Inspiring the Next Generation
…conversation with Roger Highfield, the Group’s Director of External Affairs, Dame Mary gave a fascinating account of her route into science and governance within large and ambitious organisations. This ranged…
What Makes a Winner?
…was hosted by Steve Cross, UCL’s Head of Public Engagement and 2010 Joshua Phillips Award winner for Innovation in Science Engagement. The speakers and panellists included: · Roger Highfield, Director…
Secret of Scientific Creativity revealed by Andre Geim
…more. The world is entering the era of what he calls ‘Graphene 3.0’. At a Hay Festival event sponsored by the Royal Society, Director of External Affairs Roger Highfield interviewed…
Alexei Leonov on the birth of the space age
…‘inspiration and lesson for future generations.’ Roger Highfield, Director of External Affairs, spent a day with the pioneering cosmonaut for the launch of Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age ….
The evolution of new cancer treatments
…because medicine is where science collides with life. By Roger Highfield, Director of External Affairs and coauthor with Martin Nowak of SuperCooperators, Beyond the Survival of the Fittest: why Cooperation,…
Three centuries of citizen science
…films, special issues of the journal, an exhibition and other activities. Roger Highfield is Director of External Affairs, Science Museum, and a member of the Royal Society’s Inspiring Stories committee….
Russia’s 19th century cosmic pioneers
…in 1961 with a cry of “Let’s go!” Perhaps by then, in the wake of the cosmism fad, the first great leap into space by humans seemed almost inevitable. Roger…
Share your #SpaceMemory to celebrate Tim Peake’s mission
…arrive on an Orbital 4 spacecraft, rather than reindeer. Among the throng at the press conference was the Royal Institution Christmas lecturer, Kevin Fong. Roger Highfield is Director of External…
To tackle climate change, engineers must be placed on a war-footing
…the bulk of his papers to the Science Museum, including photographs, correspondence, design notes and reports (you can read more about this here). Roger Highfield is Director of External Affairs…
Dr Buzz Aldrin on Apollo, ‘space selfies’ and how to colonise Mars
Roger Highfield, Director of External Affairs, introduces a special Cosmonauts event with Buzz Aldrin and Professor Brian Cox Mars has been the ultimate objective for five US presidents and getting…
Scientists meet the media 2016
…Science Museum in 1992, organised by Roger Highfield and David Johnson, then of The Daily Telegraph. Blatchford took the time to thank the media for their ‘amazing coverage’ of the…
Ramanujan: Divining the origins of genius
…thought a story about two humans with drastically different ideals would be an amazing journey to go on. It turned out to be just that.’ Roger Highfield is Director of…