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 …
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, …
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’. …
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 …
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 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 (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 …
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 …
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 …
This post comes from Lynsey Fairweather, Participation Coordinator at Thinktank and discusses their ongoing Ignite programme, which demonstrates principle one of the Charter 'Ignite is Thinktank’s Young People’s Forum that was set up in 2012, in response local young people asking for in …