“I want to enthuse our young people particularly with the prospect of working in science. It’s not just about being a boffin in a laboratory – it’s actually about practical application and transforming lives, tackling the world’s problems and doing so in a very practical way.”
Tony Blair, London,9 November 2006
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 will be 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 will be working in partnership with METU during the course of this project. For further information on Beautiful Science project in Turkey contact , Özlem Gücer, Education Coordinator (Science & Education) at 0312 4553651.and Ceyhun Göcenoğlu, Public Diplomacy Pilot Manager at 0212-3555633.
The project has three components:
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