Pint of Science
Published: 26 June 2014
Pint of Science, a science festival that takes place in pubs, has just finished its first year in Glasgow with a great reception from the public. Over 500 people across Glasgow attended talks covering the A to Z of science; from Anatomy to the Science of Zombies! The festival was organised by a number of current and former research students from the Colleges of Science and Engineering and Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences.
Pint of Science, a science festival that takes place in pubs, has just finished its first year in Glasgow with a great reception from the public. Over 500 people across Glasgow attended talks covering the A to Z of science; from Anatomy to the Science of Zombies! The festival was organised by a number of current and former research students from the Colleges of Science and Engineering and Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences. The festival ran over May 19-21st in four pubs and featured talks from some of the best science communicators from the University of Glasgow, both students and academics. More than half of the events were sold out in advance. The festival started last year in Oxford and Cambridge, but this year spread to a further 19 cities across six countries - USA, France, Australia, Switzerland, Ireland and the UK – with Glasgow the only university in Scotland to participate. The success of the festival was conveyed by the repeat attendance by people who came along to the opening night and by the fact that many have signed-up already for next year’s festival.
Well done to PhD student Scott Smith and his team for making the event such a triumph!
First published: 26 June 2014