[apologies for cross-posting] To all those who are involved in helping to plan and/or run a Science Festival: I'm writing to ask you to spare 10-15 minutes before the holidays start to help us with a research project that will hopefully help us all demonstrate the benefits of science festivals to others - and help everyone to compare notes to do it better. The aim is to collect information about as many festivals internationally as possible, so we need your help to both complete the survey and spread the word. http://www.survey.bris.ac.uk/bnhc/sciencefestival We are aiming to publish a summary report, as well as a journal article on behalf of the community. The research team is currently Savita Custead from the Bristol Natural History Consortium, Karen Bultitude from UWE, Dom McDonald from the Oxford Trust, and Annette Smith from the BA (and EUSCEA). If you have any questions about the process, please get in touch! Thanks very much in advance for your help with this. This email was independently scanned for viruses by McAfee anti-virus software and none were found ********************************************************************** 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] with the following message: set psci-com nomail -- [include hyphens] 2. To resume email from the list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: set psci-com mail -- [include hyphens] 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: leave psci-com -- [include hyphens] 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.ac.uk 6. To contact the Psci-com list owner, please send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] **********************************************************************