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Moderator Vacancy: June 2019

Weā€™re looking for a moderator to work with us on our June 2019 events.

Iā€™m 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 arenā€™t free from 8:30ā€”4:30pm on all 10 days, please donā€™t apply. Continue reading

Posted on May 13, 2019 by modemily in Event News, News, Science Engagement | Comments Off on Moderator Vacancy: June 2019

Moderator Vacancy: March 2019

Weā€™re looking for moderators to work with us on our March 2019 events.

Iā€™m a Scientist UK,Ā Iā€™m 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 arenā€™t free from 8:30ā€”4:30pm on all 10 days, please donā€™t 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 inappropriate content
  • Moderating live chats
  • Helping to run the site

Itā€™s 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

Posted on January 29, 2019 by in Event News, News, Science Engagement | Comments Off on Moderator Vacancy: March 2019

Moderator vacancy: November 2018

Weā€™re looking for moderators to work with us on our November 2018 events.

Iā€™m a Scientist UK,Ā Iā€™m an EngineerĀ UK and I’m a Scientist Ireland will run from the 5th to the 16th November 2018.Ā Itā€™s 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

Posted on October 3, 2018 by in Event News, News, Science Engagement | Comments Off on Moderator vacancy: November 2018

Working with I’m a Scientist to produce STEM engagement for your discipline


After psychologist Sam Smith took part in Iā€™m 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

Posted on March 22, 2018 by admin in Event News, News | Tagged | Comments Off on Working with I’m a Scientist to produce STEM engagement for your discipline

Moderator Vacancy: November 2017

Weā€™re 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 Iā€™m a ScientistĀ UK and Ireland,Ā Iā€™m an EngineerĀ UK and I’m a Medic. First rule of moderator clubā€¦ This is a paid, 10 day job. If you arenā€™t free from 8:30 ā€“ 4:30pm on all 10 days, please donā€™t 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 Itā€™s 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 weā€™d like from you.. You should be bright, thoughtful, pick stuff up easily, ideally with an interest … Continue reading

Posted on October 9, 2017 by in Event News, News, Science Engagement | Comments Off on Moderator Vacancy: November 2017

Moderator Vacancy March 2017

Weā€™re looking for aĀ moderator to work with us on our March 2017 events! Iā€™m a Scientist and Iā€™m 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 arenā€™t free from 8:30 – 4:30pm on all 10 days, please donā€™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 Itā€™s actually a lot of fun as the students (and scientists) are quick and funny and full of energy. And hey, promoting science … Continue reading

Posted on February 8, 2017 by in Event News, News, Science Engagement | Comments Off on Moderator Vacancy March 2017

Super Mod: Job opportunity

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 Weā€™re looking for someone to help us run our Iā€™m a Scientist and Iā€™m 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. Youā€™ll 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 youā€™ll 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

Posted on January 12, 2017 by in Event News, News, Science Engagement | Comments Off on Super Mod: Job opportunity

Moderator Vacancies November 2016

Hello! Weā€™re looking for some moderators for our November 2016 events! Iā€™m a Scientist and Iā€™m an Engineer are award-winning online events allowing students (from 9 ā€“ 18) to interact with real live scientists and engineers. Weā€™re 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 Iā€™m a Scientist Ireland. First rule of moderator clubā€¦ This is a paid, 10 day job. If you arenā€™t free from 8:30 – 4pm on all 10 days, please donā€™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 Itā€™s actually a lot of fun as the students (and scientists) are quick and funny … Continue reading

Posted on October 10, 2016 by in Event News, News, Science Engagement | Comments Off on Moderator Vacancies November 2016

Osmium Zone – I’m a Scientist, not just for scientists?

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.

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Posted on September 1, 2016 by in Evaluation, Event News, News, Science Capital | Comments Off on Osmium Zone – I’m a Scientist, not just for scientists?

On student activity and simplified registrations

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

Posted on May 23, 2016 by modjosh in Evaluation, Event News, IAS Event, News, Project News | Comments Off on On student activity and simplified registrations

Moderator Vacancies June 2016

Hello! It’s that time again! Weā€™re looking for a couple of moderators for our JuneĀ 2016 events! Iā€™m a Scientist and Iā€™m an EngineerĀ areĀ award-winning online events allowing students (from 9 ā€“ 18) to interact with real live scientists and engineers. Weā€™re 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 Itā€™s 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

Posted on May 3, 2016 by in Event News, News, Science Engagement | Comments Off on Moderator Vacancies June 2016

March 2016 Winners’ Blogs

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. Itā€™s a great way for the scientists to reflect on the previous two weeks and thank all the students for voting for them. Letā€™s take a look at what the winners from March’s zones had to sayā€¦ Chris, BiochemistryĀ Zone Iā€™ve never experienced anything like it. Iā€™d 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. Iā€™d start every morning going through and answering your questions. Thereā€™s going to be a sad hole in my mornings now that weā€™re done. Cat, Climate Change Zone I genuinely couldnā€™t have imagined how much fun taking part in IAS … Continue reading

Posted on April 4, 2016 by in Event News, IAS Event, News | Comments Off on March 2016 Winners’ Blogs

Moderator Vacancies: March 2016

Hi again! It’s us again! It’s that time again! Weā€™re looking for a couple of moderators for our March 2016 events! Iā€™m a Scientist and Iā€™m an EngineerĀ areĀ award-winning online events allowing students (from 9 ā€“ 18) to interact with real live scientists and engineers. Weā€™re 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 Itā€™s actually a lot of … Continue reading

Posted on February 2, 2016 by modemily in Event News, News, Science Engagement | Comments Off on Moderator Vacancies: March 2016

November 2015 ā€“ Bigger than ever

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

Posted on December 17, 2015 by in Capacity, Evaluation, Event News, News | Comments Off on November 2015 ā€“ Bigger than ever

“The whole experience has been incredibly rewarding”

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. Itā€™s a great way for the scientists to reflect on the previous two weeks and thank all the students for voting for them. Letā€™s take a look at what the winners from November’s zones had to sayā€¦ Sara, Ageing Zone Iā€™m A Scientist, Get Me Out Of Here was a continuous surprise. I was surprised I was selected, I was surprised I wasnā€™t evicted and I was amazed I won! I didnā€™t know what to expect and didnā€™t 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 didnā€™t even expect. … Continue reading

Posted on December 15, 2015 by in Event News, IAS Event, News | Comments Off on “The whole experience has been incredibly rewarding”

Moderator Vacancies: November 2015

Hello! It’s us! Weā€™re looking for moderators for our November 2015 events! Iā€™m a Scientist and Iā€™m an EngineerĀ areĀ award-winning online events allowing students (from 9 ā€“ 18) to interact with real live scientists and engineers. Weā€™re 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 Itā€™s 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 weā€™d like from you.. You should be … Continue reading

Posted on October 7, 2015 by modemily in Event News, News, Science Engagement | Comments Off on Moderator Vacancies: November 2015

Too many teachers

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

Posted on October 2, 2015 by ModShane in Capacity, Event News, News | Comments Off on Too many teachers

“Iā€™m a Scientist is definitely the most fun Iā€™ve had in my lab coat”

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 Iā€™m a Scientist is definitely the most fun Iā€™ve 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 Iā€™d tried to prepare a few ā€˜go-toā€™ answers, ā€œWhat is colour?ā€, ā€œWhat happened during the big bang?ā€, ā€œWill we ever cure cancer?..but I couldnā€™t 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

Posted on July 27, 2015 by modjosh in Event News, IAS Event, News | Comments Off on “Iā€™m a Scientist is definitely the most fun Iā€™ve had in my lab coat”