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A consultancy role is being advertised by NESTA, the Scottish Executive and Careers Scotland. The closing date for applications is Tuesday 14th October. Background The Scottish Executive Education Department (SEED) is working with Careers Scotland and the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) to launch and deliver a Small Grants Scheme. The scheme aims to improve children’s attainment in science and stimulate their enthusiasm for science across the transition from primary to secondary school. Schools may apply collectively as a school cluster group or a single school may apply on behalf of that school cluster group. Your role You will be a key individual in delivering and developing the scheme, using the approach and values of NESTA’s Learning Programme to encourage fresh ideas that will challenge and inspire in this difficult area. You will aim to use the experiences gained by NESTA to enable the SEED scheme to reach its full potential. Initially, you will spend time learning about NESTA and the Small Grants Scheme. Then you will liaise with staff from the schools that would like to apply to the scheme, helping them to shape their ideas and structure their application. Once the funding decisions have been made at the beginning of the Spring Term, you will work with the projects to help them reach their full potential. Your role will start at the beginning of November 2003 and finish at the end of April 2004. You will spend an average of two days per week on this work, although it is anticipated that you will spend more time on it at the beginning, and less time during the school holidays. The fee for this work will be £17,000, payable in monthly instalments, in arrears, and on receipt of an invoice. You will be able to start work on this project immediately (i.e. the beginning of November). The interviews will be held on the 30th or 31st October 2003. For further information about this role and information on applying, please contact: Katherine Mathieson, NESTA Tel: 020 7645 9561, Email: [log in to unmask] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com ********************************************************************** 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following message: set psci-com nomail 2. To resume email from the list, send the following message: set psci-com mail 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: leave psci-com 4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html 5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and science and society can be found at http://psci-com.org.uk **********************************************************************