National Science & Engineering Week

The UK's widest grassroots celebration of all things science and engineering

19/05/2013

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Dunbar SciFest 2012

Dunbar SciFest 2012 was organised by the Science sub-group of Dunbar Primary School’s Parent Council.

Gastronaut meets astronaut

Space food for an adventurous future. NSEW press launch 2012 with Helen Sharman, Brian Ratcliffe and Robin Fegen.

DayGlo - Y Touring theatre company

A new play about punks, personalised medicine, cancer and genetic testing.

Reading Science Week 2012

Get hands-on with science in the high street with lots of fizzing, whizzing, banging and clanging.

Events near you: Tuesday, 4 December, 2012

 
Breed: The British and their dogs
Saturday, 6 October, 2012 - 10:00 to Thursday, 14 March, 2013 - 17:00
Manchester Museum

The history of the British Isles and its inhabitants, both human and canine, has long been entwined. Breed reveals the enduring and affectionate relationship between the British people and their dogs and explores the very beginnings of pedigree dog breeding in Britain.

 
Year 8 Science Club Bronze CREST Award Drive
Wednesday, 21 November, 2012 - 10:15 to Wednesday, 13 March, 2013 - 10:15
Mrs Clark's lab

Year 8 science club are going to attempt to complete one of the activities in the Genius Inventions pack to gain their Bronze CREST awards.

 
STEM club CREST Awards!
Tuesday, 4 December, 2012 - 15:15
Holly Lodge Girls College

Students from KS3, KS4 and KS5 are all working on individual research projects in order to gain bronze and silver CREST awards. Our budding scientists are working on projects as diverse as potato batteries, the red spot of jupiter, genetic engineering, evolution and the tides. We're looking forward to National Science & Engineering Week!

 
Centre for Science and Philosophy launch
Tuesday, 4 December, 2012 - 18:00 to 20:00
Wills Memorial Building

The Centre will host four expert speakers from diverse areas in the philosophy of science. They will each give a 30 minute talk on their specialism: from philosophy of physics and mathematics to the philosophy of cognitive science Professor John Dupré, University of Exeter Dr Eleanor Knox, King’s College, London Professor David Papineau, King’s College, London Dr Richard Pettigrew, University of Bristol

 
Smithson Tennant, FRS (1761-1815): Selby-born agronomist, educator, europhile and elemental chemist
Tuesday, 4 December, 2012 - 19:30 to 21:00
Selby Town Hall

A lecture by David Lewis, chemist and local historian

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