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Engineering Explained is a brand new project within science made simple that started in August of 2007. There's going to be a whole load of new engineering shows coming up so watch this space! As well as this, we will be hosting MadLab Cymru! These are sessions in the form of electronic workshops in schools and other venues across the UK. We also want to see how student's attitudes toward engineering changes over time, so we’re going to look into forms of evaluating people's opinions about engineering and hopefully make everyone more aware of what engineering is all about, therefore we will be incorporating an electronic voting system into some of our shows. Lastly, we’re planning to implement an Engineering Communicator Development Scheme, in which we train engineers to communicate subjects within their field to non-engineers.
You can find a PDF brief of Engineering Explained here.
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Summer tour dates now online!
the BA Science Festival - September 6th to the 11th
Science Made Simple on BBC Radio Wales, listen again online.
Friday April 25th, 11am - 12pm!
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Engineering Explained Launch Success!! - On April 15th 2008, Engineering Explained officially launched in its new form! We were joined by the likes of Adam Hart-Davis and Jon Tickle, as well as a veritable buffet of other movers and shakers in the field of Science and Engineering Communication!
More in the News Section...including how to get that two pence through that one pence hole!
We are very excited to announce that from May 12th we will be working
with the very talented science communicator, James Piercy who will be
based in Norwich to cater for schools in East Anglia and beyond, more...
Visualise update - Over 11,000 audience members, 33 shows, nine countries,visualise_med
three months and two continents. It all adds up to one massive sell-out tour of science made simple's hit stage show - visualise.... To read more click here. If you haven't seen it yet don't panic just get your sneak preview here.
Supporting teachers in Uganda - This month we are now three quarters of the way towards funding a salary for a teacher in Uganda. For each new booking we take, we will donate £10 to the charity EZRA, to help employ a teacher for twelve months. For more details see the EZRA homepage.
National Science and Engineering Week 2008 has been a record breaker for science made simple! This year we reached a WHOPPING 12,267 people in 86 shows, which is a whole 1,317 more than last year! We’ve had tremendous feedback from everyone who saw one of our shows and would like to thank everyone who came to see us
On March 9th, Engineering Explained launched its new show, "A Rough Guide to Engineering in Swansea National Waterfront Museum.swansea_show_sml
The launch of the new show was a great success and it then went on to tour for a week around schools and centres around South Wales. More in the News Section...
MP turned honorary scientist Madeleine Moon visits Cardiff University and dafyddmm_med
checks out Science Made Simple and Engineering Explained!
Dr Dafydd Evans, Computer Scientist, showed her the sites and all in all, I think she was impressed!
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Date set for launch of new show! A Rough Guide to Engineering is set to go live on the 9th of March as part of National Science and Engineering Week. The show will take place in Swansea's National Waterfront Museum, call for availability and prices on(01792) 638950. More to follow in the News section.
HAPPY NEW YEAR! From all at Engineering Explained!
Huw James has just got back from the Tees Valley for the first real Engineering Explained outing, doing the Tees Valley Engineering Partnership Xmas Lecture 2007.xmas_lecture_07s_med
Now that Engineering Explained has truly taken off I hope to be seeing a lot more of everyone as we spread the word of Engineering!
Find out more in the News section or check out the Podcast.
Calling all Engineering Students and Lecturers in Cardiff University (and anyone else interested in the field!)
5pm, 6th of December (in Seminar Room 1, Trevithick, behind the engineeringengineeringbuilding_sml
building) is your chance to come give us your thoughts on Engineering and find out
how we can all change the publics perception of Engineering for the
better. Plus! Have some free Wine!
science made simple presenter Debbie Syrop makes an appearance on BBC A Day in Pictures click here to see picture
visualise sets off on 9 country tour of Europe
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made simple Director, Wendy Sadler, is the new presenter on the BBC
Radio Wales science series, Cutting Edge. Tune in on Sunday evenings at
5pm or listen again
New for 2008: Engineering for life - From Cradle to Grave
How
can engineering let us see inside ourselves,
improve sporting performance and give someone
extra independence?
It’s Only Water!.... or is it? is an exciting, interactive science show that explores all the amazing properties of water. The show will be brought to you in the form of a quiz show with loads of science tricks that involves students..and teachers!
Just what exactly do scientists and engineers do? How do planes fly? How can we see through the dust in space? How do engineers make playgrounds safer to play in? How are they saving the planet?
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science made simple wins Descartes Prize
On
7th March Wendy Sadler was announced as a Laureate of the EU Descartes
Prize for Science Communication. Previous winners have included Bill
Bryson and David Attenborough.
Throughout the next year science made simple will be touring UK schools and offering special rates to schools that book within the tour dates. Click here to see when we will be in your area and view our fantasic offers!
Watch here - What do audiences think of our shows??