There are still places available at the DISC Science Communicators workshops in Manchester (8 Oct) and Birmingham (11 Nov).
DISC is a new project that will provide opportunities for ethnic minority groups and the science communication community to work together to enable greater participation in science.
An agenda for the Manchester workshop is included below.
If you would like to book for either workshop please visit www.the-ba.net/sciscomm and follow the DISC links.
If you are unable to attend a workshop you can still feed you comments into the project using the questionnaire also available from www.the-ba.net/sciscomm.
DISC workshop - Manchester
Workshop 2
8 October 2004
Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester
Agenda
12.30 informal lunch
1.15 Welcome and introduction
Chair: Fiona Barbagallo, the BA
Elizabeth Rasekoala, ACNST
Nadine Andrews, Arts About Manchester
1.50 Group Work
What are the key barriers we face when trying to engage with people from ethnic minority backgrounds
2.10 Plenary
report back
2.40 Group Work
What do we need to effectively engage?
3.00 Plenary
report back
3.20 What do you want DISC to deliver next year?
4.00 Close
DISC is a jointly coordinated by the African-Caribbean Network for Science and Technology (ACNST) and the BA. DISC is the first initiative of its kind in Britain and is funded by Copus and NESTA.
Nicholas Hillier
Science in Society Officer
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