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Catchup – Salon – How to talk science and present to children and young people
March 26 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
A weekly webinar to discuss careers and research topics. These sessions combine livestreams, guest speakers, and group online chat to exchange ideas, challenge, influence, inspire, and educate. In this session, our guests Dr Sarah Naomi James and Rebecca Bright, both from University College London talk about their experience and share tips on how to talk about science and present to children and young-people to inspire the next generation of researchers.
Communicating science to children and young people isn’t just about simplifying complex ideas; it’s about sparking curiosity, inspiring wonder, and building connections. The challenge lies in bridging the gap between abstract concepts and the vibrant, inquisitive minds of a younger audience. How do we take topics like neuroscience and brain health and make them accessible, engaging, and memorable? Today, we’ll explore the art and science of storytelling, visualisation, and interaction, unpacking strategies to make your presentations not only understandable but unforgettable for the next generation of thinkers and innovators.
Speakers
Rebecca Bright MBE is the award-winning co-founder of Therapy Box. A speech and language therapist by trade, Rebecca launched Therapy Box with Swapnil Gadgil in 2009 to address an unmet need for her patients with speech disabilities. With an ambition to create inclusive apps and platforms that make life easier, Rebecca’s innovation has been recognised with a number of awards for her personally, including the NatWest Everywoman Iris Award and the Women In Business Award; and for Therapy Box including the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation; the Appsters Most Innovative App; TechUK Best mHealth app developer and the Ericsson App Award. In the New Year’s Honours she was named an MBE.
Dr Sarah-Naomi James is an Alzheimer’s Research UK funded Postdoctoral Researcher at University College London. Sarah is a Neuroepidemiologist, interested at linking life course influences with later-life brain health and deterioration. Sarah is passionate about public engagement work and has led lots of initiatives to share her and her groups work at festivals up and down the country, including creating a mini golf course, themed around life course influences on health.
