2026 May 29
Education and Outreach Section Newsletter Edition 6 – May 2026
The latest Education and Outreach newsletter is now available. Thank you to all the contributors.
This edition includes details of the BAA’s Work Experience project running again this July – so if you know any Year 12 students who are looking for something observational astronomy-related, encourage them to take a look HERE
We’re pleased to say that the the Eclipse Website developed by First Light Optics and Go Stargazing is now live.
Other content includes:
Astronomy for Education Workshop- Helen Usher
Observations of the Sky as Family – Joana B. V. Marques
ESA Teach with Space Online Conference 2026 – Helen Usher
Back to Basics Newquay – Alexandra Hart
Liverpool Astronomical Society (LAS) – Gerard Gilligan & Phil Williams
If you want to master something, teach it! – David Gwynn
Outreach at Sherwood Observatory – Clive Butcher
An Introduction to the Physics of Black Holes – Adam Fairhead
RASReach 2026 – Helen Usher
Wales & West Spacefest Saturday 7th March – John Henn
Towpath Tales – Alexandra Hart
Work Experience – Helen Usher
We hope you enjoying reading it!
We welcome your feedback and ideas for new content.
If you have any education or outreach activity you’d like to share, or great resources you’ve found, then the deadline for the next edition is 31 July 2026. Please email your content to the editor Alexandra Hart at eando@britastro.org.
And finally, our next E&O Section Zoom get together is at 19:30 BST on Thursday 2nd July 2026 (join the mailing list to receive the zoom details which will be shared a few days before the meeting)
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