A warning to all science communicators: A new acronym (another!) may be worming its way into your professional lives. At a 'Luvvies & Boffins' science-art networking event at Google UK last night, one of the speakers was proclaiming (with some vigour) a replacement for STEM - in the shape of... STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Arts & Medicine) Enjoy. Wynn Wynn Abbott Director, London Science Festival 19-21 Crawford Street Marylebone London W1H 1PJ E: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] W: <http://www.londonsciencefestival.com> www.londonsciencefestival.com Fbk: <http://www.facebook.com/londonsciencefestival> www.facebook.com/londonsciencefestival Tw: <http://www.twitter.com/LondonSciFest> www.twitter.com/LondonSciFest Important Notice - Disclaimer This email is from London Science Festival. This email and any attachments may contain confidential information and/or copyright material. This email is intended for the use of the addressee only. Any unauthorised use may be unlawful. If you receive this email by mistake, please advise the sender immediately by using the reply facility in your email software and then delete the message. Email sent to London Science Festival may be monitored in line with current legislation and good practice. ********************************************************************** 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 You may also change your settings and subscribe/unsubscribe to psci-com from the web site. Psci-com is part of the National Academic Mailing List Service, known as 'JISCMail'. It adheres to the JISCMail Acceptable Use Policy: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/acceptableuse.html and to the JISCMail guidelines for etiquette: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/etiquette.html Email commands: 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] Please allow up to 24 hours for these commands to activate. Remember that you will need to send commands using the same email address that you used to register on psci-com. To contact the Psci-com list owner, please send an email to: [log in to unmask] **********************************************************************