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Claire Rocks Blog Entry

Personal Profile

Name: Claire Rocks
Age: 28
Location: Bristol
Job/position:Network Co-ordinator, Walking with Robots
University/Company:University of the West of England

Brief summary of Education: I took A-levels in Physics, Maths and Biology and went out to do a degree in Physics at the University of Salford. After that I did a PhD in Space Robotics at Aberystwyth University, and was lucky enough to work with the Beagle 2 team.

During my PhD I was very interested in communicating Science and Engineering and took part in a number of initiatives including Researchers in Residence and NOISE (New Outlooks in Science and Engineering). I also helped run a twice weekly science club at a school in Aberystwyth.

I am now able to use experience in both the science communication and robotics, combining the latest research in the UK with managing a number of events on a variety of different scales. No day is the same, and the people I meet, and work with, can be designers, artists, engineers, science centres and schools, to name a few. The last fortnight has involved filming for a schools documentary on the engineering of robots, managing the launch meeting of an exciting new project where young people, through a vision conference, will have the opportunity to explore their views of robots in the future, and to express those views to researchers, experts and policy makers. I have also taken been preparing for a project building a robot garden at a school in Wrexham.

If you would like more information about this project see the Walking with Robots website here.

Activities & Events
The Science Date 3.0 Apr 12, 2011 On 5th April 2011 five scientists working in South East Wales came face-to-face with 60 pupils from local secondary schools at the third annual Science Date event at UWIC's Cyncoed Campus. Woodland Walk Project Apr 12, 2011 Pupils from St Michael's Primary School in Treforest have recently taken part in a sustainability workshop programme with Hands on Science inspired by the Woodland Walk at the University of Glamorgan's Treforest Campus. Science Rap Video Competition Awards 2011 Apr 11, 2011 On Wednesday 30th March, pupils, parents and teachers gathered at the University of Glamorgan's Students' Union to find out the winners of the Science Rap Video Competition 2011.

Activities & Events

The Science Date 3.0 Apr 12, 2011
On 5th April 2011 five scientists working in South East Wales came face-to-face with 60 pupils from local secondary schools at the third annual Science Date event at UWIC's Cyncoed Campus.

Woodland Walk Project Apr 12, 2011
Pupils from St Michael's Primary School in Treforest have recently taken part in a sustainability workshop programme with Hands on Science inspired by the Woodland Walk at the University of Glamorgan's Treforest Campus.

Science Rap Video Competition Awards 2011 Apr 11, 2011
On Wednesday 30th March, pupils, parents and teachers gathered at the University of Glamorgan's Students' Union to find out the winners of the Science Rap Video Competition 2011.