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YOUNGSTERS SEE SCIENCE IN ACTION
IOP
PR40(07)
Mon, 29 October 2007
Did you know that butterfly wings hold the key to inventing new electronic displays? To find out how, Tamar Science Park has invited 200 students from across Devon and Cornwall to meet practising scientists on the Park at an Institute of Physics (IOP) event on Thursday 8 and Friday 9 November.
The students will enjoy a tour of the park and discover how science helps us with issues ranging from saving the lives of babies in the womb and diagnosing and treating heart diseases to designing submarines or predicting the weather.
The event is all part of Physics Forward, a new event for Year 11 students organised by the IOP, which gives youngsters the chance to meet young, professional scientists and see what a career in science is really like.
Students will be coming from 15 different schools across the South West and, as well as touring the site, will take part in Q & A sessions with physicists from local and national companies including BAE Systems, The Met Office and Devonport Royal Dockyard.
Nigel Halford, Chief Executive of Tamar Science Park, said: “This visit and programme epitomises the Park’s ethos of working closely with schools to excite and enthuse youngsters to think about science, in all its facets, as a potential career. It is also a great opportunity for these young people to see science in action and I hope they take away with them a renewed passion for the subject.”
Alison Rivett, South West Regional Officer for the Institute of Physics, said: “Students choosing science for further and higher education can end up working in very exciting places. TamarSciencePark is a great place to illustrate this to students that are on the cusp of making post-16 options.”
“People with a background in physics are needed to advance scientific knowledge. The business sector, the public sector and the voluntary sector all benefit from advances in science and IOP is committed to ensuring today’s students are turned on to opportunities in science and, in particular, improving students’ experience of physics.”
Notes to editors:
Physics Forward is taking place on the Thursday 8 and Friday 9 November 2007 at TamarSciencePark in Plymouth. Physics Forward is being organised by the South West Branch of the Institute of Physics in conjunction with TamarSciencePark.
The Institute of Physics
1) For further information about Physics Forward, to arrange a photo opportunity or for post-event photographs, contact Joe Winters, Press Officer for the Institute of Physics, on 020 7470 4815 or email joseph.winters@iop.org.
2) The Institute of Physics is a scientific membership organisation devoted to increasing the understanding and application of physics. It has an extensive worldwide membership (currently over 34,000) and is a leading communicator of physics with all audiences from specialists through government to the general public. Its publishing company, Institute of Physics Publishing, is a world leader in scientific publishing and the electronic dissemination of physics and the electronic dissemination of physics.
TamarSciencePark
1) Tamar Science Park Limited was incorporated in 1995 as a partnership between Plymouth City Council, the University of Plymouth and Business Link. Host to 58 businesses already and employing over 821 people, the Park houses the headquarters of the PeninsulaMedicalSchool, Business Link Devon and Cornwall, and numerous Medical, Science, Technology and knowledge-based companies.
The Park features prominently in Plymouth City Council’s Local Development Framework Plan and is seen as a driver of innovation and entrepreneurship as well as a catalyst for wealth and job creation in the South West. The Park’s client base mirrors the sectors highlighted in the recently launched Plymouth Growth Strategy and the key sector thrust supported by the South West Regional Development Agency.
The ITTCs (Innovation Technology Transfer Centres) on site have been created specifically to encourage the commercial growth potential derived from scientific knowledge or intellectual property and promote the sharing of technologies, skills and working partnerships. TSP is one of the fastest growing SciencePark’s in the UK and is frequently being used as a benchmark for success by others from both the UK and abroad. Currently undergoing a £23 Million Phase 4 expansion that will double the Park in size, the Park already has plans for phases 5, 6 and 7. More information about TamarSciencePark can be found at: www.tamarsciencepark.com.
2) For further information about TamarSciencePark contact Samantha Mckay, PR Manager, Formedia (PR for TamarSciencePark), on: 01752 762120 / email: samantha@formedia.co.uk.
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