Comments on: Your Universe

By: simon woods

simon woods — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 12:25:56 +0000

I arrived somewhat late and the show was being packed away.

However, I was very pleased with a conversation I had about cosmology
with a very able student……………and the snippets of other talks.

Do repeat it; turn Bloomsbury into a corner, again and again, of high qualit
y intellectual endeavour. Leaflet leaflet.

By: Sven

Sven — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:14:29 +0000

Enjoyed Matt Melis talk on the engineering of the Suttle (26th October 2011) - superb lecture: stunning slides, and excellent use of animations and videos. He even passed around materials. Even though it was 90 minutes, it could have been twice that. Learned a lot.

By: Louise Reynolds

Louise Reynolds — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:56:59 +0000

I was very impressed with the exhibition that I attended with triple science students from my school. There was a wide variety of topics covered which helped give my students an overview of astronomy as a whole. The students especially enjoyed using the telescopes as they were able to operate and focus on different parts of the room. The students appreciated the enthusiasm of the presenter of dark matter and had many questions for me afterwards. They enjoyed using the spectroscopes to look at the different colours of light and the presenter gave them a good insight into A-level topics such as energy levels and spectra. Although the exo-plant presentation was a bit above their heads they enjoyed seeing the relative sizes of stars and have asked to explore this topic in more detail when we return to school. It was a fantastic opportunity to show my students the options open to them in the future and to meet students at the university. I hope we can attend this again next year and hopefully some lectures as well.

By: T Wilson

T Wilson — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 07:04:39 +0000

Impressive lectures and well worth the travel into London. Special mention to Prof. Diego for his work organising and presenting during the event.

A most worthy effort to engage the general public and, perhaps, encourage the young to academia and the older to further education

Appreciation to the UCL and all those involved.

By: Hugh Smallman

Hugh Smallman — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:36:34 +0000

Just to say thank you for the two excellent lectures today (20 October) by Dr Diego, and by the guys from Cern.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:24:17 +0000

My 9 year old daughter and 2 of her friends were taken by family friends to the Herschel lecture on the 17th Ocotber 2010. My daughter thoroughly enjoyed the lecture and was very pleased that she had the opportunity of looking through a telescope. She came back with a copious amount of notes she had taken for her school yearbook- all of which made perfect sense! It seems a fabulous opportunity to interest younger children in the universe.
Mnay thanks!

By: Ausra Matuleniene

Ausra Matuleniene — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:07:42 +0000

A wonderful experience! The children enjoyed themselves greatly. The lectures opened the childrens’ minds to lots of interesting information about the universe. We attended the event on 15th October 2010 and we were very excited that you added the universe competition to your brilliant event. The children expressed their imaginations after learning a bit more about the universe.
Thank you and well done!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 22:15:29 +0000

Really enjoyable. I went to Hubble & Herschel talks and the speakers were excellent. Looking through the telescope afterwards was great, and not something I would otherwise get the opportunity to do. Could be better advertised - a friend told me about it otherwise I would never have known about it. However the small group worked really well when looking through the telescope - everyone had a chance to ask questions and have a few looks through the telescope, which wouldn’t have happened with a big group.

By: Helen Lea

Helen Lea — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:39:59 +0000

I took a group of Year 5 and 6 children to the schools event on the Friday. They really enjoyed learning about astronomy from the very enthusiastic phd student, who was able to talk to them on their level about quite a complex subject.

By: Sue Brunning

Sue Brunning — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:15:53 +0000

This was our second time attending the festival, and we’ll definitely be back. The two lectures were excellent, very well pitched for all abilities with ample time for questions at the end. The speakers’ enthusiasm and beautifully illustrated presentations were a complete joy, and the other activities taking place during the day in the quad and cloisters were also very enjoyable. Highly recommended to anyone with an interest in the universe!