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Introducing JIC’s new Education Programme Coordinator

Back in 2018, SAW had the pleasure of welcoming 2nd year PhD student Shannon Woodhouse for a 3-month internship with us.  Since then, Shannon has gone on to finish her...

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Rare orchid blooms at Forest Garden project

In 2022, SAW teamed up with horticulturalist Nik Thomson, Dr Shannon Woodhouse from the John Innes Centre and Ben Earle, Learning and Engagement Officer from Gressenhall Environment Hub, to launch...

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Catching up with Caitlin

In the Spring we were contacted by a student called Caitlin who was studying fine arts in London. She was looking for networking and work experience opportunities in the sci-arts...

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Hanging out with the cool kids at Latitude

In July we were lucky enough to be invited back to the best action-packed festival within a festival, the Latitude kids’ area! Astronaut training team photo This year, our Science...

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Science served 3 ways at the Sci Comms East Conference

We were delighted to be asked to run a workshop at the Sci Comms East Annual Conference this year.  The conference, which is in its fifth year, provides delegates with...

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To the Moon and Back – it’s a hit!

For 2024’s Norwich Science Festival in February, SAW teamed up with Norfolk Panto legend and Britain’s Got Talent star, Ben Langley, to take schools on an out-of-this-world adventure. Made possible...

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Exploring Plant Chemicals at Rollesby Primary School

We took a team of scientists from the John Innes Centre, writer Richard Lambert, and artist Chris Hann to Rollesby Primary School, to meet Mrs Foreman and her year 5&6...

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Bacterial Chemical Communication at Barford Primary

In February, we took John Innes Centre scientists, Dr Andy Truman, Dr Natalia Miguel Vior, Liam Chapman, writer (and scientist and SAW founder!) Professor Anne Osbourn and artist Chris Hann,...

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A Future in Agritech

On March 19th, in collaboration with the Food and Farming Discovery Trust (FFDT) we held our second AgriTech Careers For a Sustainable Future event at the John Innes Centre (JIC)....

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Gareth’s Top Three

We recently introduced you to Gareth Campbell, founder of The Museum Of Science, the Arts & Interdisciplinary Collaboration. Here, we took our opportunity to ask artist and entrepreneur, Gaz, SAW’s...

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Catching up with Gareth Campbell from The MoSAIC

In our line of work, we get to meet creative people all the time, and it’s particularly great to come across others who have a passionate belief in cross disciplinary...

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Catching up with Ben Langley

Britain’s Got Talent star and Panto legend Ben Langley, got in touch with Jenni, our Programme Manager to scope out ideas for a possible collaboration and a science-themed theatre production was...

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Avouleance’s Top Three

For a while now, we have had the pleasure of working with MRes student Avouleance (Dennis Cook, they/them) who has been conducting a social science project with us. Here, we...

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Introducing Tiffani, a new writer with SAW

Over the years we’ve had the pleasure of working with extraordinary people, creative writers, brilliant scientists and inspiring artists. We  also get to work with some of these people for...

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Feedback On SAW’s Latest Book

This year, we sent out over 3,800 free copies of our latest Adventure Activity Book, ‘Help, Our Rivers Need Rescuing’ to 40 local primary schools. The third edition in our...

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The Sky’s (Not) the Limit!

We’ve loved developing our leading characters Ben, Jaz and Fizz in our Adventure Book series and we think it’s fair to say that Fizz the Alien has become a fan...

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To The Moon and Back with Ben Langley

For 2024’s Norwich Science Festival, SAW has teamed up with Norfolk Panto legend and Britain’s Got Talent star, Ben Langley, to take schools on an out-of-this-world adventure. Made possible by...

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SAW Under The Microscope

The union of science, art, and writing around a central scientific theme represents a powerful way of bringing science into the classroom and breaks down barriers between science and the...

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Catching up with Kelly-Rose

For the last three months, we have had the pleasure of working with PhD student Kelly-Rose O’Reilly who has been doing her Professional Internships for PhD students (PIPs) placement with...

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My Journey With The SAW Trust

My journey with the SAW Trust was truly excellent, rewarding, and eye-opening! Working closely with the incredible Jenni Rant, we worked together to design a workshop for the much-anticipated Latitude...

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Nature Detectives go wild at Latitude

Here, SAW intern Kelly-Rose O’Reilly reports on SAW’s latest visit to the fantastic Latitude music festival. This year SAW collaborated with research groups from the University of East Anglia (UEA)...

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HELP Our Rivers Need Rescuing! Arrives in schools.

We are very excited to announce that our latest adventure activity book entitled ‘HELP Our Rivers Need Rescuing!’ has officially arrived in schools. This year, in addition to the 3800...

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Capturing Projects

Did you know that for every new school SAW workshop we run, we produce a project report? SAW project reports are designed to capture the outputs of our cross-disciplinary workshops,...

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SAW founder receives prestigious award

We don’t talk about her enough, but we are extremely proud of our founder Professor Anne Osbourn. She founded the Science, Art and Writing Trust in 2005, but this hasn’t...

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Catching up with Professor Anne Osbourn

This month we managed to catch up with SAW founder, research scientist and poet, Professor Anne Osbourn and asked her our top three questions. Hi Anne, what is your favourite...

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Ben and Jaz are back to protect the Broads

Our new adventure activity book arrives in schools this summer. The latest edition in our series of science-inspired storybooks will see characters Ben, Jaz and Fizz the alien return for...

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MK tells us about her time with SAW

For the last three months, we have been lucky enough to have a new intern from the UEA, PhD biology student, Molly-Kay (aka MK). It’s been a pleasure working with...

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Water wizardry at the SAW PGCE workshop

Last month, we were delighted to return to the University of East Anglia to run another SAW training workshop for PGCE students. Delivering sessions for the primary team of the...

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Catching up with Edward Hems

In between doing his day job and helping to deliver workshops with SAW, we managed to catch up with Edward Hems, research assistant at the John Innes Centre, to ask...

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Bacteria and Antibiotics at Drake Primary School

A team of enthusiastic scientists from the John Innes Centre; Edward Hems, Louisa Perry, Ainsley Beaton, Caroline Stone, Liam Chapman, Rebecca Diss, Emma Banks and Andy Truman were joined by...

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Catching up with Dr Shannon Woodhouse

On March the 21st we teamed up with the Food and Farming Discovery Trust (FFDT) to host an ‘AgriTech Careers for a Sustainable Future Event’ at the John Innes Centre...

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It all starts with an image

From SAW’s very beginning in 2005, all our projects have begun with the collection of scientific images, from the abstract to the unrecognisable, a set of intriguing images prove to...

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Plants and Polar Regions at Tacolneston Primary School

We were delighted to work with teacher Lucy Livermore and her year 5 class at Tacolneston Primary school to deliver a SAW project that explored our planet’s polar regions and...

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SAW sends over 4,300 copies of its new adventure activity book out to schools

In 2021 we started something big. With a team of scientists, an author, and an illustrator, and with the help of a carbon-neutral printing company, we set out to try...

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Guardians of the Gut website officially launched!

Guardians of the Gut is an exciting new resource that is designed to teach children about the importance of their gut microbiome. Too small to see but outnumbering our human cells,...

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SAW China

An international exchange! In 2012, Bo Wang from the Reenway Group in Shanghai learned of the work of the SAW Trust and immediately saw the benefits that a program like...

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Gadgeteers at Norfolk Millennium Library

This year we were delighted to be asked to take part in the Summer Reading Challenge at the Millennium Library in Norwich. Organised by The Reading Agency and delivered in...

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Nathan McConnell – My internship with SAW

Our latest intern, Nathan McConnell, tells us all about his time with SAW. About me I am a 3rd year PhD student from Prof. Tracey Chapmans lab at the UEA,...

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Microplastic Meltdown at Latitude 2022

This July we returned to Latitude Festival to run activities in the kids area’s science marquee and this year it was a hot one.  With temperatures above 30°C in the...

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Help, there’s an alien in my park! – my internship with the SAW Trust

Introducing Beth I am a PhD student from Professor Matt Hutchings’ group at the John Innes Centre, researching the relationship between wheat and the soil bacteria, Streptomyces. As part of...

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You can’t judge a book by its cover.

In collaboration with Kath Griffiths (Norfolk Library and Information Service (NLIS)) and Professor Neil Cooper from the School of Psychology at the University of East Anglia, we have developed a...

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