Nicola Curtis

stories Keeping the spark alive: how hands-on science is reaching the children the system misses By Nicola Curtis, Head of External Affairs Published Thu, 25 Jun 2026, 09:00 Ask many adults when they stopped enjoying science and they can usually tell you. It was not a sudden decision. It was a gradual sense, somewhere around the end of primary school, that science was difficult, serious, and probably not for them.

stories Making sport work for women, race by race and beyond. By Nicola Curtis, Head of External Affairs Published Thu, 28 May 2026, 09:00 In 2018, a photograph of Sophie Power stopped people mid-scroll. She was 56 miles into the UTMB - a 106-mile mountain ultramarathon through the Alps - sitting at a rest station, breastfeeding her three-month-old son Cormac. The image went around the world. “The photo has got nothing to do with me anymore,” she said. “It is a metaphor for motherhood.

stories SCHEDULED Using tech to help shoppers make healthier choices that don’t cost the earth but might help save it. By Nicola Curtis, Head of External Affairs Published Thu, 07 May 2026, 09:00 It takes four to 12 seconds to decide what to buy at the supermarket shelf. Shoppers don’t have the time, knowledge or bandwidth to weigh up their carbon footprints. They are thinking about budget, wellbeing, convenience and quality.