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Lords To Report On Continuing Professional Development For Science Teachers
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee will publish a short report on continuing professional development (CPD) for teachers of science on Wednesday 21st March, 0001 hrs. Estelle Morris MP, Minister for School Standards, gave oral evidence to the inquiry which is appended to the report. Evidence was also taken from the Council for... view more... (2001-03-15)
Press invitation - ESA to unveil its new science programme
ESA PR 33-2002. Last November the ESA Director of Science, Professor David Southwood, announced the need for a complete reassessment of the ESA science programme. Following the Council meeting at ministerial level, funds for ESA`s space science would be substantially less than had been hoped. Realistic planning would have to replace optimistic... view more... (2002-05-16)
Europe leads the world in science communication
European science communication experts meeting in Poland strongly urge the governments of all European nations to increase their financial and motivational support for science communication events. EUSCEA, the European Science Events Association, brings together the leaders of Science Festivals and Science Weeks from all over the continent of... view more... (2003-06-17)
STAR WARS GOES UNDER THE MICROSCOPE
STAR WARS GOES UNDER MICROSCOPE AT UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN view more (1999-07-12)
New Call for Public Awareness of Science
New Call for Public Awareness of Science The European Commission, Research Directorate General has just launched a call for proposals for Raising Public Awareness of Science and Technology. The deadline for proposals is 15 April 2002. The main objectives of Raising Public Awareness include helping European citizens to understand more about the... view more... (2002-01-18)
Football and Psychics in Final Round of Millennium Awards Scheme
The final round of the scheme has seen further innovative and unusual means for promoting science, engineering and technology. Stockport County fans are finding science cartoons in their match day magazines. Psychics are being challenged by an exhibition on the science of the paranormal in London. Yorkshire cyclists are seeing stars as the solar... view more... (1999-06-07)
A New Challenge for Scientists
Thirty young scientists from all over the UK, are to be given the opportunity to expand their horizons and be challenged in new ways, when they participate in a pilot scheme - Crucible - delivered by NESTA (the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) - the organisation that nurtures UK creativity and innovation. Scientists and... view more... (2004-05-07)
SCIENCE AND THEATRE: the September 2002 issue of Interdisciplinary Science Reviews
A special themed issue of Interdisciplinary Science Reviews exploring interconnections between science and theatre. Scientists, historians, playwrights, directors, and others discuss representations of science in theatre, promotion of science through theatre, and scientific practice as theatre. Beyond words: science and visual theatre PHILIP BALL... view more... (2002-09-27)
Government science strategy good, and must be followed up
Save British Science today praised the Government for its new Science Strategy, and warned that the problems of British Science are so deep that Ministers will need to follow through for years to come if the UK is to have the competitive economy it needs. view more (2002-07-23)
National Science Week 2004: Science for all shapes and sizes
National Science Week 2004 (12-21 March) is fast approaching, with science events for everyone across the UK. From the science of David Beckham in Yorkshire to a look at one of the world's oldest products of biotechnology (wine, of course) in London and spaghetti tower-building in Scotland, hundreds of thousands of people of all ages will be... view more... (2004-01-29)
New Science Centres Require Millions in Annual Subsidies
An annual subsidy of £50 - £100 million will be needed to keep the UK's new science centres afloat, suggests John Beetlestone, retired founding Director of Techniquest, in an opinion piece in this month's Science & Public Affairs. The Millennium Commission and others have recently invested around £1 billion in science... view more... (2000-04-10)
Science on buses goes European
Sci-bus, the biggest bus poster campaign about science ever mounted, will be seen simultaneously by over 8 million people in capitals of every member of the European Union during European Science and Technology Week (4 - 10 November 2002). The Graphic Science Unit at the University of the West of England, Bristol has planned the campaign in... view more... (2002-10-18)
IFST announces Co-operating Societies Agreement with SIFST
The Singapore Institute of Food Science & Technology (SIFST) and the Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST) of the United Kingdom are the respective national professional bodies. Both recognise their international responsibilities in food science and technology and the important role of the International Union of Food Science &... view more... (2003-12-10)
Press invatiotion: The First Science and TV Drama Festival, Paris, September 29/30
The Eiffel Tower is to be the venue for the first Science and TV Drama Festival on September 29th and 30th. Members of the press are invited to preview the entered programmes and to here discussion of some of the issues arising. The nine short-listed finalists for the two MIDAS awards, the "Oscars" of the worlds of TV drama and European... view more... (2001-09-18)
IFST/CIFST Co-operating Societies Agreement
The Chinese Institute of Food Science & Technology (CIFST) and the Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST) of the United Kingdom are the respective national professional bodies. Both recognise their international responsibilities in food science and technology and the important role of the International Union of Food Science &... view more... (2001-10-18)
UWE Research team advise Royal Society on Science Communication
The Graphic Science team in the Faculty of Applied Sciences at the University of the West of England has won a £10,000 contract from the Royal Society of London. The Society has just received a large donation from the Kohn Foundation that will enable it to run an enhanced Science and Society programme. The aim of the programme is to re-build... view more... (2001-01-16)
Sir Isaac Newton Visits California
Famous physicist Isaac Newton and astronomer Galileo are visiting Falkirk schools, including California Primary School, to celebrate National Science Week. Actor Peter Joyce will bring the two historical figures to life in performances to over 1700 children as part of the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) Scotland Section annual events programme. view more (2002-03-11)
DEFRA'S Science and Innovation Strategy published
The final version of 'Delivering the Evidence', Defra's Science and Innovation Strategy, was published today. The strategy - previously issued in draft form - comprehensively sets out the science activities the department proposes to carry out during the period 2003 to 2006. Defra's science minister Lord Whitty said: "From tackling global... view more... (2003-05-30)
IFST announces Co-operating Societies Agreement with SAAFoST
Co-operating Societies Agreement The South African Association of Food Science & Technology (SAAFoST) and the Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST) of the United Kingdom are the respective national professional bodies. Both recognise their international responsibilities in food science and technology and the important role of the... view more... (2003-11-29)
NESTA and the Wellcome Trust announce new science education initiative
A new education initiative - Digital Science - which will support the development of innovative, new media approaches aimed at engaging young people with the social and ethical issues in science, was announced today by NESTA (the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) and the Wellcome Trust. The two organisations have joined... view more... (2004-07-27)
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