I've wondered for some time on the effectiveness (both in terms of cost and
quality of experience) of big projects versus small. Has anyone ever done
some sort of formal comparison?
I too am a great believer in personal contact for really effective science
communication
Elspeth Bartlet
University of York
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Hi Ian et al
A good point. One that I've often thought about while looking at the
very large sums of money going to new initiatives in science outreach.
We see about 45,000 children per year at a cost of £2 - £3 per child.
Must brush up my skills in writing funding applications.
Cheers
Ben
Ben Brown & Shaaron Leverment
Explorer Dome
www.explorerdome.co.uk
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Here is just a random remark, prompted by Tristram Wyatt's email,
'Making outreach work'. This excellent project aims to reach 2,000
students per year, with an estimated annual budget of $185,000.
Therefore a cost of $92.50 per student is indicated. I am not making
any value judgement here: just remarking that such data is
interesting, important and not always mentioned.
It would be interesting to compare cost-per-participant for a range
of initiatives and visitor attractions, because I suspect many small,
humble, overlooked and under-funded projects might show up
surprisingly as the top-performers.
Of course, the quality of the individual experience also has to be
considered. But what smaller projects lack in hardware they often
make up for with more personal contact.
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