A joint venture between the Department of Biology and The Hull York Medical School
Outreach and public engagement
The CII is proud of its strong record of public engagement. Please see adjacent for a list of our most recent outreach activities.
Our key objectives include:
Raising awareness of the work of CII
CII is eager to promote a better understanding from the earliest age of how the human immune system works and of the science of infectious diseases affecting people across the globe. Its pioneering work has been the subject of many newspaper and journal articles.
Making science accessible and fun for all
Staff and students at the Centre regularly give talks and demonstrations to a wide range of non-specialist audiences: including visits to primary and secondary schools, delivering materials to school teachers at the National Science Learning Centre, taking part in STEM events and science festivals, and interacting with the public.
Taking part in local and national science events
Members of the CII take part in externally-funded and University-wide science outreach events, including York Science Trail, York Festival of Science Discovery Days, British Society of Immunology outreach events and STEM events.
If you are interested in finding out more please feel free to contact the Centre Administrator, Rebecca Stokes.
Latest events
York & District Diabetes UK Group visit the CII, September 2016
CII Artist in Residence at Festival of Ideas, June 2016
Ian Hitchcock, Science Trail 2016: Blood-cells to transfusions, March 2016
Rare Disease Day at York Hospital, February 2016
Allison Green presents at the HEYKids Diabetes UK meeting, November 2015
Paul Kaye gives talk to Poppleton PROBUS Club, October 2015
Allison Green gives research talk to the Diabetes UK volunteers network, October 2015
CII at YorNight 2015, September 2015
Allison Green gives research talk to the Legacy programme Diabetes UK, June 2015
CII at Pint of Science, May 2015
Allison Green gives research talk at York Diabetes UK Support Group, May 2015
Rare Disease Day at York Hospital, February 2015
Allison Green & Ian Hitchcock, Science Trail 2015, March 2015
CII at Discovery Days at the NRM, March 2015
Past events
- CII at Yornight 2014, September 2014
- Plasma Physics meets microbiology to fight infectious diseases, April 2014
- Supporting Children and Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes, March 2014
- Immunology Session at Acomb Primarty School (2), February 2014
- Microbiology Session at Acomb Primary School (1) , January 2014
- How your immune system works, September 2013
- CII Live at Radio York
- Science out of the Lab 2013
- Science is for Parents Too, 24 April 2013
- Good Bugs, Bad Bugs and the Antibodies vs the virus, 22 March 2013
- University of York Science Trail, 18 March 2013
- Bring Immunology into the curriculum, 14 March 2013
- Standing up for Science, November 2012
- National Pathology Year, 10-12 October 2012
- Science out of the Lab: Chronic Diseases and Disorders, 22 June 2012
- Biology Open Lecture on HIV research, 15 June 2012
- Talk to Skelton Community Primary School, 13 June 2012
- York Science Engagement Celebration Event, 2 May 2012
- York Science Trail, 22 March 2012
- CII at National Railway Museum Science Discovery Day, 10 March 2012
- Society for General Microbiology podcast, February 2012
- Talk to Yorkshire Philosophical Society, 13 December 2011
- CII at British Society for Immunology annual congress, 5-9 December 2011
- CII at Society for General Microbiology autumn conference, 5 September 2011
- Bright Club, 14 July 2011
- Cheltenham Science Festival, 11-12 June 2011
- Talk to the Allen Science Society at Pocklington School, 12 May 2011
- Stem Cell Event, 29 March 2011
- York Science Trail, 23 March 2011
- Science Discovery Days at National Railway Museum, 11-12 March 2011
- Visit to The Hermitage Secondary School, Cty. Durham
- British Society of Immunology Outreach Event, December 2010
- Science Engagement Celebration, November 2010
- Discovery Day in York, March 2010
Who to contact
- Centre Administration
cii@york.ac.uk
01904 328845