Got what it takes?

You need to be interested in communicating science and have a willingness to enthuse school students about it. In short you need enthusiasm, commitment and a desire to make a difference.

Café Sci isn't a science club, debating society or classroom activity. It is a lunchtime or after-school event, where the emphasis is on the science and the issues which emerge from that science: a gateway into promoting science and higher education and a chance to introduce real-world science into a non-classroom environment.

Café Sci offers a chance for you really to think deeply with young people on scientific matters. This means you must be prepared to answer questions on all sorts of issues that might arise from your talk and to keep an open mind about (and be willing to discuss) them.

Café Sci is about enabling young people to explore new and interesting issues.

What benefits are there for speakers?

• Promote public engagement in science
• Give something back to school education
• Develop and extend transferable skills: presentational, communication and interpersonal
• Become aware of developments in school science
• Opportunities to inspire excite and enthuse young people
• Chances to talk to school students out of the classroom, in an informal setting
• Interesting change from your normal work
• Develop links between local schools and universities and industry
• Promote your department/institution/organisation
• Be a role model for the scientists of tomorrow