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Surrey’s Big Bang
date: 17/04/2009
The British Science Festival, Europe’s largest and longest running science festival comes to Surrey from 5-10 September this year. With the theme of ‘Creativity, Innovation and Evolution’, the Festival will be showcasing science, technology and engineering to audiences ranging from scientists and academics to families and school children.
talkperformance 2009 Lord's Cricket Ground
date: 24/03/2009
In March there is an opportunity to listen to Apollo 16 Astronaut, Charles Duke, talk about his experiences in Space. Also some of our top athletes talk about the secrets of top performance on and off the track. There are reduced rates for teachers and others supporting Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths in schools and colleges.
Maths is to be piloted as a 'twinned' GCSE
date: 24/03/2009
A new pilot scheme has been introduced that will allow maths to be taken as a double subject.
Primary school curriculum changes
date: 24/03/2009
The curriculum for schools in England could be changed by replacing individual subjects with six broader areas of learning.
Britian is running out of funghi experts
date: 24/03/2009
Britian is fast running out of mycologists (funghi experts) leaving other countries to capitalise on funghi-based discoveries in medicine and other sciences.
Fireman, astronaut....or celebrity?
date: 24/03/2009
A BBC article highlights the effects that the celebrity culture is having on children's career aspirations.
