Joanne Pledger

Mummy to twin girls & Astrophysicist.

[Joanne Pledger @joanne_pledger]

A great night at the #ena2025 awards with Space In Schools getting Highly commended in the STEM initiative category and Alexia Lopez winning the PhD student award along with two more wins for @Uni_Lancashire

[Joanne Pledger @joanne_pledger]

Why not tell your schools: @boltoncouncil @WiganCouncil @BuryCouncil @TamesideCouncil @StockportMBC @seftoncouncil @sthelenscouncil @KnowsleyCouncil @BpoolCouncil @LancashireCC @CumbriaCC @blackburndarwen @OldhamCouncil @SalfordCouncil

[Joanne Pledger @joanne_pledger]

FREE CPD on Earth & Space for KS2 primary teachers. Includes FULL scheme of work. Next sessions start November 2024. Based in Preston but online and in person options available. Register here https://t.co/EzcKiHpnxe or email for info. #KS2 #primaryscience #earthandspace

[Mrs Crawford's Class @ccrawfordclass]

Zoe and Isobel gave us an amazing talk all about their recent visit to Kennedy Space Centre! You taught us so much, girls! @LT_Trust @St_Wilfrids_CE

[Joanne Pledger @joanne_pledger]

FREE CPD for KS2 primary teachers by @UCLan and @STEMFirst funded by @spacegovuk
Find out more on Tuesday 11th June. Book online session here: https://t.co/aGPvLynIFT

[Scientific American @sciam]

Scientists have finally found the compact object at the heart of the famous supernova of 1987, and it’s not a black hole https://t.co/Z64aVv49XZ

[Joanne Pledger @joanne_pledger]

A fantastic discovery by @UCLan_JHI PhD student @missalexialopez.
@UCLanResearch @AlstonObsy

[Pallab Ghosh @BBCPallab]

How the discovery of a gargantuan ring of galaxies challenges one if the main plank of modern astronomy. https://t.co/7Mxgf8ZWwQ

[University of Lancashire @Uni_Lancashire]

We won the Widening Participation or Outreach Initiative of the Year category @timeshighered Awards - the Oscars of HE.
A win at this event is a great accolade. Well done @joanne_pledger & colleagues who led the Into Our Skies: Space in Schools project.
https://t.co/6Rzhtxcphr

[Joanne Pledger @joanne_pledger]

Absolutely thrilled and honoured to WIN the Times Higher Education Award for Widening Participation and Outreach for our work teaching science through dance @UCLan @UCLanDance @UCLan_JHI @RuthSpe85493524 @DrCherryCanovan @Intoourskies #THEAwards

[Times Higher Education @timeshighered]

@sheffhallamuni Winner of Widening Participation or Outreach Initiative of the Year in the 2023 #THEAwards is @UCLan for a transdisciplinary project teaching science to school pupils through dance. Highly commended to @DCU for helping Irish Sign Language users into HE.

[Joanne Pledger @joanne_pledger]

@DrCherryCanovan @timeshighered @UCLan @Ruthspencer19 Sorry you're going to miss this. Hope you feel better soon.

[Joanne Pledger @joanne_pledger]

An early start heading to the IOP communicators and outreach conference to talk about teaching physics through dance.

[Joanne Pledger @joanne_pledger]

I couldn't agree more! Great outside the box thinking.

https://t.co/4l2Z9s4cuJ

[Joanne Pledger @joanne_pledger]

Wow! Our Into Our Skies: Space in Schools project, teaching science through dance has been shortlisted for a Times Higher Education Award! @DrCherryCanovan @UCLan_JHI @UCLanDance

[Joanne Pledger @joanne_pledger]

A fantastic summary of what we know about SN2023ixf and a pleasure to be interviewed for it.

[Jonathan O’Callaghan @Astro_Jonny]

A supernova exploded in our cosmic backyard. And we're learning a lot!

- We've identified the star that exploded
- It swelled like a balloon before going boom
- And the supernova shockwave slammed into a disk of debris around the star

Story by me @SciAm

https://t.co/Pz5SEYR9CM

[Joanne Pledger @joanne_pledger]

Interesting article here on the representation (or lack) of female physicists in the media... how can young girls aspire if there are no visible role models??
https://t.co/5945uecr2A

[Joanne Pledger @joanne_pledger]

@DrCherryCanovan Usually dual affiliation is used for Phys/Ast journals.

[Joanne Pledger @joanne_pledger]

Better get re-writing my Year 1 astro course then!!

https://t.co/m6BSg6qLQu