Tag: Edinburgh Science Festival
Director of Edinburgh Science to step down
Dr Simon Gage, OBE who has been involved with Edinburgh Science for three decades, and 29 of those as the CEO and Director, is to step down from the organisation after this year's festival....
Edinburgh Science Festival – A Climate of Change
Edinburgh Science Festival presented a talk on Thursday evening between Patricia Espinosa, Ambassador of Mexico to Germany since 2012, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico (2006–2012) and Executive Secretary of the United National...
Nicola Sturgeon cancels attendance at Science Festival
This evening's Science Festival event was to be a discussion between the former First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, and Patricia Espinosa the Ambassador of Mexico to Germany.Now Ms Sturgeon has cancelled her appearance in...
Edinburgh Science Festival 2023 begins on Saturday
The 2023 edition of the Edinburgh Science Festival begins on Saturday, 1 April.This year’s theme is Let's Experiment and Edinburgh will be transformed into a living laboratory, with a jam-packed programme of hands-on science...
Edinburgh Science Festival 2023 – Let’s experiment!
The message from the science festival team is a simple one: Let's experiment!This year's programme uses 31 venues and intends to get everyone hands on with science which is at the heart of all...
Hibs and Edinburgh Science team up to beat energy crisis
Known for its climate work and producing the annual Science Festival, Edinburgh Science charity, has teamed up with Scotland’s greenest football club, Hibernian, to present Beating the Energy Crisis event for third sector organisations...
‘It’s a wrap!’ as ESF 2022 closes after another successful edition
The Edinburgh Science Festival has truly came back from a challenging period in history with a bang, doing what it does best – live, hands-on, science-based experiences for everyone!The 2022 edition was themed around...
Edinburgh Science Festival celebrates Earth Day with Earth, Wind and Gaia
As Edinburgh Science Festival enters its final weekend this Friday there are a host of exciting events coinciding with Earth Day 2022 and highlighting the climate emergency.Edinburgh Science Festival 2022 celebrates 50 years since...
Consumer habits challenged by major new exhibition at The Mound
Living on Earth are over 7 billion people and our ever-increasing collective thirst for 'stuff' is detrimentally affecting the way we live. But there is hope. Through eating, travelling and using energy differently, changing...
‘Dig up a Dinosaur’ with ESF at City Art Centre this Easter holiday
Edinburgh Science Festival - on from now until 24 April - has sci-curious minds of all ages covered this Easter holidays!Valentina Maia (archaeologist), 7 and Kylie Hung (dinosaur), 7 have a closer look at what...
DATASPHERE, Edinburgh Science Festival’s new major exhibition at NMS
Taking centre stage at Edinburgh Science Festival 2022, DataSphere is an innovative, multi-media and free exhibition which is set to immerse audiences in the information age like never before. With Revolutions as the theme...
Edinburgh Science Festival 2022 looks forward to City Art Centre return
Celebrating the upcoming launch of Edinburgh Science Festival 2022 on Saturday 9 April, as well as City Art Centre’s long-awaited return as the Festival’s flagship family venue, were 5 lucky children when they got...
2021 ESF is a wrap as dates and theme announced for 2022
The world’s first and still Europe’s biggest science festival, the 33rd Edinburgh Science Festival wrapped up yesterday, on Sunday, 11 July, having connected sci-curious minds of all ages and all over the world to...
Edinburgh Science Festival leaves no stone unturned
Edinburgh Science Festival’s closing weekend has a wide range of in-person trails, exhibitions and walks to discover and a bank of digital content which people from anywhere in the world can access.Amanda Tyndall, Festival...
Culture Minister Jenny Gilruth visits ESF’s Elemental
Jenny Gilruth, the Minister for Culture, Europe and International Development, visited Elemental, a new interactive multimedia art installation at Summerhall as part of 2021 Edinburgh Science Festival.As every year, the Festival champions art-based learning...
Prestigious Edinburgh Medal awarded to Prof. Heidi Larson
Professor Heidi J. Larson, PhD, Professor of Anthropology, Risk and Decision Science and the Founding Director of the Vaccine Confidence Project at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine was presented with the...
Edinburgh turns into a science playground this summer
Presenting over 200 digital and in-person events for sci-curious minds of all ages with the theme of One World: Science Connects Us and Cirrus Logic as its Headline Sponsor, the 33rd Edinburgh Science Festival...
Ben Macpherson MSP gets hands-on with science at Edinburgh Science Festival
Ben Macpherson MSP, Minister for Social Security and Local Government and MSP for the Edinburgh Northern and Leith constituency visited SciMart – a farmers market with a scientific twist, presented at the Royal Botanic...
ESF virtual gallery of future green spaces presented by the British Ecological Society
The British Ecological Society (BES), in collaboration with SMASH-UK, will be presenting - as part of this year’s Edinburgh Science Festival - a virtual gallery of art created by local artists and ecologists, predicting the...
‘In Memoriam’ – Luke Jerram’s new touring artwork installed in the Botanics
Luke Jerram’s In Memoriam, which will be presented as part of this year’s Edinburgh Science Festival, is a touring art work displayed at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, marking its first visit to Scotland....
The hybrid 2021 Edinburgh Science Festival kicks off its 33rd edition tomorrow
The world’s first, and still Europe’s biggest, science festival - The Edinburgh Science Festival – kicks off its hybrid, 33rd edition tomorrow, Saturday 26 June, with a theme of One World: Science Connects Us...
33rd edition of ESF focuses on women in STEM.
The world’s first, and still Europe’s biggest, Edinburgh Science Festival starts this week and celebrates women in STEM with a large-scale street art trail around the Scottish capital featuring 9 locations, each devoted to...
Toolkit launched by Edinburgh Science charity to help UK businesses reach net zero carbon
We are in a climate emergency and the scientific consensus is clear on that. To address this, necessary and ambitious targets are being set by the United Nations - net zero by 2050, UK...
Edinburgh Science Festival – first event Human Nature photography exhibition now on
With programming for the planet at its core, the 2021 Edinburgh Science Festival which will run from 26 June – 11 July focuses on the climate challenges and opportunities ahead, as the world prepares...
Founding Director of the Vaccine Confidence Project awarded Edinburgh Medal
The 2021 Edinburgh Science Festival awarded the prestigious Edinburgh Medal to anthropologist and author Heidi Larson, the Founding Director of the Vaccine Confidence Project at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, in...
2021 Edinburgh Science Festival programme launches
Edinburgh Science has revealed the programme for its annual Science Festival, the world’s first and still Europe’s biggest. This year the festival moves away from its usual Easter holiday dates to take place –...
‘The Human Swan’ visits Edinburgh ahead of her appearance at ESF
Sacha Dench, ‘The Human Swan’ - an inspiring conservationist, adventurer and motivational speaker, visited Edinburgh today (13th May) to film her talk for the upcoming Edinburgh Science Festival. In Conversation with Sacha Dench will...
#EdSciFest – Elements of #EdSciFest now available online – listen to our podcast here
The Edinburgh Science Festival cannot take place this year in its normal way, but that is not stopping the innovative team behind it.They have set up a whole programme online to entertain and...
#EdSciFest – now available online
Elements of #EdSciFest: Edinburgh Science Festival goes digital!Elements of #EdSciFest is a digital reiteration of Edinburgh Science Festival 2020, was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.Elements of #EdSciFest draws on the original 2020 theme...
Coronavirus – Edinburgh Science Festival 2020 cancelled
Edinburgh Science Festival cancelled in response to Covid-19 pandemic Following close monitoring of the ever-changing situation regarding the global spread of COVID-19 and having held discussions with key partners, Edinburgh Science is sorry to announce the...
