At the beginning of this year, we had the pleasure of welcoming Science Communication Specialist, Tansy, to be part of the SAW team. Having previously worked with us as a...
Could you be part of the Global Agricultural Revolution? With a changing climate and rising population, improvements to sustainable agriculture are vital to ensuring global food security for the future....
With the Norwich Science Festival team recently announcing a “bumper programme of events for 2026” in honour of their 10th anniversary, we thought we’d recap on the fun we had...
We did things a little differently in the science marquee at Latitude this year. We created an escape room style challenge for families! SAW brings Escape Bloom to Latitude Working...
For the first time since covid, we were delighted to welcome a group of teachers from our collaborative base at Wu Nan Kindergarten in Shanghai. Vice principle, Yin Jiani and...
With a focus on plant and microbial science, we joined the John Innes Centre and the Teachers Scientist Network for a brand-new half day conference for Norfolk primary and secondary teachers...
In March, we joined forces with the John Innes Centre (JIC) and the Food and Farming Discovery Trust (FFDT) to set up our 4th annual AgriTech Careers for a Sustainable...
At SAW, we are lucky enough to host interns for three-month placements as part of the Professional Internships for PhD students (PIPS)scheme, that all BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological Research Council)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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)....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
