British Council Turkey    

Photo by Mat Wright    

Istanbul Science Communication Networking Event will host Famelab competition finalists from nine South East European countries, Cheltenham Science Festival Organizers, famous UK science communicators and scientists such as Robert Winston on 23-25 October.   

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BEAUTIFUL SCIENCE   

Beautiful Science is a new British Council initiative linking science, education and the arts This project aims to inspire young people to consider a career in science and encourage young scientists to communicate with the wider public, in an open, comprehensive, inspired and interactive way.

Beautiful Science Regional Project implemented in 9 countries in South East Europe region: Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Israel, Romania, Serbia, Turkey and the UK.

It involves a programme of activities designed to develop partnerships between UK and regional science communicators to share best practice and encourage professional development by engaging UK creativity.

Beautiful Science started on 13 November in Cheltenham UK with a workshop for the 9 South-East European countries representatives and UK partners for preparing the fist events under the national FameLab competition.

British Council Turkey worked in partnership with METU during the course of this project. For further information on Beautiful Science project in Turkey contact , Özlem Gökalp, Science and Climate Change projects Manager at 0312 4553651.

The project has three components:

Famelab Competition        

Are you over 18? Can you make a three-minute presentation on a scientific topic in front of a live audience? If so, you could win a trip to the Cheltenham Science Festival in the UK! Find out more about the competition ...

'Visualise Science'        

Innovative use of arts to bring science closer to young people through a theatre show by the UK company "Science Made Simple".   

Science Debates        

Conversations on science and social/citizenship issues taking place in participating countries.   

SOUTH EAST EUROPE COUNTRIES TAKING PART IN BEAUTIFUL SCIENCE   

Austria
Azerbaijan
Bulgaria
Croatia
Greece
Israel
Romania
Serbia
Turkey

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