Wendy Sadler

Wendy Sadler MBE is a British science communicator and lecturer at Cardiff University. She is the founding director of Science Made Simple[1] 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.[2]

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Early life

Sadler was born in 1972 and grew up in Wombourne, England, attending Ounsdale High School.[3] She attended Cardiff University and gained a BSc in Physics and Music in 1994.

Career

Sadler considered a career as an acoustic engineer before becoming a manager at Techniquest.[4][5] She has since completed an MSc in Science Communication at the Open University.[6] Her dissertation assessed the long-term impact of science demonstration shows.[7] She created 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] Sadler is a LAMDA accredited public speaker and fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts. She regularly appears on television and radio discussing the importance of STEM education.[9][10][11][12] Sadler is a Lecturer and Schools' Liaison Officer at Cardiff University.[13] She is concerned about the state of science education in Wales.[14]

Public engagement

Sadler is a physics communicator who has published 19 books for children.[6] She has contributed to ITV Wales, BBC Radio and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.[6] In 2010 Sadler gave a TEDxCardiff talk entitled "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 the IOP Schools Lecturer.[17] SMS develop and present interactive performances that travel to schools and festivals across the world, reaching 28 countries to date.[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][21] SMS has reached more than 750,000 people.[22] SMS is part of a multimillion-pound EU project investigating the use of performance as a tool to engage young people with science and society issues.[23]

Work with the Welsh Government

Sadler Chaired and co-authored the Task and Finish report on STEM engagement in Wales for the National Science Academy[24] and was involved in the writing of the Talented Women for a Successful Wales[25] report.[2]

Awards and fellowships
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References
  1. Science Made Simple
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  8. "About - The Experimentrics". The Experimentrics. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
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  10. Wendy Sadler (2012-04-07), Wendy on Alan Titchmarsh show 26th Oct, retrieved 2017-12-28
  11. Ignite Cardiff (2013-12-19), Science Vs Ghosts (Ignite Cardiff 14 - Episode 2 - Wendy Sadler), retrieved 2017-12-28
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  14. "Is Wales in a science-education crisis? - SoapboxScience". SoapboxScience. 2015-04-28. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
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  16. "Social Enterprise 2015". Leading Wales Awards 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  17. Physics, Institute of. "Five IOP members receive Queen's Birthday Honours". www.iop.org. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  18. "20Twenty Graduate named Winner at Leading Wales Awards 2015". Cardiff Metropolitan University. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  19. "Newsmakers" (PDF). Interactions: The Newspaper of The Physics Community. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  20. "Silent science show targets children". BBC News. 2013-11-25. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  21. "Inspiring young scientists". News. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  22. "News". www.astro.cf.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
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  24. "Welsh Government | National Science Academy". gov.wales. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
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  26. "100-year-old leads Welsh Queen's honours". BBC News. 2017-06-16. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
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  29. "Engineering Explained in Cardiff wins Academy Award". Royal Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  30. WISE. "Women of Outstanding Achievement". www.wisecampaign.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  31. Wightwick, Abbie (2007-03-08). "Scientist collects international prize". walesonline. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  32. "European Commission : CORDIS : News and Events : Descartes prizes awarded to outstanding projects and communicators". cordis.europa.eu. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  33. "Past Winners | ioa". www.ioa.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  34. "Wendy Sadler | Women's Engineering Society". dev.wes.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
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  36. WalesOnline (2004-11-18). "Wendy's appliance of science is rewarded". walesonline. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
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