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I thought that this event may be of interest to list members... Message from The Higher Education Academy Physical Sciences Centre Professional Development Workshop - 'Sharing Good Practice in Outreach Activities' Date: Wednesday 7th December 2005 Time: 10.30am - 3.30pm Venue: University of Warwick Workshop Aims Attracting more students is an ongoing issue for the vast majority of higher education. This is made more prominent by the government's drive to encourage more students to enter higher education. Attracting more students is particularly challenging for the physical sciences where the overall percentage of students entering higher education is decreasing. To address this issue however, there are a number of exciting and interesting initiatives undertaken by institutions, as well as national initiatives such as AimHigher. To encourage more students to study physical science courses institutions and departments must therefore engage in a variety of outreach activities, aimed at showing potential students the benefits of studying a physical science course. Examples of outreach activity commonly undertaken include school visits, science weeks and visits to universities for potential students. The aim of this workshop is to provide you with some examples of interesting and innovative outreach activities which could be used or adapted to attract more students to study physical sciences courses. There will also be opportunities to discuss common objectives and share ideas about how to engage students more and interest them in a science based education. Programme 10.30 Registration and coffee 11.00 -- 12.00 Outreach, setting the scene with Aimhigher Royal Society of Chemistry speaker 12.00 -- 1.00 Lunch 1.00 -- 1.20 Partnerships for public awareness schemes Dimple Patel, Loughborough University 1.20 -- 2.00 Careers workshops and road shows Julia Dickinson, Manchester Metropolitan University 2.00 -- 2.20 Discussion to share good practice 2.20 -- 2.55 Schools Outreach Work, Bristol ChemLabs Tim Harrison, Bristol University 2.55 -- 3.30 Centre for Effective Learning in Science (CELS) Karen Moss, Nottingham Trent University 3.30 Tea and close Registration Details There is no registration fee for those working in UK HE and lunch and refreshments will be provided. Register by contacting the Centre or by completing the online registration form at http://www.physsci.heacademy.ac.uk/Events/RegisterForEvent.aspx?id=114 Kind Regards, Katie Katie Glover, Administrator Physical Sciences Centre Department of Chemistry University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX Tel/Fax: 01482 465418 www.physsci.heacademy.ac.uk ---------- End Forwarded Message ---------- ******************************************* Dr Laura Grant Monitoring & Evaluation Officer Aimhigher Greater Merseyside G.18 Sir Alastair Pilkington Building Mulberry Street Liverpool L69 7SH T: 0151 794 1313 M: 07814 421512 / 07870 243931 E: [log in to unmask] ********************************************************************** 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 ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 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 **********************************************************************