Public Engagement from 2008
2008
TV/RADIO
Manchester Evening News
University Press Release
Manchester Evening News
BBC Radio Manchester
Interview: Stardust (Sarah Crowther)
Stardust (Sarah Crowther)
Article: Stardust press release (Sarah Crowther)
Interview: Stardust (Sarah Crowther & Ian Lyon)
SCHOOLS
Loreto Grammar School
Loreto Grammar School
Crest Judging (Sarah Crowther)
Researcher in Residence (Sarah Crowther)
TALKS
Manchester Astronomical Society
Wolverhampton Astronomy Society
Manchester SEDS
Kopal Lecture, Stardust and the Early Solar System (Jamie Gilmour)
Meteorites and the Early Solar System (Jamie Gilmour)
Stardust Mission (Torsten Henkel)
2009
TV/RADIO
BBC Radio Manchester
Interview: Stardust Mission, broadcast as soundbites in news reports (Sarah Crowther)
SCHOOLS
Loreto Grammar School
Chapel School, Chapel en le Frith
Various Schools
Loreto Grammar School
TALKS
Royal Society of Chemistry at MOSI
Crest Judging (Sarah Crowther)
Talk on Mars (Karen Theis)
Chemistry The Next Generation workshops, organised by Lancashire Education Business
Partnership (Sarah Crowther)
Researcher in Residence (Sarah Crowther)
Chemistry of the Early Solar System – part of ‘Not All Chemists Wear White Coats’ Event (Sarah
Crowther)
Bolton Astronomical Society
Hebden Bridge Astronomical Society
Bolton Astronomical Society
PUBLIC EVENTS
UoM Courses for the Public
Jodrell Bank Moonwatch
Meteorites and the Early Solar System (Jamie Gilmour)
Meteorites, Stardust and the Early Solar System (Jamie Gilmour)
The Stardust sample return mission from comet Wild 2 and Interplanetary Dust Particles - Comets
in the Laboratory (Henner Busemann)
Bollington Festival
Chemistry The Next Generation
Jodrell Bank
Mission Possible Day School (Sarah Crowther, Jamie Gilmour, Henner Busemann)
Introduction to The Moon - introducing "hands on" event demonstrating use of petrological
microscopes to study moon rocks (Jamie Gilmour)
Meteorites, Stardust and the Early Solar System (Jamie Gilmour)
40 minute workshops on meteorite craters (Sarah Crowther)
Meteor Watch (Jamie Gilmour)
2010
SCHOOLS
Loreto Grammar School
Crest Judging (Sarah Crowther)
TALKS
West Didsbury Astronomical Society
Lancaster and Morecambe Astronomical Society
The Order of the Planets (Jamie Gilmour)
Meteorites, Stardust and the Early Solar System (Jamie Gilmour)
PUBLIC EVENTS
The Big Bang Fair at G-Mex, Manchester
Moonwatch, Jodrell Bank
Expert Guide (Sarah Crowther)
Introduction to The Moon - "hands on" event demonstrating use of petrological microscopes to
study moon rocks (Jamie Gilmour)
2011
TV/RADIO
BBC Newsround
Radio 5 Live Breakfast Show
Stardust Mission (Sarah Crowther, Jamie Gilmour, Jenny Claydon)
Interview: Mars Science Laboratory Mission (Jamie Gilmour)
SCHOOLS
The Manchester Grammar School
Loreto Grammar School
Loreto Grammar School
Talk - Genesis: The Search for Origins (Sarah Crowther)
Talk - Genesis: The Search for Origins (Sarah Crowther)
Crest Judging (Sarah Crowther)
TALKS
Salford Astronomy Society
Furness and South Lakes Astronomy Society
Hull and East Riding Astronomy Society
Didsbury Astronomy Society
North West Science Teachers Meeting
Leeds Astronomy Society
Genesis: The Search for Origins (Sarah Crowther)
Meteorites, Stardust and the Early Solar System (Jamie Gilmour)
Meteorites, Stardust and the Early Solar System (Jamie Gilmour)
Genesis: The Search for Origins (Sarah Gilmour)
Workshop on Meteorites and the Early Solar System: Bringing Contemporary Science into the
Classroom (Jamie Gilmour)
Meteorites, Stardust and the Early Solar System (Jamie Gilmour)
PUBLIC EVENTS
Moonwatch, Jodrell Bank
Lunar Eclipse Night, MOSI
Manchester Science Festival
Science Week: Astronomy Day, MOSI
Manchester Science Festival , MOSI
Manchester Science Festival, MOSI
Bollington Science Bar
Meet the Scientists Event, MOSI
Presentation of lunar samples during Moonwatch event (Jamie Gilmour)
Lecture & Activities (Jamie Gilmour)
Welcoming visitors to MOSI, Science Busking in the Triangle (Sarah Crowther)
Various activities (Jamie Gilmour)
Spacetacular (Group)
Amazing Astronomy (Group)
What we learn about the solar system from studying meteorites (Jamie Gilmour)
Meet The Cosmochemists (Group)
2012
TV/RADIO
CBBC Newsround
BBC TV News "Breakfast"
BBC Radio Scotland "Good Morning Scotland"
BBC Radio Leeds "Liz Green"
BBC Radio 5 Live "Drive"
CBBC Newsround
OU MOOC
BBC TV News "Breakfast"
BBC Sky at Night
Diffusion Science Radio (Australia)
BBC Radio Manchester
Interview: Mars Curiosity (Jamie Gilmour)
Interview: Mars Curiosity uses Chemcam for the first time (Jamie Gilmour)
Interview: Curiosity Rover (Jamie Gilmour)
Interview: What if we found life on Mars? (Jamie Gilmour)
Interview: Mars Insight and Mars Curiosity (Jamie Gilmour)
Interview: Mining asteroids (Jamie Gilmour)
Filming for OU's MOOC about the Moon (Katherine Joy)
Discussion segments on Meteorites (Jamie Gilmour)
Filming for BBC Sky at Night. Broadcast Dec (Katherine Joy)
Interview: Planetary Dust (Henner Busemann)
Interview: Hayabusa Samples (Henner Busemann)
BBC Radio 5 Live
Interview: Hayabusa Samples (Henner Busemann)
SCHOOLS
Loreto Grammar School
Loreto Grammar School
Sussex School
Loreto College
Careers Talk (Sarah Crowther)
Crest Judging (Sarah Crowther)
Talk (Katherine Joy)
Talk (Henner Busemann)
TALKS
Furness and South Lakeland Astronomy Society
Herdman Society Liverpool
Craven and Pendle Geology Society
South Cheshire Astronomy Society
Doncaster Astronomy Society
Sheffield Astronomical Society
Open University
Derby Astronomical Society
Craven and Pendle Naturalists Association
Birkbeck College
The Order of Planets (Jamie Gilmour)
Probing the formation of the Solar System (Torsten Henkel)
Formation of the Solar System (Jamie Gilmour)
Meteorites and the Formation of the Solar System (Jamie Gilmour)
Meteorites and the Formation of the Solar System (Jamie Gilmour)
Meteorites, Stardust and the Early Solar System (Jamie Gilmour)
Seminar (Katherine Joy)
The Evolution of the Planets (Jamie Gilmour)
The Origin of the Solar System (Jamie Gilmour)
Meteorites in Antarctica (Katherine Joy)
PUBLIC EVENTS
Café Scientific, Pendle
Manchester Science Festival, Whitworth Hall
Girls' Night Out: Under the Stars, Jodrell Bank
Manchester Science Festival, Manchester Museum
Meteorites and the Formation of the Solar System (Jamie Gilmour)
Science Spectacular (Group)
Girls' Night Out: Under the Stars (Katherine Joy, Sarah Crowther, Nicole Spring)
Meteorites Day (Group)
2013
TV/RADIO
BBC Stargazing Live, Tatton Park
BBC Radio 5 Live "Breakfast"
BBC Radio 5 Live "Breakfast"
BBC 3 Counties Radio "Drive"
BBC Sky at Night
Major exhibit & appearance on stage 4 – Solar System Science (Group)
Interview: results from Mars Curiosity (Jamie Gilmour)
Interview: comet PAN-STARRS (Jamie Gilmour)
Interview: comet PAN-STARRS (Jamie Gilmour)
BBC Sky at Night, Broadcast April (Katherine Joy)
BBC Sky at Night
BBC Newsround
BBC Sky at Night, Broadcast November (Katherine Joy)
Interview: Maven (Katherine Joy)
SCHOOLS
St Peter's Academy, Stoke on Trent
Manchester Communication Academy
Runshaw College
Aquinas College
Burnley College
St John’s RC Primary, Rochdale
Talk & activities (Sarah Crowther, Mark Nottingham, Natalie Curran)
Talk & activities (Sarah Crowther, Mark Nottingham, Natalie Curran)
Talk & activities (Sarah Crowther, Mark Nottingham)
Talk & activities (Sarah Crowther, Mark Nottingham)
"Why Study Planetary Science?" (Jamie Gilmour)
Comet making demonstrating (Niel Williams, Alex Clarke)
TALKS
Chester Astronomy Society
Astronomy Ireland public lecture at Trinity College
RAS Meeting, Geological Society, London
Manchester Astronomical Society, MMU
Keighley Astronomy Society
Live from Jodrell Bank Transmission 6
Live from Jodrell Bank Transmission 7
Jodrell Bank
Jodrell Bank Christmas Lectures
Harrogate Astronomical Society
The Evolution of the Solar System (Jamie Gilmour)
The Past, Present and Future of Lunar Science: surface exploration, satellites and samples
(Katherine Joy)
Unravelling the impact history of the Moon (Katherine Joy)
Geological History of the Moon from Sample Analysis and Missions (Katherine Joy)
Meteorites, Stardust and the Early Solar System (Jamie Gilmour)
The Solar System (Sarah Crowther)
The Solar System (Sarah Crowther)
Telescope Night (Jamie Gilmour)
Unravelling the Solar System (Sarah Crowther)
The Evolution of the Solar System (Jamie Gilmour)
PUBLIC EVENTS
Girls' Night Out: Under the Stars, Jodrell Bank
Super Saturday, Bolton Museum
Jodrell Bank
Jodrell Bank
Jodrell Bank
Jodrell Bank
Manchester Science Festival, Manchester Museum
Manchester Science Festival, Whitworth Hall
Girls' Night Out: Under the Stars (Group)
Rocks in Space Day (Group)
Live from Jodrell Bank: Transmission 4 (Group)
Live from Jodrell Bank: Transmission 5 (Group)
Live from Jodrell Bank: Transmission 6 (Group)
Live from Jodrell Bank: Transmission 7 (Group)
Planetary Odyssey (Group)
Science Spectacular (Group)
Saturday Science, MOSI
Comet ISON: Blazing Glory or Damp Squib? (Group)
2014
TV/RADIO
BBC Newsround
BBC Newsround
Online Content (Katherine Joy)
Rosetta Mission (Jamie Gilmour)
PUBLIC EVENTS
MOSI
Girls’ Night Out: Under the Stars
Pint of Science – Odder Bar, Manchester
Space Science Special: Amazed by Science
Universities Week, Super Saturday
Moon Night @ Manchester Astronomical Society
TALKS
Bournemouth Astronomical Society
Nottingham Astronomical Society
Ilkeston Astronomical Society
Doncaster Astronomical Society
Girls’ Night Out: Under the Stars
Liverpool Astronomical Society
University of Liverpool Herdmann Symposium
BBC Stargazing Live (Group)
Jodrell Bank (Group)
Talks by Francesca McDonald, Michael Broadley, Kathryn Street, Sarah Crowther, Katherine Joy.
Jodrell Bank (Group)
Manchester Museum (Group)
Godlee Observatory (Sarah Crowther, Mark Nottingham, Katherine Joy, Natalie Curran, Francesca
McDonald)
Talk (Katherine Joy)
Meteorites, Stardust and the Early Solar System (Jamie Gilmour)
Meteorites, Stardust and the Early Solar System (Jamie Gilmour)
The Evolution of the Solar System (Jamie Gilmour)
Jodrell Bank (Sarah Crowther, Katherine Joy)
Talk (Katherine Joy)
Lunar Planet Bombardment (Katherine Joy)