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12 Mar 2007 16:24:40
Science and Engineering don’t often excite the average person in the street but academics at the University of Bedfordshire and members of Luton’s Astronomical Society are hoping to bring these subjects to life this week.
A week-long programme of events for adults and teens (key stage four) has been arranged to coincide with National Science and Engineering Week which runs from 9 – 18 March.
Kicking off the campaign is the University’s leading biologist, Professor James Crabbe (photo), who will give a talk on coral reefs and climate change, on Tuesday 13 March from 6-7pm at the University’s campus in Park Square.
The Professor, who was recently awarded the AVIVA/Earthwatch award for climate change research, will discuss the work he is carrying out with researchers in Jamaica and Mauritius where they are monitoring damage to coral because of rising sea temperatures.
On Wednesday 14 March, Dr Stephen Serjeant from the Open University will answer the big questions in cosmology and explain some of the most fascinating aspects of the subject. The talk runs from 7-8.30pm at the Putteridge Bury campus on Hitchin Road.
If the world’s volcanoes interest you, join Professor Angus Duncan at the Park Square campus on Thursday 15 March from 6-7pm to find out ‘How to Live with Volcanoes’.
Throughout the week, members of the public are invited to view Saturn using a telescope and other astronomical instruments from the University’s Putteridge Bury campus between 7pm and 9pm.
National Science and Engineering Week is run each year by the British Association for the Advancement of Science to encourage people of all ages to take part in science, engineering and technology activities.
For further details call 01582 743819 or e-mail aimhigher@beds.ac.uk.
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