Wish Upon A Star: Up & Running

The Wish Upon A Star project officially kicked off on Friday with sessions at Brindle Gregson Lane Primary School in Preston. The pupils were fantastic and we had a great time. There is a great deal we could say, but the children said it best. Hit up the video below for the full story.



Follow @StarWishProject on Twitter. Below is an Audioboo I made about the project and this school:

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Audioboo/Podcast Radio

We have recently begun an audio podcast, just a home-brew guerrilla radio show. I hope it will develop as we go but of now you can enjoy the astronomy episodes. It is Adam's personal account so there are shorts on other subjects such as cycling (he's obsessed) and various bits and pieces, but the astronomy ones will be embedded here for you to listen to. The first three are below, and we will post them here as they are recorded.

Mars at Opposition (mp3)

Jupiter and Venus, Effulgence and Beauty (mp3)

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Audioboo/Burnley Work Inspiration

I have started a podcast feed over at Audioboo. You can get it here. It's an informal glimpse in to what we do and how it goes down. It is recorded on the fly using my iPhone so expect it to sound like a guerrilla type radio show. I'll podcast about our activities, even have interviews from learners and document events. Enjoy!

Thursday last I attended Burnley Work Inspiration day at Aircelle, Burnley. This was a great day where children were introduced to future career opportunities with some great companies. I was able to turn them on to the sciences and academia as a path for them, and many were suitably impressed with what they could accomplish in an academic career. If any of the seeds I planted do grow I'll likely never see the trees that they become, but it was still nice to be there to fly the flag for academia in front of these students. Photos of the Beauty In The Universe stand below:

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