Writing for Science Journals

This course teaches you, our scientists, technologists and engineers the essential skills and strategies to write articles for leading science journals such as the British journal Nature and the US journal Science. This comprehensive course/webinar will cover fundamental principles and “rules of the journal-writing game”, equipping participants with the confidence and savvy required to write…

Writing Top Scientific Reports

Engineers, technologists and IT experts are not always the best report-writers. Or are they? Learn the tricks of the trade in a comprehensive three-hour course designed to improve the writing and communication skills of those needing to file important reports. Session 1 9.30am to 11am, AEST Rationale: Why it’s worth writing excellent and easy-to-read reports…

Science Writing Course – Gold Coast

This course, presented by a seasoned science writer and broadcaster, teaches you the essential skills and strategies needed to convey the fruits of scientific research to the media, government, research-funding bodies and the public. This comprehensive course will cover fundamental principles and the “rules of the science-writing game”, equipping researchers and managers with the confidence…

Science Writing Workshop – Cairns

This course teaches you the essential skills and strategies to communicate the fruits of scientific research clearly and effectively to the media, government, research-funding bodies and the public.​ This comprehensive course covers fundamental principles and the “rules of the science-writing game”, equipping researchers and managers with the confidence and media savvy to communicate your messages…

The Science of Comics – Draw ideas. Bend brains (in a good way)

Celebrate the release of The Friendship Paradox – a graphic novel about a science communicator trying to use physics to navigate life – with a workshop that dives into the weird and brilliant science behind comics. Why do comics hit differently to plain text? How can a few lines and shapes carry emotion, movement, even…

Pedal Powered Cinema

Come and join our Pedal Powered Cinema, where you can help us pedal bikes to power the movie projector. We will show movies for children from 4:30pm, then at 6pm join us for pedal powered smoothies and pizza. At 7pm we will show The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, about a boy in Malawi who…

2026 Space Faring Civilisation Film Festival

Imagine a bright future with science. The Space Faring Civilisation (SFC) Film Festival is back for 2026. We are a Canberra-grown festival that loves telling stories about science and space. We show films that give us hope for the future and show how science and imagination can help us build a better world. Free Workshops…

National Science Week 2026 with The Forrest Research Foundation

The Forrest Research Foundation invites you to its National Science Week Showcase on August 8th 2026. Join us in creating memorable experiences at the frontiers of science.  We’ve teamed up with Supersonic Science, who will guide you into exciting and explosive experiments all-day long. You can… Embark on virtual reality experiences where you can journey…

Science in the Scrub 2026

  Science in the Scrub returns to Western Sydney Parklands this National Science Week — bringing a full day of fun, discovery and hands-on science to Lizard Log on 23 August 2026. Join us for a FREE day out where open grasslands and bushland become Western Sydney’s biggest outdoor lab. For the first time, the…

Science in the Swamp 2026

Science in the Swamp is back in Centennial Park this National Science Week — and bigger than ever. Join us on 16 August 2026 for a FREE day out where Centennial Park transforms into a large-scale, hands-on science experience filled with things to try, test and explore. With more than 50 stalls, workshops and activity…