National Science and Engineering Week (NSEW) is open to all groups, so it is a challenge to find a time of year to hold it that is suitable for everyone.

Universities are on holiday from June which would make their involvement problematic. Any earlier than March, and it would be too cold to run activities outdoors. If it was held before winter in September schools would not have enough time to prepare for it.

As the dates of NSEW are set a couple of years in advance it is almost impossible to avoid all school exams (as timetables for these become available much later), however, we do our best to hold the Week at the most convenient time possible for everyone with the information we have.

From a British Science Association standpoint, we hold NSEW during March as it is about six months away from the British Science Festival. This means that the British Science Association can concentrate all its efforts on one project at a time.

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