[Astro] [CAPT] FW: Public speaking/outreach opportunities

[Ella Batchelor (staff)]

From: Kieran Wood <Kieran.Wood at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Kieran.Wood at nottingham.ac.uk>>
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2026 1:22 PM
To: capt at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:capt at nottingham.ac.uk> <capt at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:capt at nottingham.ac.uk>>
Subject: Public speaking/outreach opportunities

Hi all,

I am writing to make you aware of a couple of public speaking and outreach opportunities that some of you may be interested in taking part in. Please feel free to get in touch if you would like to get involved, or if you have any questions! Details provided below:

1. Pint of Science festival 2026
Pint of Science (https://pintofscience.com/) is a global, volunteer-led science festival that happens once per year across 500 cities around the world, where thousands of researchers present their work to the public in local pubs. I'm part of the organisational committee in Nottingham this year, where the festival is taking place on the evenings of the 18th, 19th and 20th May. We're currently at the stage where we are looking for volunteers who would like to speak - the branch of the event I'm responsible for (alongside Chris Morley and Margot Roeth who are also from physics) is called "Atoms to Galaxies". While a lot of the speaking slots have been filled already, there are still a few open, so I'm putting the call out to all the astronomers and particle theorists of CAPT.

This opportunity is open to everybody: professors, postdocs and PhD students alike. The plan is to get 2 or 3 speakers per evening to talk about what kind of research they do to the general public for maybe 15-20 minutes, followed by some friendly questions. The events will run from about 7:30-10:00pm ish, and the topic of the talks would be entirely up to the speakers. Anyone who wants to speak would also of course be rewarded with free drinks for the evening. In between the talks there will additionally be some kind of fun activity for the audience e.g. a science-related pub quiz, that we're going to sort out ourselves, but if anybody has any brilliant ideas you are welcome to propose them.

2. PubhD Nottingham
PubhD is a very similar event to Pint of Science that I have been involved in organising for a fair few months now. It is essentially a much smaller-scale, local, early-career oriented version of Pint of Science. Again, the idea is to get 3 speakers to talk about what they do to the public in a local pub (the Barley Twist, near the train station), the difference being that the speaking slots are exclusively reserved for PhDs/Postdocs, and they are not restricted to just scientists. The event runs once per month, usually on the second Wednesday of the month, from about 7:30-9:30pm, with the following format:

  *   each speaker gets 10 mins to talk about what they do to an interested audience, followed by up to 20 mins of (friendly!) questions from the audience

  *    each speaker gets at least one free drink of their choice (but hopefully, and indeed typically, more)

  *   a flip chart and coloured pens will be provided. No powerpoints, but handouts accepted, and props welcomed
The next one is 11th March, and there is still a slot open for a speaker, so do let me know if you fancy giving it a go - it is good fun! (We also have t-shirts available to buy for the low, low price of £18, featuring the vitruvian man holding 4 pint glasses)

Best wishes,
Kieran


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