Biography:Wendy Sadler

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Short description: British science communicator and lecturer


thumb|Sadler in 2014 Wendy Sadler MBE FInstP FHEA FLSW is a British science communicator and lecturer at Cardiff University. She is the founding director of Science Made Simple, which focuses on engaging audiences with the physical sciences. Her areas of interest include inspiring the next generation of scientists, engineers and communicators; women in STEM; and making STEM subjects accessible to diverse audiences.[1]

Early life

Sadler was born in 1972 and grew up in Wombourne, England, where she went to Ounsdale High School.[2] She attended Cardiff University and gained a BSc in Physics and Music in 1994.[3] She gained an MSc in Science Communication at the Open University,[4] where her dissertation assessed the long-term impact of science demonstration shows.[5]

Career

Sadler started her career at Techniquest.[6][7]

She began her communications career by creating the non-verbal theatre show called The Experimentrics, which mixed physical theatre and live science demonstrations to create "a world of wordless mystery and fun".[8]  She is now a LAMDA accredited public speaker and fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts who has appeared on ITV Wales, BBC Radio and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to discuss the importance of STEM education[9][10][11][12][13][14]

Public engagement

Sadler has published 19 books for children.[4]

In 2010 Sadler gave a TEDxCardiff talk titled, "Music and the Machine".[15]

Science Made Simple

Sadler set up Science Made Simple (SMS) in 2002 with the mission to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers.[16] At the time, Sadler was an IOP Schools Lecturer.[17] SMS develops and presents interactive performances that travel to schools and festivals across the world.[18] They have produced shows, contributed to science television, radio programmes, and children's books, trained scientists and acted as consultants on UK research councils.[19] In 2013, she received national media coverage for their tour of UK primary schools following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.[20] SMS is also part of a multimillion-pound EU project investigating the use of performance as a tool to engage young people with science and society issues.[21]

Work with the Welsh Government

Sadler is a Lecturer and Schools' Liaison Officer at Cardiff University.[22] She is concerned about the state of science education in Wales.[23]

She is a former member of the Science Advisory Council for Wales.[24] She Chaired and co-authored the Task and Finish report on STEM engagement in Wales for the National Science Academy[25] and was involved in the writing of the Talented Women for a Successful Wales[26] report.[1]

Awards and fellowships

  • 2023 - Elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales[27]
  • 2017 - MBE in Queen's Birthday Honours[28]
  • 2017 - Institute of Physics William Thomson, Lord Kelvin Medal and Prize[29][30]
  • 2015 - Leading Wales Award for Social Enterprise[16]
  • 2009 - Royal Academy of Engineering medal for the Public Promotion of Engineering[31]
  • 2008 - UK RC Woman of Outstanding Achievement Award[32]
  • 2007 - Descartes Prize for Excellence in Science Communication[33][34]
  • 2007 - Institute of Acoustics' Award for Promoting Acoustics to the Public[35]
  • 2005 - Institute of Physics Young Professional Physicist of the Year Award[36][37]
  • 2004 - Women in Science and Engineering Excellence Award[38]
  • 2004 - Welsh Woman of the Year (Science and Technology)[39]

External links

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Wendy Sadler -" (in en-US). science made simple. http://www.sciencemadesimple.co.uk/about/staff/wendy-sadler. 
  2. ↑ "Science advocate receives MBE in Queen's birthday honours - Compass Media Relations" (in en-US). Compass Media Relations. 2017-06-19. http://www.compassmr.co.uk/news/science-advocate-receives-mbe-queens-birthday-honours/. 
  3. ↑ House, McKenzie. "Wendy Sadler" (in en). https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/913831-sadler-wendy. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Amazon.co.uk: Wendy Sadler: Books, Biography, Blogs, Audiobooks, Kindle". https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wendy-Sadler/e/B001K8QG3G. 
  5. ↑ "Research and Evaluation -" (in en-US). science made simple. http://www.sciencemadesimple.co.uk/about/research_evaluation. 
  6. ↑ Turner, Robin (2010-07-15). "Rugby pundit Jonathan Davies adds to his honours". walesonline. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/rugby-pundit-jonathan-davies-adds-1908309. 
  7. ↑ "Speaking to...Wendy Sadler - Speaking of Science" (in en-US). Speaking of Science. 2012-11-19. http://speakingofscience.juliegould.net/science-communication/speaking-to-wendy-sadler/. 
  8. ↑ "About - The Experimentrics" (in en-US). The Experimentrics. http://www.experimentrics.co.uk/about/. 
  9. ↑ ScienceMadeSimpleUK (2013-07-03), Wendy Sadler on Why We Need Science In Schools - The Wales Report, BBC, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duyrZqBsCQM, retrieved 2017-12-28 
  10. ↑ Wendy Sadler (2012-04-07), Wendy on Alan Titchmarsh show 26th Oct, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDdZ_yukdKU, retrieved 2017-12-28 
  11. ↑ Ignite Cardiff (2013-12-19), Science Vs Ghosts (Ignite Cardiff 14 - Episode 2 - Wendy Sadler), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_EaHC2O0pw, retrieved 2017-12-28 
  12. ↑ BBC. "BBC - Radio 4 - Leading Edge 10/03/2005" (in en). https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/leadingedge_20050310.shtml. 
  13. ↑ "Silent science show targets children" (in en-GB). BBC News. 2013-11-25. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-25085193. 
  14. ↑ "Inspiring young scientists" (in en). News. https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/34706-inspiring-young-scientists. 
  15. ↑ TEDx Talks (2010-06-13), TEDxCardiff - Wendy Sadler - Music and the Machine, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d15EdTBjv4k, retrieved 2017-12-28 
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Social Enterprise 2015" (in en-US). http://leadingwalesawards.co.uk/social-enterprse-2015/. 
  17. ↑ Physics, Institute of. "Five IOP members receive Queen's Birthday Honours" (in en-GB). http://www.iop.org/news/17/june/page_69622.html. 
  18. ↑ "20Twenty Graduate named Winner at Leading Wales Awards 2015" (in en). http://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/news/Pages/20Twenty-Graduate-named-Winner-at-Leading-Wales-Awards-2015.aspx. 
  19. ↑ "Newsmakers". Interactions: The Newspaper of The Physics Community. http://www.iop.org/interactions/archive/INTApr07totalWeb.pdf. 
  20. ↑ "News". https://www.astro.cf.ac.uk/newsandevents/?page=news_detail&news=0236. 
  21. ↑ "The EU funded PERFORM Project -" (in en-US). science made simple. http://www.sciencemadesimple.co.uk/training/perform-project. 
  22. ↑ "Wendy Sadler" (in en). People. https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/913831-sadler-wendy. 
  23. ↑ "Is Wales in a science-education crisis? - SoapboxScience" (in en-US). SoapboxScience. 2015-04-28. http://soapboxscience.org/is-wales-in-a-science-education-crisis/. 
  24. ↑ perform-research.eu/about/partners/sciencemadesimple/
  25. ↑ "Welsh Government | National Science Academy" (in EN). https://gov.wales/topics/science-and-technology/science/national-science-academy/?lang=en. 
  26. ↑ "Talented Women for a Successful Wales". http://gov.wales/docs/det/report/160308-women-in-science-en.pdf. 
  27. ↑ Wales, The Learned Society of. "Wendy Sadler" (in en-US). https://www.learnedsociety.wales/fellow/wendy-sadler/. 
  28. ↑ "100-year-old leads Welsh Queen's honours" (in en-GB). BBC News. 2017-06-16. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-40300729. 
  29. ↑ Physics, Institute of. "IOP Award Winners 2017" (in en-GB). http://www.iop.org/about/awards/page_69701.html. 
  30. ↑ Tesh, Sarah (2017-06-30). "Scientists honoured by the Institute of Physics - physicsworld.com" (in en-GB). http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2017/jun/30/scientists-honoured-by-the-institute-of-physics. 
  31. ↑ "Engineering Explained in Cardiff wins Academy Award". https://www.raeng.org.uk/news/news-releases/2009/June/engineering-explained-in-cardiff-wins-award. 
  32. ↑ WISE. "Women of Outstanding Achievement" (in en). https://www.wisecampaign.org.uk/wise-awards/wise-awards-2012/women-of-outstanding-achievement. 
  33. ↑ Wightwick, Abbie (2007-03-08). "Scientist collects international prize". walesonline. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/scientist-collects-international-prize-2264790. 
  34. ↑ "European Commission : CORDIS : News and Events : Descartes prizes awarded to outstanding projects and communicators". http://cordis.europa.eu/news/rcn/27269_en.html. 
  35. ↑ "Past Winners | ioa" (in en). http://www.ioa.org.uk/about-us/past-winners. 
  36. ↑ "Wendy Sadler | Women's Engineering Society" (in en). http://dev.wes.org.uk/content/wendy-sadler. 
  37. ↑ WalesOnline (2005-02-03). "Another top award for science promoter". walesonline. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/another-top-award-science-promoter-2404992. 
  38. ↑ WalesOnline (2004-11-18). "Wendy's appliance of science is rewarded". walesonline. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/wendys-appliance-science-rewarded-2415839. 
  39. ↑ Post, North Wales Daily (2008-01-03). "Ex-minister joins board of Welsh think tank". northwales. http://www.dailypost.co.uk/business/business-news/ex-minister-joins-board-welsh-think-2847955. 



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