Flexischooling in Scotland – the facts

Flexischooling was in the news last week in Scotland, as Aberdeenshire Council debated a motion that would 'allow flexischooling' in the county. There have been numerous press articles, and helpful, 'what is flexischooling' explainers. Radio Scotland's morning phone-in show devoted…

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PSG Podcast #2: Final Event Results Fair

PSG Podcast #2: Final Event Results Fair

The second in our series of podcasts gives you the chance to eavesdrop on the Results Fair at our Final Event in November 2018.  The Results Fair was opened by Katherine Mathieson, CEO of the British Science Association, and features…

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Flexischooling – Our First Findings

Flexischooling – our first findings

Who flexischools their kids and why? Which local authorities support flexischooling? The Dumfries and Galloway Parenting Science Gang's research used Freedom of Information Requests of local authorities, interviews with parents and interviews with teachers to find out more about flexischooling.…

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Newsletter # 11 – The Final Countdown

Newsletter # 11 – The Final Countdown

The PSG Final Event #parentsdoscience Parenting Science Gang is funded by Wellcome for a two year period and we’re coming towards the end of our project. Over the last 21 months, our 2000+ citizen scientists have achieved amazing things. They've created…

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#parentsdoscience – The PSG Final Event

#parentsdoscience – The PSG Final Event

In February last year, Parenting Science Gang opened its doors and four groups of parents stepped up to the challenge of doing to some real science about the issues that parents care about most. Since then we've had another four groups join…

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PSG: Where Are We Now?

PSG: where are we now?

Image: Delfi de la Rua on Unsplash Wow - it's been 16 months since we launched Parenting Science Gang! So what have we been up to? There isn't really a road map for starting a novel user-led citizen science project for…

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