Press Release
PRESS RELEASE: 17 JUL 2001
UK-Japan Young Scientists Working Together
JAPAN 2001 SCIENCE, CREATIVITY & THE YOUNG MIND
WORKSHOP
Bristol, July 22-30, 2001 A Japan 2001 Festival Event
Patron: The Rt Hon the Lord Jenkin of Roding
The more we can build international links among young people, particularly
in the field of science which is itself entirely international in its
impact, the better it will be for the future of the human race and the
world we inhabit.
-Rt Hon the Lord Jenkin of Roding, Workshop Patron, welcoming the students
to the Japan 2001 Workshop
An important first in UK-Japan partnership; that the Workshop was so
rapidly over subscribed by students, particularly young women, in both
countries, shows that our approach has real resonance with young people.
-Dr Eric Albone, Cliftron Scientific Trust, Workshop Director
· Post-16 Students from schools across Britain and Japan are
coming together to work for a week in small UK-Japan teams on a wide
range of genuine open-ended science-related explorations which challenge
their ingenuity and creativity.
· The UK-Japan Student Teams, led by top scientists, engineers,
and social scientists, will be working in the fields of Aeronautics,
Archaeology, Chemistry, Earthquake Engineering, Environment, Ethics
in Medicine, Space Science, Science through Theatre, Vulcanology and
Wildlife Conservation.
· In the process the students will not only put their school
knowledge to use and discover something of the "scientist in
themselves", but also by living and working together they will
come to share and value each other's ways of thinking and working.
· Outcomes will be presented publicly by the Student Teams
on Friday 27 July (14.00-17.00pm) at the University of Bristol Physics
Department, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, through Reports and products,
and on the Workshop Website.
Patrons: The Rt Hon the Lord Jenkin of
Roding, The Lord Walton of Detchant
The Rt Hon Sir Richard Needham, Professor Colin Blakemore, FRS, Professor
Richard Gregory, FRS
PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES; INTERVIEWS
by prior arrangement
· during the Workshop Launch Session, Monday 23 July, 9.00
· during the Public Student Presentations of Outcomes
Friday 27 July, 14.00
both events in the Physics Department, University of Bristol,
Tyndall Avenue, Bristol;
· also by special arrangement at other times.
CONTACT
Dr Eric Albone 0117-924-7664; mobile 07813-685498 eric.albone@clifton-scientific.org
The Japan 2001 Science, Creativity and the Young Mind Workshop is A
Japan 2001 Festival Event hosted at the University of Bristol, devised
and organised by the Clifton Scientific Trust (charity 1020913) supported
by the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, the Great Britain-Sasakawa Foundation,
and Japan 2001 in association with
· The University of Bristol Widening Participation Office
· The University of Bristol Students' Union and Japanese Society
· Airbus UK
· Bristol Zoo Gardens
· Bristol City Museum,
· The Chemical Society of Japan-The Council of Chemistry Education,
· The Society of Biological Sciences Education of Japan,
· Physics Education Society of Japan
· Japan Society of Earth Science Education
· The Environment Agency
· NASA
· The Y Touring Theatre Company
· The University of the West of England
· Colleagues from Holy Cross Convent School, New Malden &
The Rikkyo School, Horsham
ALSO endorsed by Dr Peter Briggs, Chief Executive, British Association
for the Advancement of Science, Mr Stephen Cox, Executive Secretary,
Royal Society and Mr Kunio Sato, Director, Japan Society for the Promotion
of Science, London Liaison Office