STEM in context: why interdisciplinarity matters for STEM engagement.
Written by Dr Agnieszka J. Gordon and Finley I. Lawson. The British Science week seems a perfect opportunity to write about some STEM related activities, performed by our talented multidisciplinary team at the LASAR Research Centre at Canterbury Christ Church...
What is the best way to increase the amount of wind power – reflections after the KS2 event.
As a part of Science Week, the LASAR team ran an event on the 10th March Sustainability and Engineering of the Future. As usual it attracted a number of children from local schools and they enjoyed the wide offer of a specialist engineering lecture delivered by Dr...
Science, Religion and Big Questions Epistemic Insight Event at Westminster Abbey
Written by Sherralyn Simpson Within the historic walls of Westminster Abbey, the LASAR team held a secondary school Epistemic Insight event focusing on Science, Religion and Big questions. A range of exciting and thought-provoking workshops were delivered; presenting...
Epistemic Insight launches work with Consortium Universities
Dr Lynnette Turner - Dean of the Faculty of Education at Canterbury Christchurch University Monday 11th November 2019 was an exciting milestone in the Epistemic Insight Initiative at Canterbury Christchurch University, as staff from the project gathered with...
Launch of Epistemic Insight KS3 workshops – ‘Big Questions and…’
Advances in science and technology are changing the world we live in. They are changing people and how we behave in the world. Can a robot create a work of music? Can a robot own its own ideas? Can we ever see a painting the way the painter saw it? We call these kind...
Events for Students, Staff and Schools 2019-20
We are excited to launch our new events programme for schools for this year. If you would like to book places or find out more about any event please email lasar@canterbury.ac.uk. Here is the list of our school student events: Where do Ideas Come From? AI, Engineering...
Call for abstracts: Science, Religion and Big Questions: What are Big Questions – and how can we help school students and young adults to explore them?
The Learning about Science and Religion (LASAR) Research Centre at Canterbury Christ Church University and the Oxford Argumentation in Religion and Science (OARS) project at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford invite abstracts for papers and...
Conference: International Research Network for the Study of Science & Belief in Society
We will be presenting a paper at IRNSSBS in Birmingham on 5th July 2019. Below is the Abstract for this presentation. The Epistemic Insight Initiative Berry Billingsley, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK Epistemic insight refers to knowledge about knowledge,...
Conference for Schools at Westminster Abbey
Science, Religion and Big Questions Students in Years 9-11 are invited to join us for a day of exploring big questions at Westminster Abbey with the help of Sir Isaac Newton and academics in Science, Theology and other disciplines. Wednesday 12th February 2020,...
The LASAR 2020 Conference
The LASAR 2020 conference will be on Tuesday 23rd June 2020. It will be organised jointly with the Department of Education, Oxford University - and will explore Epistemic Insight and Argumentation - to draw together research in schools and teacher education. Email...