{"id":18,"date":"2024-04-20T15:19:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T15:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science4u.info\/2008\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2024-07-13T18:17:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T18:17:16","slug":"organising-group","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/science4u.info\/2008\/organising-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Organising Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Annual Schools Science Conference is organised by <strong>science4u.info<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 5th event is Science in Health and Life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event\u2019s main objectives are to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Inspire students to study science<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Demonstrate the importance of science in health and everyday life<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Showcase some of the myriad careers open to those who study science.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The conference is exclusively presented by experienced professionals in the fields of science and healthcare, and attracts around 350 students from London secondary schools and further education colleges (years 9-11) along with their teachers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The backbone of the conference is made up of 80-100 enthusiastic volunteer scientists from various sectors, including NHS, academia, public sectors, industry, and commerce, who provide engaging hands-on displays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2008 organising group comprised:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"organisinggroup wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Don Henderson (Conference Chairman)&nbsp;<\/strong><br>Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sue Alexander&nbsp;<\/strong><br>The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Manfred Almeida&nbsp;<\/strong><br>Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mike Carter&nbsp;<\/strong><br>The Health Protection Agency&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Danya Cohen&nbsp;<\/strong><br>Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sharon Gage&nbsp;<\/strong><br>Event Organiser SRG Project Management&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jon Parry&nbsp;<\/strong><br>Royal Vetinary College, The Advice Clinic&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Louisa Mullan&nbsp;<\/strong><br>Science Press Manager, Cancer Research UK&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-base-color has-text-color has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-primary-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9a4c8acf wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:15px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-67a017765ac72c590182e438fe12ab57\">Want to take part?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9ffd11dcdc56377c8ff51f026e2b78a8\">Why not inspire the next generation of scientists?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-244e292687f3f4fc581f6e2faa76b5de\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.455), 18px);\">You could help encourage those in secondary education to study science and, maybe, one day they follow your footsteps into a similar career<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SSC - Why take part?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p8V-LlHtKJA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Lesley Carr talks to the presenters about why they love this unique opportunity<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Annual Schools Science Conference is organised by science4u.info The 5th event is Science in Health and Life. 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