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Oh dear, that’s an acronym fail on my part (I’m claiming acronym overload) – it’s STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Art & Mathematics). Sorry Medicine! Great to see that this new acronym is tipping people over their boiling point. #STEAMpowered </H2Ojoke> ;) Wynn From: psci-com: on public engagement with science [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nicola Hern Sent: 01 December 2011 15:01 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] Acronym alert I see Maths loses the battle to hang on to the M in there... Nicola Hern m: +44 (0) 7980 098652 www.herncommunications.co.uk <http://www.herncommunications.co.uk/> _____ From: Jonathan Sanderson <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Thursday, 1 December 2011, 14:56 Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] Acronym alert I believe 'STEAM' has been going around the US scicomms community for some time. I quite like it, albeit with the usual caveat that I don't think anyone outside the sector has the faintest idea what 'STEM' is in the first place. All of these things are very audience and context-sensitive. J. On 1 Dec 2011, at 14:37, Wynn Abbott wrote: > 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) -- Jonathan Sanderson "If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter" (Pascal) ********************************************************************** 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'. 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