• Question: What is one of the best events you have planned?

    Asked by anon-353921 to Helena on 23 Mar 2023.
    • Photo: Helena Cotterill

      Helena Cotterill answered on 23 Mar 2023:

      Great question! I’ve worked on so many over the years, but I think some of the best ones were actually things I ran during lockdowns. It was very difficult to suddenly learn how to run online events and use things like Zoom and YouTube livestreaming and I’m really proud of how myself and the team did that!

      One thing I ran during the lockdowns was a series of Quantum Materials seminars (recordings on the oxford physics youtube channel if you are interested…) which were attended live by over 600 students from around the world! I also developed a series of primary school workshops which I ran remotely via livestream and the students got to get hands on with real research using Zooniverse.org (a citizen science platform – check that out too!)

      I have also really enjoyed giving science lectures myself, particularly ones which involve demos using liquid nitrogen.

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