Weāre looking for a moderator to work with us on our June 2019 events.
Iām a Scientist and I’m an EngineerĀ will run from the 10th to the 21st June 2019.
First rule of moderator clubā¦ This is a paid, 10 day job.
If you arenāt free from 8:30ā4:30pm on all 10 days, please donāt apply. Continue reading
Weāre looking for moderators to work with us on our March 2019 events.
Iām a Scientist UK,Ā Iām an EngineerĀ UK and I’m an EngineerĀ Ireland will run from the 4th to the 15th March 2019.
First rule of moderator clubā¦ This is a paid, 10 day job.
If you arenāt free from 8:30ā4:30pm on all 10 days, please donāt apply.
Itās actually a lot of fun as the students (and experts) are quick and funny and full of energy. And hey, promoting STEM engagement is a good thing, am I right?! Continue reading
Weāre looking for moderators to work with us on our November 2018 events.
Iām a Scientist UK,Ā Iām an EngineerĀ UK and I’m a Scientist Ireland will run from the 5th to the 16th November 2018.Ā Itās a lot of fun as the students (and experts) are quick and funny and full of energy. And hey, promoting STEM engagement is a good thing, am I right?! Continue reading
Weāre looking for a moderator to work with us on our June 2018 events.
Iām a Scientist andĀ Iām an Engineer will run from the 11th to the 22nd June 2018.
After psychologist Sam Smith took part in Iām a Scientist, we worked with him to secure funding from the British Psychological Society for 3 more zones. As a result, more than 1,100 students across the UK were able to connect with psychologists in 2017. Continue reading
Weāre looking for three moderators to work with us on our March 2018 events.
They will run from the 5th to the 16th March 2018;Ā Iām a Scientist,Ā Iām an EngineerĀ and I’m a Medic.
Weāre looking for two moderators to work with us on our November 2017 events! TheĀ events will run from the 6th to the 17th November 2017;Ā Iām a ScientistĀ UK and Ireland,Ā Iām an EngineerĀ UK and I’m a Medic. First rule of moderator clubā¦ This is a paid, 10 day job. If you arenāt free from 8:30 ā 4:30pm on all 10 days, please donāt apply. Your key responsibilities will be: Checking and approving questions Adding appropriate keywords Logging and keeping track of questions, comments and dialogue Checking the site for errors and inappropriate content and usernames Moderating live chats Helping to run the site Itās actually a lot of fun as the students (and scientists) are quick and funny and full of energy. And hey, promoting science engagement is a good thing, am I right?! What weād like from you.. You should be bright, thoughtful, pick stuff up easily, ideally with an interest … Continue reading
Weāre looking for aĀ moderator to work with us on our March 2017 events! Iām a Scientist and Iām an Engineer are award-winning online events allowing students (from 9 ā 18) to interact with real live scientists and engineers. TheĀ events will run from theĀ 6th to the 17th March 2017; I’m a Scientist UK and I’m an Engineer UK and Ireland. First rule of moderator clubā¦ This is a paid, 10 day job. If you arenāt free from 8:30 – 4:30pm on all 10 days, please donāt apply. Your key responsibilities will be: Checking and approving questions Adding appropriate keywords and tags Logging and keeping track of questions, comments and dialogue Checking the site for errors and inappropriate content and usernames Moderating live chats Helping to run the site Itās actually a lot of fun as the students (and scientists) are quick and funny and full of energy. And hey, promoting science … Continue reading
Title: Super Mod Location: Our office in Bath Dates: 7 weeks from 13th February – 31st March (Monday – Friday) Hours: 37.5/week, 9:30 – 17:30 Pay: Ā£10/hr Weāre looking for someone to help us run our Iām a Scientist and Iām an Engineer events this March, on a temporary basis from our office in central Bath. We need general support across all parts of the event, including administration, moderation and evaluation. Youāll be doing lots of different things, including: Blog posts and tweets Keeping track of live chat bookings Assistance with evaluation after the event Compiling addresses and printing letters and certificates Helping to run the site, making sure everything is running smoothly Between 6th – 17th March youāll also be moderating, which is a lot of fun, as the students (and scientists) are quick, funny and full of energy. Key responsibilities include: Checking and approving questions Adding appropriate keywords … Continue reading
Hello! Weāre looking for some moderators for our November 2016 events! Iām a Scientist and Iām an Engineer are award-winning online events allowing students (from 9 ā 18) to interact with real live scientists and engineers. Weāre looking for 4 moderators to work on the next event which will run from the 7th to the 18th November 2016. We will also be running Iām a Scientist Ireland. First rule of moderator clubā¦ This is a paid, 10 day job. If you arenāt free from 8:30 – 4pm on all 10 days, please donāt apply. Your key responsibilities will be: Checking and approving questions Adding appropriate keywords and tags Logging and keeping track of questions, comments and dialogue Checking the site for errors and inappropriate content and usernames Moderating live chats Helping to run the site Itās actually a lot of fun as the students (and scientists) are quick and funny … Continue reading
The Institute of Physics collaborated with I’m a Scientist to create the Osmium Zone that included four people who had studied physics and now worked outside of academia and research, plus one physics researcher, to demonstrate the diversity of STEM careers to school students.
The goal was to make students aware that studying science gives transferable skills valuable in fields outside of traditional research. The Osmium Zone had high engagement and positive feedback from students, and a survey showed a slight increase in students wanting a job that uses science skills and knowledge.
TL;DR: We made the site easier for students to access and the proportion of our audience engaging increased. Like any company, we have a set of Key Performance Indicators which we use to keep an eye on how well we’re doing. One of those KPIs (professionals use abbreviations) is the percentage of active students during an event, what we will call, %AS. %AS shows the number of students who log in to the site, and go on to ā at the very least ā askĀ a question, write a line of text in a live chat, cast a vote, or leave a comment. Basically, it shows the proportion of our audience who are actively engaging with the activity. In July 2014 Rosie posted a message on our project management app of choice, pointing outĀ that the %AS for the previous events had been falling to the level it was at during the … Continue reading
Hello! It’s that time again! Weāre looking for a couple of moderators for our JuneĀ 2016 events! Iām a Scientist and Iām an EngineerĀ areĀ award-winning online events allowing students (from 9 ā 18) to interact with real live scientists and engineers. Weāre looking for 2Ā moderators to work on the next event which will run from theĀ 13th to the 24th JuneĀ 2016. First rule of moderator club… This is a paid, 10 day job, if you can’t do the 10 days, please don’t apply. Your key responsibilities will be: Checking and approving questions Adding appropriate keywords and tags Logging and keeping track of questions, comments and dialogue Checking the site for errors and inappropriate content and usernames Moderating live chats Helping to run the site Itās actually a lot of fun as the students (and scientists) are quick and funny and full of energy. And hey, promoting science engagement is a good thing, am … Continue reading
After every event we ask the zone winners to write a short blog post to be sent to all the students in who took part in the zone. Itās a great way for the scientists to reflect on the previous two weeks and thank all the students for voting for them. Letās take a look at what the winners from March’s zones had to sayā¦ Chris, BiochemistryĀ Zone Iāve never experienced anything like it. Iād leave chats with a big smile from your questions and aching fingers from trying to keep up with them. Your questions made me laugh, groan, and think. I had to research quite a few of them. Iād start every morning going through and answering your questions. Thereās going to be a sad hole in my mornings now that weāre done. Cat, Climate Change Zone I genuinely couldnāt have imagined how much fun taking part in IAS … Continue reading
Hi again! It’s us again! It’s that time again! Weāre looking for a couple of moderators for our March 2016 events! Iām a Scientist and Iām an EngineerĀ areĀ award-winning online events allowing students (from 9 ā 18) to interact with real live scientists and engineers. Weāre looking for 2Ā moderators to work on the next event which will run from the 7th to the 18th March 2016. We will also be running I’m an Engineer Ireland and I’m an Astronaut (which is very cool). First rule of moderator club.. This is a paid, 10 day job, if you can’t do the 10 days, please don’t apply. Your key responsibilities will be: checking and approving questions adding appropriate keywords and tags logging and keeping track of questions, comments and dialogue checking the site for errors and inappropriate content and usernames moderating live chats helping to run the site Itās actually a lot of … Continue reading
We’ve just published the latest batch of zone reports for the recent November 2015 round of I’m a Scientist. You can find them here, or at the bottom of this post, but before you dive into the pretty pie charts and wicked wordles,Ā we felt it would beĀ useful to provide some context to keep in mind as you read: We had an inklingĀ that November’s eightĀ zones were going to be big. As we reported beforehand, due to extremely high demand from teachers, it was the first time ever that we had to turn schoolsĀ away from I’m a Scientist. We also had toĀ limit the number of classes of those taking part to one or twoĀ per zone to fit as many schools in as possible. Without doing this we would have had to run double the number ofĀ zones to cover the demand. So, after the hype, exactly how big were the zones in November?Ā Here … Continue reading
After every event we ask the zone winners to write a short blog post to be sent to all the students in who took part in the zone. Itās a great way for the scientists to reflect on the previous two weeks and thank all the students for voting for them. Letās take a look at what the winners from November’s zones had to sayā¦ Sara, Ageing Zone Iām A Scientist, Get Me Out Of Here was a continuous surprise. I was surprised I was selected, I was surprised I wasnāt evicted and I was amazed I won! I didnāt know what to expect and didnāt think kids will be so interested in my work; I work with animals and I was scared a lot of people would be against it and they would be aggressive about it. But no, I had amazing and clever questions I didnāt even expect. … Continue reading
Hello! It’s us! Weāre looking for moderators for our November 2015 events! Iām a Scientist and Iām an EngineerĀ areĀ award-winning online events allowing students (from 9 ā 18) to interact with real live scientists and engineers. Weāre looking for 2Ā moderators to work on the next event which will run from the 9th to the 20th November 2015. We will also be running I’m a Scientist and I’m an Engineer in Ireland. Your key responsibilities will be: checking and approving questions adding appropriate keywords and tags logging and keeping track of questions, comments and dialogue checking the site for errors and inappropriate content and usernames moderating live chats helping to run the site Itās actually a lot of fun as the students (and scientists) are quick and funny and full of energy. And hey, promoting science engagement is a good thing, am I right?! What weād like from you.. You should be … Continue reading
Being popular is a nice problem to have. We’re running a total of 10 zones in November in the UK. It’s the most we’ve done at this time of year. But it is not enough. As the new school year started we asked our list of over 2,000 teachers how many classes they would like for our November events. 202 teachers requested a total of 537 classes. The problem is we only have space for 250 classes. Up to 8,500 students will be missing out on science engagement this November. We spent an uncomfortable afternoon last week working out how to allocate the spaces we had. Should we prioritise teachers who been regular supporters and taken part in lean times? Or new schools so that more teachers get a chance to experience our little bundle of joy? Or rural schools? Or schools in deprived areas? In the end we capped … Continue reading
After every event we ask the zone winners to write a short blog post to be sent to all the students in who took part in the zone. It’s a great way for the scientists to reflect on the previous two weeks and thank all the students for voting for them. Let’s take a look at what they had to sayā¦ Jess, Colour Zone Iām a Scientist is definitely the most fun Iāve had in my lab coat. The questions were incredible, totally unpredictable and the scope was well beyond that going on academic circles; by the final Iād tried to prepare a few āgo-toā answers, āWhat is colour?ā, āWhat happened during the big bang?ā, āWill we ever cure cancer?..but I couldnāt predict a single one! After the 30 minute live chats my fingers were tingling so much I had to delay measuring polymers in the clean room. I cannot … Continue reading
Iām a Scientist, Get me out of here is an online activity where school students get to meet and interact with scientists.
Itās a competition between scientists, where the students are the judges.
Students challenge the scientists over intense, fast-paced, online live Chats. Then they Ask the scientists all the questions they want to, and Vote for their favourite scientist to win a prize of Ā£500 to communicate their work with the public.
