Your guide to key STEM events in the region and throughout the UK.
Registration for the 2010 UK Aerospace Youth Rocketry Challenge opens on 2nd September 2009. For 2010, UKAYRoC teams of KS3, 4 and 5 students from schools across the country have to design, construct and successfully launch a rocket, carrying one raw medium size hen's egg to an altitude of 825 feet with a flight time between 40 - 45 seconds, then return the egg and altimeter payload section safely and undamaged to earth using streamer recovery only. The teams will build and test their flight vehicles under the guidance, safety rules and regular launch events established by the UK Rocketry Association (UKRA). The teams complete qualification flights, with the top 20 teams being able to qualify for the UK final fly-off event which will take place sometime between May and June 2010.
The British Science Festival (formerly the BA Festival of Science) is one of Europe's largest science festivals, taking place each September. The Festival is in a different location in the UK each year, bringing you the latest in science, technology and engineering.
19:00 - 20:30
The Royal Institution, together with Times Higher Education and the Department for Business Innovation & Skills, invite you to join science minister Lord Drayson and doctor Ben Goldacre (author of Bad Science) for an open discussion on the state of science reporting in Britain.
Don’t miss this chance to air your views on what's both good and bad about the coverage of science and science-related stories in this country. It's also an opportunity to reflect on the importance of public understanding of science and share ideas about how best to improve it.
Please pass this on to your peoples. We're keen for scientists and science communicators (journalists, press officers, etc... ) to come and share their views on this topic.
Please also pass on your mates. The more regular punters the better!
For people unable to attend in person, this free event will be streamed live on the THE website. Viewers will be welcome to participate in the debate via Twitter.
Tickets will be available on the Royal Institution website this afternoon: http://www.rigb.org/. Don't miss out!
This free interactive lecture is designed to show school pupils, aged 14-16, contemporary developments in physics in a fun and lively way. Contact:
10.30am to 3pm
Great opportunity to gather new ideas in the teaching of Physics, meet the IoP Regional Teacher Network Co-ordinators and network with other teachers. Lecture: Prof Brian Foster (Oxford and CERN). Workshops: Fun with forces, Girls in physics, Make-and-take rocket launchers, Space stuff, Great A level demos, and more. £10 including buffet lunch. Book early: .
Time: 5.30pm for 6pm start
Featuring guest speaker Professor David MacKay of Cambridge University, author of ‘Sustainable Energy without the Hot Air’. This event is FREE, however prior registration is essential. Please register by calling or e-mailing Vanessa Corns at or by calling (0115) 934 9582 no later than Monday 7th September 2009.