here: youtu.be/9L6zKT6O240
🎥 Video by Evan Sykes
#ScienceWriting
🎥 Video by Evan Sykes
#ScienceWriting
AAAS Kavli Foundation Award Lecture Natasha Loder (15/10/2025)
We were honoured to host the 2025 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award Lecture, featuring 2024 award winner Natasha Loder.
Her talk, From Print to Prompts: What the Past Says About the Future of Science Journalism, explores the evolution of science reporting—from the analog age of print, through digi
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October 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We were honoured to host the 2025 @aaas.org Kavli foundation Journalism Award Lecture by Natasha Loder. Her talk, From Print to Prompts, explored the wild ride from analog to AI—and the future of science journalism. Watch here: youtu.be/9L6zKT6O240
🎥 Video by Evan Sykes
#ScienceWriting
🎥 Video by Evan Sykes
#ScienceWriting
🎉 Huge congratulations to Professor Emily Dawson on her Inaugural Lecture last night: Popular Culture and Science. A brilliant evening celebrating her work and vision! #InauguralLecture #ScienceAndCulture
October 23, 2025 at 7:55 AM
🎉 Huge congratulations to Professor Emily Dawson on her Inaugural Lecture last night: Popular Culture and Science. A brilliant evening celebrating her work and vision! #InauguralLecture #ScienceAndCulture
@uclsts hosted a taster lecture for students visiting from all over South Africa
#education #scienceandtechnology #tastersession
#education #scienceandtechnology #tastersession
October 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
@uclsts hosted a taster lecture for students visiting from all over South Africa
#education #scienceandtechnology #tastersession
#education #scienceandtechnology #tastersession
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Still time to join us on 15th October to talk the future of science journalism with @natashaloder.bsky.social as @stsucl.bsky.social hosts the @aaas.org @kavlifoundation.org Award lecture. Sign up here:
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UCL-STS Hosts 2025 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award Lecture
From Print to Prompts: What the Past Says About the Future of Science Journalism - A lecture by Natasha Loder, The Economist's health editor
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October 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Still time to join us on 15th October to talk the future of science journalism with @natashaloder.bsky.social as @stsucl.bsky.social hosts the @aaas.org @kavlifoundation.org Award lecture. Sign up here:
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UCL has been rated as a leading university for knowledge exchange for the fifth year in a row in Research England’s Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF).
Read the news story: bit.ly/46tDarL
#KEF5
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Read the news story: bit.ly/46tDarL
#KEF5
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September 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
UCL has been rated as a leading university for knowledge exchange for the fifth year in a row in Research England’s Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF).
Read the news story: bit.ly/46tDarL
#KEF5
@uclenterprise.bsky.social
Read the news story: bit.ly/46tDarL
#KEF5
@uclenterprise.bsky.social
It's the start of the new Academic Year! It was great to meet our new #undergraduate cohort at our Welcome Session this morning. #WeAreSTS #STS #HPS #STSUCL
September 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
It's the start of the new Academic Year! It was great to meet our new #undergraduate cohort at our Welcome Session this morning. #WeAreSTS #STS #HPS #STSUCL
Yesterday Tate Modern saw us wandering around its exhibits for our away day. We discussed good & bad theologies of radio technologies; whether Rothko's moods exist or are performed, & what happens to art when stripped of context. All while setting off alarms & getting told off for touching exhibits.
September 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Yesterday Tate Modern saw us wandering around its exhibits for our away day. We discussed good & bad theologies of radio technologies; whether Rothko's moods exist or are performed, & what happens to art when stripped of context. All while setting off alarms & getting told off for touching exhibits.
We're proud to share that STS student Tanisha authored A Breath of Fresh Air: A Smoke Free Future for NHS London & London Tobacco Alliance published by Partnership for Young London. Her research on vape marketing & UK policy was cited by Brunel academics! 👏 Read Here:
“A Breath of Fresh Air: A Smoke Free Future”
A Breath of Fresh Air : A Smoke Free Future looks at the thoughts and opinions around the Tobacco and Vapes bill from young people and key senior stakeholders in the healthcare sector. This project recruited a youth advisory group made up of 16–25-year-olds from across London. They have an interest in youth Smoking and Vaping affairs and express their lived experiences, opinions and overall thoughts in regular workshops, trips and focus groups. The objectives for this work included: • Gathering
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September 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
We're proud to share that STS student Tanisha authored A Breath of Fresh Air: A Smoke Free Future for NHS London & London Tobacco Alliance published by Partnership for Young London. Her research on vape marketing & UK policy was cited by Brunel academics! 👏 Read Here:
From Print to Prompts: Join The Economist’s Health Editor Natasha Loder at UCL STS on 15 October for the 2025 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award Lecture on the future of science journalism. For full details and to register to attend, please visit: http://bit.ly/4poAV1R
September 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
From Print to Prompts: Join The Economist’s Health Editor Natasha Loder at UCL STS on 15 October for the 2025 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award Lecture on the future of science journalism. For full details and to register to attend, please visit: http://bit.ly/4poAV1R
We’re hiring! We are currently recruiting for a 3-year Lecturer in Nature, Environment and Society to join our Department from January 2026. For more info and to apply, please visit:http://bit.ly/45MipZl
Closing Date: 5th October 2025
#nature #environment #society #WeAreSTS
Closing Date: 5th October 2025
#nature #environment #society #WeAreSTS
September 4, 2025 at 7:59 AM
We’re hiring! We are currently recruiting for a 3-year Lecturer in Nature, Environment and Society to join our Department from January 2026. For more info and to apply, please visit:http://bit.ly/45MipZl
Closing Date: 5th October 2025
#nature #environment #society #WeAreSTS
Closing Date: 5th October 2025
#nature #environment #society #WeAreSTS
Are you joining us in September? Would you like to meet some of your new classmates? Come along to our Meet your Classmates event. Register here: http://bit.ly/45ZQx2V
August 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Are you joining us in September? Would you like to meet some of your new classmates? Come along to our Meet your Classmates event. Register here: http://bit.ly/45ZQx2V
✉️ Our July 2025 Newsletter is out now!
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July 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
✉️ Our July 2025 Newsletter is out now!
Don't forget to Subscribe so you can keep up to date with everything happening in STS!
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Don't forget to Subscribe so you can keep up to date with everything happening in STS!
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Last Friday, we held an STS taster session with Year 12 students at Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys in Canterbury.
We talked about different topics, such as AI, and what it’s like to be part of STS.
#stsucl #education #WeAreSTS
We talked about different topics, such as AI, and what it’s like to be part of STS.
#stsucl #education #WeAreSTS
June 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Last Friday, we held an STS taster session with Year 12 students at Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys in Canterbury.
We talked about different topics, such as AI, and what it’s like to be part of STS.
#stsucl #education #WeAreSTS
We talked about different topics, such as AI, and what it’s like to be part of STS.
#stsucl #education #WeAreSTS
🚨 Job Alert:
We are currently looking for an Education Administrator to join our Professional Services team and work across our taught and research programmes. This is a full-time, permanent position - all details are available here:
http://bit.ly/447GzLV
We are currently looking for an Education Administrator to join our Professional Services team and work across our taught and research programmes. This is a full-time, permanent position - all details are available here:
http://bit.ly/447GzLV
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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June 18, 2025 at 7:32 AM
🚨 Job Alert:
We are currently looking for an Education Administrator to join our Professional Services team and work across our taught and research programmes. This is a full-time, permanent position - all details are available here:
http://bit.ly/447GzLV
We are currently looking for an Education Administrator to join our Professional Services team and work across our taught and research programmes. This is a full-time, permanent position - all details are available here:
http://bit.ly/447GzLV
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🔦 June Spotlight on Dr Cian O'Donovan, Director of the new UCL Centre for Responsible #Innovation and Lecturer at UCL #Science and #Technology Studies @stsucl.bsky.social: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...
Dr Cian O'Donovan
Dr Cian O'Donovan is the Director of the new UCL Centre for Responsible Innovation and a Lecturer at UCL Science and Technology Studies.
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June 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
🔦 June Spotlight on Dr Cian O'Donovan, Director of the new UCL Centre for Responsible #Innovation and Lecturer at UCL #Science and #Technology Studies @stsucl.bsky.social: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...
Prof @jackstilgoe.bsky.social spoke to the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 this morning about self-driving cars. You can listen to the programme here:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
(Skip to 01:36:00 to listen to the segment!)
@ucl.ac.uk @uclnews.bsky.social @uclmaps.bsky.social
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Today - 11/06/2025 - BBC Sounds
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Prof @jackstilgoe.bsky.social spoke to the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 this morning about self-driving cars. You can listen to the programme here:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
(Skip to 01:36:00 to listen to the segment!)
@ucl.ac.uk @uclnews.bsky.social @uclmaps.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
(Skip to 01:36:00 to listen to the segment!)
@ucl.ac.uk @uclnews.bsky.social @uclmaps.bsky.social
Dr Charlotte Sleigh, STS Associate Professor in Social Studies of Science, took part in More Jam Tomorrow's podcast on Teeth. You can listen to the interview here:
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Teeth
When you need to see a GP, you can - though you might have to wait a couple of weeks. But half the people who need an NHS dentist have no realistic chance...
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June 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Dr Charlotte Sleigh, STS Associate Professor in Social Studies of Science, took part in More Jam Tomorrow's podcast on Teeth. You can listen to the interview here:
morejamtomorrow.com/...
morejamtomorrow.com/...
We are delighted to share that STS’s Maryam Rokhideh invited piece in Nature Worldview is out now!
You can read it here:
www.nature.com/artic...
You can read it here:
www.nature.com/artic...
Disaster relief needs community trust — authorities must earn it
Nature - Governments and institutions must shift from top-down approaches to collaborations with local communities.
www.nature.com
June 4, 2025 at 7:34 AM
We are delighted to share that STS’s Maryam Rokhideh invited piece in Nature Worldview is out now!
You can read it here:
www.nature.com/artic...
You can read it here:
www.nature.com/artic...
Read about BSc SPS student and Y1 Student Rep Fatima Ismail's experience of being a student and activist in this interview by Dr Jenny Bulstrode:
ucl.ac.uk/sts/news/2...
Watch the Young Voices of Africa 'Blood Diamond' documentary here: https://bit.ly/3HgJcD7
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Watch the Young Voices of Africa 'Blood Diamond' documentary here: https://bit.ly/3HgJcD7
May 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Read about BSc SPS student and Y1 Student Rep Fatima Ismail's experience of being a student and activist in this interview by Dr Jenny Bulstrode:
ucl.ac.uk/sts/news/2...
Watch the Young Voices of Africa 'Blood Diamond' documentary here: https://bit.ly/3HgJcD7
ucl.ac.uk/sts/news/2...
Watch the Young Voices of Africa 'Blood Diamond' documentary here: https://bit.ly/3HgJcD7
📢 Exciting job opportunity available:
We are currently recruiting for a fixed-term Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Science and Technology Policy. To find out more about the position and to apply, visit the link below:
http://bit.ly/3SrGqxk
We are currently recruiting for a fixed-term Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Science and Technology Policy. To find out more about the position and to apply, visit the link below:
http://bit.ly/3SrGqxk
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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May 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
📢 Exciting job opportunity available:
We are currently recruiting for a fixed-term Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Science and Technology Policy. To find out more about the position and to apply, visit the link below:
http://bit.ly/3SrGqxk
We are currently recruiting for a fixed-term Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Science and Technology Policy. To find out more about the position and to apply, visit the link below:
http://bit.ly/3SrGqxk
Are you an STS UG finalist or MSc student? Are you worried about what comes next after graduation?
Skip the existential crisis and mark your diary for 27 May for the first ever student-led STS/HPS Alumni Careers Panel, feat. former STS students Timothy Wood and Holly Frostwick.
Skip the existential crisis and mark your diary for 27 May for the first ever student-led STS/HPS Alumni Careers Panel, feat. former STS students Timothy Wood and Holly Frostwick.
May 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Are you an STS UG finalist or MSc student? Are you worried about what comes next after graduation?
Skip the existential crisis and mark your diary for 27 May for the first ever student-led STS/HPS Alumni Careers Panel, feat. former STS students Timothy Wood and Holly Frostwick.
Skip the existential crisis and mark your diary for 27 May for the first ever student-led STS/HPS Alumni Careers Panel, feat. former STS students Timothy Wood and Holly Frostwick.