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Sciencewise Leap Seconds Dialogue webinar 10th March, 1300 -1400 hours
Join Paul Broadbent from the National Measurement Office to discuss lessons learnt from the recent public dialogue on Leap Seconds; a project to determine the importance to the public of a link between time and the earth’s movement. The dialogue …
Register for Sciencewise Space Weather Webinar
Date and time: Wednesday 21 January 2014, 1.00pm to 2.00pm (GMT) Register at: http://bit.ly/1tMV7am According to the National Risk Register, ‘a severe space weather event could have impacts upon a range of technologies and infrastructure, including power networks, satellite services, …
Communicating risk in event of flooding - Sciencewise webinar with the Environment Agency
Public Communication and Engagement on Risk Wednesday 19 November, 1pm – 2pm (GMT) Join Sciencewise and Jacqui Cotton, Policy, Strategy and Investment R&D Theme Manager at the Environment Agency (EA), for a webinar on ‘Public communication and engagement on risk’. …
'Embedding wellbeing science in decision-making’ webinar
Date and time: Wednesday 15 October, 13:00-14:00 Join Lisa Ollerhead, Policy Adviser, Open Policy Making at Cabinet Office on Wednesday, 15 October, for an interactive discussion on the Cabinet Office’s recent ‘Embedding wellbeing science in decision-making’ dialogue. Register for the …
Public Attiudes to Science - have your say
Have you seen Public Attitudes to Science 2014? Was it useful? BIS would like to hear what you think of this research and is keen to capture the variety of people and organisations who use it. We would be grateful …
Announcing the Community Challenge Grant Scheme 2014-15 Awards
BIS is pleased to support the following projects which take science into a community setting. We hope that the audiences reached will become more engaged and better informed about the science issues affecting them and be inspired to further their involvement. We also hope …
'The best of Sciencewise's thought leadership’ webinar
The best of Sciencewise's research webinar Monday 8 September, 1pm – 2pm To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Sciencewise is holding a webinar on ‘The best of Sciencewise's research. The aim of the webinar is to draw out key themes, …
SEPnet: Working in collaboration to support science & society
SEPnet (the South East Physics Network) is a consortium of university physics departments in the South East of England, working together to promote physics. Physics is a key subject in the modern world, and is currently recovering from a dip …
Science is for Parents Too and Family Science Days
Today's post comes from Alex Brown at the The University of York Centre for Lifelong Learning and uses examples from all three Charter principles. Universities and science learning centres have a complementary set of skills in science education and research. By …
Centre for Life - International Science Centre impact study
Today's post comes from Andy Lloyd, Head of Special projects at the International Centre for Life Trust. This study is an evaluation of the impact that the Centre for Life in Newcastle upon Tyne has had and is an example of principle …