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Policy recommendations for promoting evidence based research

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Simon Harper

Following on from the discussion yesterday about ways of promoting evidence based research, the discussion group talked about the ideas further and picked out which ones they felt most strongly about putting forward for recommendation. After deciding which themes were … Continue reading →

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Policy recommendations for celebrating science and scientists

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Simon Harper

The group which looked at celebrating science and scientists as a theme took the recommendation list they devised yesterday and used that as a basis for developing more concrete recommendations. They discussed the ideas in more detail and eventually came … Continue reading →

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Celebrating science and scientists – policy recommendations from CASC

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Simon Harper

One group tackled the subject of celebrating and promoting science, and they began by thinking about the different tools which can be used to do this as well as the ways in which science is communicated. They also used this … Continue reading →

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Physics Factory in Birmingham

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Simon Harper

One of the visits which forms part of this week’s CASC conference is to the Physics Factory in Five Ways, Birmingham (UK). Physics Factory is “a grassroots movement that aims to take action on the decline of physics in British … Continue reading →

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Despina Tsikoudi from the European Office of Cyprus talks about science communication and science in education

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Simon Harper

Ahead of the final conference we asked a number of representatives from the CASC project partners to give us their thoughts on some of the key issues which will be discussed and developed further at the conference. Despina Tsikoudi from … Continue reading →

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Science Online: I’m a Scientist Get Me Out Of Here

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Jon Bounds