Volunteer Record Form

Cambridge Science Festival, 10 – 23 March 2014

Thank you for offering to volunteer at the Cambridge Science Festival. We rely on volunteer help to make the Festival enjoyable and safe for our visitors, particularly on our main family day on Saturday 15th March. Please fill in the Volunteer Record Form below so that we have your full details for our files.

  1. Last Name: ______First Names: ______
  1. DOB: ______Female/Male (delete as appropriate)
  1. If you are a member of the University of Cambridge

College/Dept: ______

Course/Post: ______

  1. If you are not a member of the University of Cambridge:

Place of work/study: ______

  1. Home Address: ______

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  1. Telephone:______Email______
  1. Mobile phone:______
  1. Contact number on the day:______
  1. Do you have experience of working with the general public? (please outline)

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  1. How did you hear about the Cambridge Science festival?

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  1. How would you describe your motivations for volunteering with us this year?

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Please return to by Wednesday 26th February.

Cambridge Science Festival 2014: weekend volunteering opportunities

Date / Details / Availability
(please note that you must be available for the whole session)
Saturday 15th March
8.30am- 5pm / Volunteer briefing in the foyer of the Corn Exchange at 8.30am.
Lunch provided / Yes/No
Sunday 16th March
9.30am-4pm / Volunteer briefing in the foyer of the Corn Exchange at 9.30am.
Lunch provided / Yes/No
Saturday 22nd March
12pm-5pm / Volunteer briefing in the foyer of Hauser Forum, West Cambridge Site, at 12pm.
Snacks provided / Yes/No
Sunday 23rd March
10am-4pm / Volunteer briefing in the Tom Sherwood Room, Clinical School (Addenbrookes Site) at 10am.
Lunch provided / Yes/No

Cambridge Science Festival 2014: Weekday lecture volunteer opportunities – week 1

Please note that it would be really helpful for our team if you could volunteer for the whole evening.

Date / Event / time / Venue / Availability
Monday 10 March / The World’s oldest start up
Helen Cunningham / 5.30pm – 7.30pm / Mill Lane Lecture room 9 / Yes/No
Monday 10 March / What's new in space?
Dr Patricia Fara, Dr Rosie Bolton and Professor Gerry Gilmore / 7.00pm – 9.15pm / St Catharine’s College, McGrath Centre / Yes/No
Tuesday 11 March / Combinatorics: the mathematics that counts
Professor Robin Wilson / 5.30pm – 7.30pm
/ Mill Lane Lecture room 4 / Yes/No
Tuesday 11 March / Overcoming stress and anxiety: healthy brains for a flourishing society
Professor Barbara Sahakian / 7.30pm – 9.30pm
/ Mill Lane Lecture Room 3 / Yes/No
Tuesday 11 March / Cambridge stars: big ideas 1
Professor Maria Grazia Spillantini, Professor Ray Goldstein and Professor Gerry Gilmore / 7.30pm – 9.30pm
/ Mill Lane Lecture room 9 / Yes/No
Wednesday 12 March / Why cats make you sneeze: new results from immunology
Professor Clare Bryant / 6.00pm – 8.00pm
/ Mill Lane lecture room 9 / Yes/No
Wednesday 12 March / What's wrong with pink?
Professor Melissa Hines / 7.30pm – 9.30pm
/ Mill Lane Lecture room 3 / Yes/No
Thursday 13 March / Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture: The pointless Universe
Professor Michael Green / 4.30pm – 6.30pm / Lady Mitchell Hall / Yes/No
Thursday 13 March / The natural order of things: nature's place in the world of sustainable engineering
Dr Elizabeth Allen / 5.30pm – 7.30pm / Mill Lane lecture room 3 / Yes/No
Thursday 13 March / What a coincidence!
Professor David Spiegelhalter / 7.00pm - 9.00pm / Lady Mitchell Hall / Yes/No
Friday 14 March / Can science make a cyclist faster?
Professor Tony Purnell / 5.30pm – 7.30pm / Mill Lane Lecture room 3 / Yes/No
Friday 14 March / Talking science: what next?
Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz,
Professor Sir Walter Bodmer and
Susan Watts.
Contact: Dr Dane Comerford / 7.00pm - 9.00pm
/ Senate House / Yes/No
Friday 14 March / Genes brains and psychiatry
Professor Michael Owen / 5.30pm-7.30pm / Department of Engineering / Yes/No

Cambridge Science Festival 2014: Weekday lecture volunteer opportunities – week 2

Please note that it would be really helpful for our team if you could volunteer for the whole evening.

Date / Event / Time / Venue / Availability
Monday 17 March / Icarus at the edge of time: schools’ performance
Contact: Joe Shaw / 12.30pm - 2.45pm / West Road Concert Hall / Yes/No
Monday 17 March / Icarus at the edge of time: public performance
Contact: Joe Shaw / 5.00pm - 7.15pm / West Road Concert Hall / Yes/No
Tuesday 18 March / Cambridge stars: big ideas 2
Professor Gillian Griffiths,
DrPhillip Hawkins and Professor Jon Crowcroft / 5.30pm - 7.45pm / Mill Lane Lecture room 3 / Yes/No
Tuesday 18 March / Transmissible cancers in dogs and Tasmanian Devils
Speaker: Andrea Strakova / 7.30pm – 9.30pm / Mill Lane Lecture room 2 / Yes/No
Wednesday 19 March / The science of SWEEEETS!
Stefan Gates and Dr Andrea Sella / 4.00pm - 6.00pm / Lady Mitchell Hall / Yes/No
Wednesday 19 March / Making machines see
Dr Roberto Cipolla / 5.30pm – 7.30pm / Mill Lane Lecture room 3 / Yes/No
Wednesday 19 March / Healthy for longer: guess how and guess who?
Elliott Grigg / 6.00pm - 8.00pm / Mill Lane Lecture room 1 / Yes/No
Wednesday 19 March / Sustainable cities in an uncertain future
Sumi David / 7.30pm – 9.30pm / Mill Lane Lecture room 3 / Yes/No
Thursday 20 March / A festival piece of Raspberry Pi
Clive Beale or colleague / 5.30pm – 7.30pm / Mill Lane Lecture room 3 / Yes/No
Thursday 20 March / Why we know so little about the effect of diet on health.
Professor David Colquhoun
Contact: Yvonne Nobis / 7.00pm - 9.00pm / Mill Lane Lecture room 3 / Yes/No
Friday 20 March / The early history of the Cavendish Laboratory
Professor Malcolm Longair / 5.30pm – 7.30pm / Mill Lane Lecture room 3 / Yes/No
Friday 20 March / Why are all snowflakes hexagons: the secret life of water
Dr Michael Wharmby / 5.30pm – 7.30pm / Mill Lane Lecture room 2 / Yes/No
Friday 20 March / What’s the point of palaeontology
Nick Crumpton / 7.30pm – 9.30pm / Mill Lane Lecture room 3 / Yes/No