Science Programme of Events

Day One: Monday 29th June

9.00 – 10.30	Registration
10.30 – 11.30	Introductions followed by:
	Panel discussion: Pupils’ Perspectives on Science and Mathematics
11.30 – 11.45	Break
11.45 – 12.10	Course Welcome by Course Director, Bernice McCabe
12.10 – 1.00	Kay Nicholson Memorial Lecture: Professor Dame Julia Higgins DBE, Responsibilities for the Future: The Role of Engineers, Mathematicians and Scientists
1.00 – 2.00	Lunch
2.30 – 3.30	Group Workshops 1: Why do we teach Science?
3.30 – 4.00	Break
4:00 – 5.00	Lecture: Mr Francis Wells, Leonardo da Vinci ‘the case for lifelong self education’
5:00 – 6.30	Group Workshops 2: Sharing Good Practice?
6:30 – 7.30	Break
7.30 – 10.00	Reception and Dinner After Dinner Talk by Lord Richard Wilson GCB

9.00 – 10.00	Choice of 2 Presentations: Dr Lisa Jardine-Wright: Keeping up with the Universe! Dr Julian Griffin: How analytical Chemistry is contributing to the functional genomic revolution
10.00 – 10.30	Group Workshops 3
10.30 – 11.00	Break
11.00 – 12.30	Group Workshops 4: Issues in Science Education
12.30 – 1.30	Lunch
1.30 – 3:00	Group Workshop 5: Sharing ideas for Development Plans
3.00 – 4:00	Lecture, Jonathan Porritt: As if the world matters: teachers on the front line?
4.00 – 6:30	Choice of Visits: New Cavendish Laboratory with Dr Lisa Jardine-Wright Cambridge Zoology Museum and Millenium Science walk
6.30 – 7.30	Break
7.30 – 10:00	Reception and Dinner After Dinner Talk by Adam Hart-Davis

9.00 – 10.00	Dr Paul Barker : Does interdisciplinary research require interdisciplinary teaching?
10.00 - 11.00	Dr Bill O’Neill, Ultrafast interactions: working at the speed of light
11.00 – 11.30	Break
11.30 - 12.30	Plenary Discussion: Michael Gove MP
12.30 - 1.30	Lunch
1.30 - 2.30	Reports on key themes Plenary discussion with Panel of Educationalists
2.30 - 2.45	Evaluation
2.45 - 3.30	Presentation: Professor John Barrow, Simplicity and Complexity
3.30	Attendance Certificates and Depart