JISC

JISC invites you to attend a one day consultation event on Wednesday 20 October at the Royal Society in London to consider the role of e-science within the classroom, identify areas for collaboration and provide feedback on some of the challenges and opportunities for future planning.

Many organisations throughout the UK have both an interest in and remit for engaging young people with science.  Active researchers within the UK increasingly find this ambassadorial role an important part of their work, and as such are interested in ways in which scientists involved with cutting-edge technology can work with schools to both encourage future scientists and support the work of researchers.

JISC has funded three demonstrator projects to investigate how e-science can be embedded within schools.  In funding this work, JISC recognised the potential join-up and cross-over with many other initiatives in the UK, particularly in the work of NESTA Futurelab, Planet Science Big Jump, ASE’s Science Across the World project and the National Science Learning Centre.

The aims of the day are to:

• Provide an opportunity for the various organisations and stakeholders involved in such initiatives to meet and talk collaboratively
• Start identifying some of the key challenges identified by current and completed projects
• Identify ways forward with potential collaboration and challenges.

Draft programme

10.00 – 10.30	Coffee and registration
10.30 – 10.45	Welcome and introduction: Chair for the consultation day Professor Tony Hey, Director, e-Science Core Programme and Chair of JISC Support of Research committee
10.45 – 11.30	Keynote: The Policy Context Professor Diana Laurillard, Head of the e-Learning Strategy Unit, Department for Education and Skills
11.30 – 11.50	Sense project, Dr Danae Stanton Fraser, Senior Lecturer, University of Bath and Professor Steve Benford, Professor of Collaborative Computing, University of Nottingham
11.50 – 12.10	Planet Science project, Ms Katie Walsh, Editor and Content Developer, Planet Science Website, NESTA and Anne McNaught, Editor of the Planet Science Newsletter
12.10 – 12.30	Questions from the morning presentations
12.30 – 13.30	Lunch and exhibition
13.30 – 14.45	Open floor discussion: Professor John Holman, Director, National Science Learning Centre
14.45 – 15.00	Next steps: Dr Malcolm Read, Executive Secretary, JISC
15.00 – 15.15	Summary and close

Bookings and enquiries

We have now closed bookings for this event.