The Key Challenge for Science Education today

is to provide educational experiences which

• address the all too common student perception that school science is dull, difficult and irrelevant House of Commons Science & Technology Committee Report Science Education from 14-19, 2002
• attract the brightest and most able young men and women to consider science-engineering related careers Sir Gareth Roberts Review to HM Treasury, SET for Success, 2002
• address the crisis of public trust in scientific information by fostering a culture of dialogue between scientists and the public House of Lords Science and Technology Committee Report Science in Society, 2000
• equip all students to find fulfilment engaging the opportunities and challenges of the 21st Century, a century increasingly dominated by science and its applications