{"id":1366,"date":"2015-12-21T16:02:57","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T16:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/?p=1366"},"modified":"2015-12-21T16:02:57","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T16:02:57","slug":"famelab-uk-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/2015\/12\/21\/famelab-uk-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"FameLab UK 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"well\">\n<h2>FameLab UK is back!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/files\/2015\/12\/9135-fitandcrop-890x502.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1367 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/files\/2015\/12\/9135-fitandcrop-890x502.jpg\" alt=\"9135-fitandcrop-890x502\" width=\"890\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/files\/2015\/12\/9135-fitandcrop-890x502.jpg 890w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/files\/2015\/12\/9135-fitandcrop-890x502-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Calling all scientists and engineers with a passion for public engagement to participate in FameLab UK 2016!<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">FameLab is inviting scientists, mathematicians and engineers across the UK to take part in its flagship science communications competition.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Contestants have just <strong>3 minutes<\/strong> to convey a scientific concept of their choice.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">They will be judged by leading researchers, media personalities and science policy makers on the content, clarity and charisma of their presentation.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">The UK winner receives <strong>\u00a31000 cash prize<\/strong> and <strong>\u00a3750 to spend on a science communication activity<\/strong> and goes on to compete against over 25 other contestants from around the world at <a title=\"The Times Cheltenham Science Festival\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cheltenhamfestivals.com\/science\"><em>The Times<\/em> Cheltenham Science Festival<\/a> in June 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\nCheck out the <a title=\"UK locations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cheltenhamfestivals.com\/about\/famelab\/famelab-uk-2\/uk-heats-and-regional-finals\/\">UK locations<\/a> to take part in regional heats and finals and <a title=\"sign up now\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cheltenhamfestivals.com\/about\/famelab\/famelab-uk-2\/registration\/\">sign up now<\/a> to participate in FameLab UK 2016!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Any more questions? Follow FameLab on <a title=\"Opens in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FameLabUK\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> or <a title=\"Opens in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FameLabInternational\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> or send an email to <a title=\"famelab@cheltenhamfestivals.com\" href=\"mailto:famelab@cheltenhamfestivals.com\">famelab@cheltenhamfestivals.com<\/a> <a title=\"Opens in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FameLabUK\" target=\"_blank\" name=\"@FameLabUK on Twitter\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FameLab UK is back! Calling all scientists and engineers with a passion for public engagement to participate in FameLab UK 2016! FameLab is inviting scientists, mathematicians and engineers across the UK to take part in its flagship science communications competition. Contestants have just 3 minutes to convey a scientific concept of their choice. They will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/2015\/12\/21\/famelab-uk-2016\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">FameLab UK 2016<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5074,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events-for-researchers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5074"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1366"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1368,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1366\/revisions\/1368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/igmengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}