Barbara Davies wrote:
> > Like the old Heineken advert, BAYS refreshes the parts of our
> > nation that other BA resources do not reach. Cut it adrift and
> > you'll have to stop calling the event a "Festival" of science.
>
> Quite. It is striking, talking to various organisers, that the
> BAYS events are the only ones which really work. Perhaps the BA
> Festival should be *only* BAYS type events for young people.
> They are in many ways a captive audience, but if they keep
> coming back then that says that at least their tecahers/schools
> think that BAYS events are educational/enjoyable.
*only* BAYS??? So what happens when they are too old for BAYS, surely
we want to encourage life-long interests, therefore *some* kind of event
to cater for this is required....
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