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Forthcoming Event

NICE:  The NICE annual conference will take place on 15 - 16 May 2012, at the ICC in Birmingham .  Over 70 expert speakers have confirmed including Professor Malcolm Grant, Chair of the new NHS Commissioning Board, and Andrew Lansley CBE, Secretary of State for Health.

To secure your place, visit the conference website, where you can also download the programme for full details of all plenary & stream sessions. In addition you can view the highlights of our last annual conference, which took place in May 2011.

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STFC:  Muon, neutron and light source facility users & researchers are cordially invited to the FREE Science Technology Facilities Council’s Public Engagement Symposium.  The event takes place on 29 May 2012 at STFC's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire.  STFC are offering bursaries of up to £100 towards travel & subsistence for their early career researchers who use STFC facilities (Diamond, ISIS, CLF, ESRF and ILL ) to attend.

The day’s programme includes a series of short, interactive workshops such as:

* Writing science for a public audience – what works and who to work with

* Public speaking: How to speak with confidence and impact

* Top tips and practical ways to use new and social media

* Talking to a public adult audience

Press release & links