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Peter Gallivan

@petergallivan.bsky.social

Outreach Manager, King's College London @kingsnmes.bsky.social Churchill Fellow // Answering science questions in The Week Junior Science+Nature. Passionate about science education and communication, and widening access to the world of STEM. Views own.

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This event is going to be GREAT! Please share with any teachers / schools / young people in your network.

18.09.2025 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Some great videos here - please do share on with any young people you know interested in a career in STEM!

16.09.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is really great FREE programme open to girls all across the UK. Please share with any young people you know who are interested in computer science!

16.09.2025 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow, I didn't think they could last that long! Thanks for the info - this will hopefully be my next project to tinker with!

15.09.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Apologies if you are asked this all the time, but how do you make these prints stable? Or do they inevitably start to fade over time? Love your work!

15.09.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So exciting to win, but moreso an honor to share a stage with so many amazing people!

26.07.2025 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent management - thanks for a great event!

26.07.2025 11:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks!

19.07.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was imagining being on dragons den and pitching a new alternative to lab gloves but made from sodium alginate.

19.07.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Completely surprised and overwhelmed to have won this award, and join an amazing list of previous champions.

19.07.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

On my way to the #BIGEvent2025 at @ri-science.bsky.social, perhaps the only conference it's perfectly normal to bring a blender with you to... @big-stem-network.bsky.social

16.07.2025 10:36 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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An amazing, BUSY day!

08.06.2025 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We're live at #LambethCountryShow! Come and say hello and try out some ph painting and make an algorithmic keyring. Find us in the discovery zone! @kingsnmes.bsky.social

08.06.2025 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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And... spotted for sale in Hatchards at St Panceras!

07.06.2025 09:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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On the train to London to Launch my new book at The Royal Institution @ri-science.bsky.social!

So excited to see this in the wild - available at all good bookshops: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/hidd...

07.06.2025 08:55 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Teacher workshops: understanding neutrinos Two free online workshops for GCSE teachers to support them to deliver classroom activities on the topic of neutrinos.

SCIENCE TEACHERS! Join our physics researchers for one-hour online workshops on βš›οΈNEUTRINOSβš›οΈ - tiny particles that make beta decay work & are whizzing right through you right now - including neutrino activities for GCSE teaching!
πŸ’»Online
πŸ“…5 & 19 June
πŸ•’4-5pm
More info: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/teach...

02.06.2025 11:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

It was really fun to run this activity - it led to some really suprising discussions about what it means to be human, and the surprising importance of the word poop!

05.06.2025 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing work! There was a patch of these growing up the valley from where I used to live in the Swiss Alps - amazing to know its back growing here too.

04.06.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today in STEM outreach - reusing my clothes dryers and ladder to make a mass red cabbage indicator paper factory.

03.06.2025 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Minimal Turing Test We introduce the Minimal Turing Test, an experimental paradigm for studying perceptions and meta-perceptions of different social groups or kinds of ag…

Thanks to @aiatkings.bsky.social for organising a fantastic festival of events! The research paper our minimal turing test activity was based on is well worth a read:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

27.05.2025 08:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great family day at the @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Festival of AI! Children tried a mini turing test, choosing one word to prove they are human. Of course skibidi appeared! We also built a simple image recognition AI, which detected drawings of cats and (sometimes) dogs. @kingsnmes.bsky.social

27.05.2025 08:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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From impossibility to possibility: Hear from Raheem Sterling scholarship student as 2025/26 applications open Applications for the third year of Raheem Sterling Foundation scholarships are now open.

Inspiring to hear from students succeeding in life thanks to this amazing scholarship programme!

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/from-im...

23.05.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Come and join me at The Ri for a fun journey through the history of science, and meet some amazing scientists you maybe don't know about!

I'll also be signing books after the event (which feels like a WILD sentence to write 🀣).

22.05.2025 09:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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World Environment Day Live 2025: Stories, Science & STEM for Schools A free, live-streamed author event for KS2 & KS3 exploring science, literacy & nature through inspiring stories and real-world STEM links.

Celebrate World Environment Day with me and some fab author friends! Book your class in for this FREE online event; I'll be introducing you to some of the amazing scientists you can meet in my new book 'The Hidden Heroes of Science'.

June 5, 11:00
Book here πŸ‘‡

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/world-envi...

19.05.2025 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So excited to receive this grant, and be able to support running our Girl's Robotics Challenge for another year! I was blown away by the amazing robots the teams built this year and the creative problem solving on display.

Cant wait to see what our 2025/6 cohort of students achieve!

16.05.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have never felt older than this afternoon, when I had to explain to a university student how blue tack works πŸ˜‚

06.05.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Niche design moment today - excited too see the colourful stickers TFL have used to cover up the 'ghost' on the Elizabeth Line! Smart way to cover up dirty marks left by people cumulatively over the years 😎

26.04.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks!

25.04.2025 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Team Whizz Kidz London Marathon 2025 Help Peter Gallivan raise money to support Whizz Kidz

This Sunday I'll be running my first ever London Marathon, raising money for the fantastic @whizzkidz.bsky.social !

Any donations greatly appreciated, as is some friendly cheering along the route!

www.justgiving.com/page/peter-g...

25.04.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Such a privilege to host events like this at King's! The students who took part this year really blew me away with the robots builds - creative and technically accomplished, with some really design flair.

25.04.2025 10:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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