Hi Jenny
This looks like being an invaluable resource when it's completed.
Obviously, we'd like you to include FameLab, especially as we're currently
agreeing with the British Council's Science department a more formal
relationship, building on their taking last year's finalists abroad to
represent the best in British Science Communication. We bill it as a search
for the new faces of science and engineering, and we can let you have more
copy if you need it. Our website is www.famelab.org .
Also, it's a bit odd that your Cheltenham Science Festival link goes to a
tangential page, instead of directly to
http://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/whats_on/science_festival.html
cheers
Timandra Harkness
Project Manager, FameLab
Tel. +44 (0) 207 831 8555
Mobile +44 (0) 7958 988689
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From: Jennifer Gristock [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 3:31 PM
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Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] 'how does it look?' and 'what is missing?'
Hello everyone,
The British Council has asked us at SPRU to create a guide to highlight UK
excellence in science communication. It differs from other guides in that
it
is meant to highlight the best of what is happening in the UK. We'd love to
have your views on an early draft.
At the moment, we believe the guide is a useful one. But it is still very
much work-in-progress, and we need to know more about what you would like
to
find on a resource such as this.
The website highlights:
* some of the UK academic departments where science communication
research
is done
* a list of courses in science communication, with links to their web
pages
* information about some of the mentoring and fellowship opportunities in
science communication
* details of some of the science weeks and festivals that take place
during the year
* sources of funding for science communication
and other science-communication related events and resources.
Our task now is to make the resource more useful to international science
communicators. We would like to highlight the UK resources, departments,
journals, events and courses that you rate highly. We would be very
grateful
if you could tell us what you think of the resource. Perhaps you would like
to add your department to the list? Or maybe you are aware of another
science communication journal to our list of academic publications?
If you would like to suggest changes to current text (perhaps you would
like
a different sentence describing the activities of your own department?)
then
please do get in touch.
The draft website is available on a temporary hosting at
http://www.jennygristock.com/scicom
Past drafts of the website focused heavily on the history of science
communication. We have since switched focus, so this context is currently
absent. To remedy this, we are currently working on some concise text to
provide some background, which can then lead into more information about
the
dialogue activities of various kinds that are taking place today.
The guide is being created by SPRU for British Council Science in
Manchester.
With best wishes,
Jenny Gristock
SPRU Science and Technology Policy Research
University of Sussex
Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QE
Telephone 01273 876711
Website www.sussex.ac.uk/spru
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