Those of you situated in the North East of England may be interested in 
the following:

North East Science Alliance

The North East Science Alliance (NESA) is a new networking initiative 
based upon a highly successful format that has run in the North West for 4 
years.  The aims of the NESA are:
„X	to promote public dialogue about science in its broadest sense
„X	to raise the profile of public engagement activities in North East 
England
„X	to encourage the co-ordination of public engagement activities in 
North East England
„X	to promote collaboration in accessing funding, staging activities 
and making the most of all of our resources to maximize public engagement 
with science

The NESA is aimed at all people working to engage the public with 
science.  This includes audiences of all ages and engagement aimed at 
promoting science because itˇ¦s interesting as well as more skills driven 
activities.  Therefore membership of the alliance is open to business, 
academics, science communication practitioners, educational 
establishments, industry etc.

Meetings of the NESA will be held quarterly and follow an informal format 
of short presentations, buffet and drinks and lots of time for networking.

The first meeting of the alliance will be held on Wednesday 28th March at 
7pm at the University of Teesside, University Lounge.  Refreshments will 
be provided.

Presentations will include:
„X	Colin Wilkinson, NE Higher Skills Network NESA committee member
About the NESA
„X	Joanne Coleman, the BA
The 2007 BA Festival of Science taking place in York
„X	Lorelly Wilson, the BA NW Branch and NW Science Alliance committee 
member
The Science Alliance experience in the North West
„X	A facilitated discussion to help the planning team find out what 
you would like to get out of NESA and how it can support the work you do.

As a member of the NESA you will be able to attend the quarterly meetings, 
give presentations and share information as well as taking advantage of 
this excellent networking opportunity.

The presentations are included to:
„X	share good practice;
„X	disseminate tips e.g. on gaining publicity or fundraising;
„X	raise awareness of new schemes;
„X	call for collaborations.

We ask you to get in touch if you would like to present at any meetings or 
informally let the alliance know about new developments.  The NESA will 
also welcome offers to host future meetings.

Please mention the NESA to any of your contacts who you feel would benefit 
from the meetings.

If you wish to attend please contact me at the address below.

Kind regards,
Pamela

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National Science and Engineering Week (9-18 March) is here, bringing ten 
days of activity, debate and discovery galoreˇK Visit the BA (British 
Association for the Advancement of Science) website for the chance to take 
part in the search for ˇ§The Nationˇ¦s Favourite Experimentˇ¨ and to find out 
what events are happening near you: http://www.the-ba.net/nsew. 

Pamela Buchan
Regional Officer - North of England
the BA (British Association for the Advancement of Science)
c/o The Manchester Museum
The University of Manchester
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Manchester
M13 9PL
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