News
November 2008
Education Guardian supplement “World Wise” 18 November carried a major article on its front page highlighting the important contribution our UK-Japan Young Scientist programme is making to creating global awareness in schools. The article highlights comments from Elizabeth Ward, CST Trustee and two of her students at Colchester County High School for Girls who took part in the 2008 Workshop.
November 2008
We are delighted to welcome Mrs Elizabeth Ward as a new Trustee of Clifton Scientific Trust. Elizabeth is Head Teacher of Colchester County High School for Girls and brings important experience as we plan the future development of our work. She strongly endorses our vision and has been closely involved in our UK-Japan Young Scientist programme since 2006, attending the 2007 Workshop in Kyoto herself with her students.
November 2008
Clifton Scientific Trust is now signed up with Science City Bristol and Dr Albone has been invited to join its Public Engagement Working Group
October 2008
The Trust’s primary school programme had continues to thrive with outstanding feedback from the pupils and teachers involved. The focus continues to be on medicine as the most effective vehicle for dialogue with primary pupils. Dr Albone thanked in particular the volunteer medical students who offer their services to the programme. In the year from November 2007 to the end of October 2008 Meet-a-Medic has worked with 25 classes in the following 9 local primary schools, normally each class with two medical students for a whole afternoon. The Meet-a-Medic programme in the year to August 2008:
- St Nicholas of Tolentine Junior 3 classes
- Greenfield Primary, Novers Park 3 classes
- Shirehampton Primary 3 classes
- Blaise Primary, Henbury 2 classes
- Filton Avenue Infants 2 classes
- St Peter’s Primary Portishead 4 classes
- Sea Mills Junior 2 classes
- Ilminster Avenue Primary, Knowle 2 classes
- Holy Cross Primary, Bedminster 4 classes
An active programme is now underway for 2008-2009.
July 2008
The Trust also contributed to the My Future, My Choice summer programme organised by Bristol City Council for all Year 6 Primary pupils.
July 2008
The Trust thanks the Royal Society of Chemistry for hosting gratis a Reception in their rooms at Burlington House to draw attention to Clifton Scientific Trust’s UK-Japan Young Scientist Workshops. We also thank Japan Airlines for funding the refreshments. Following a welcome from Dr Richard Pike, Chief Executive, Royal Society of Chemistry, and from Robert Rigby, Japan Airlines. The gathering was addressed by the Rt Hon the Lord Jenkin of Roding, Trust Patron and by Dr Eric Albone, Trust Director, by Minister Mami Mizutori, Embassy of Japan and by Dr Toru Okano, the Rikkyo School in England, who read a message from the Kyoto schools. The stars of the evening were students who had attended the 2007 Kyoto Workshop, namely Daniel Murrant, Rebecca Smitheram and Stephanie Wetherelt from Camborne Science and Community College who were introduced by their teacher Nigel Bispham, Bethan Holman and Ben Harrison from County Upper School, Bury St Edmunds and Rosemary Pike from George Abbot School in Guildford. Among the guests we were pleased to welcome David Warren who would be shortly taking up the post of HM Ambassador in Tokyo.
March 2008
The Trust organised a Meet-a-Medic stand with the Galenicals and the BA at the two day “Bath taps into Science” event at the University of Bath and Green Park Station, as part of National Science and Engineering Week. Twelve medical students participated over the two days meeting large numbers of school and family groups.
July 2007
The Trust’s primary school programme with the Galenicals during the summer comprised 17 Meet-a-Medic class afternoons in 6 maintained primary schools in the Bristol area (Connaught Primary, Knowle West; Bridge Farm Primary, Whitchurch; St Teresa’s Catholic Primary, Monks Park; Bank Leaze Primary, Lawrence Weston; Blaise Primary, Henbury, Uphill Primary, Weston-super-Mare). As always the afternoons with the medical students were offered free of charge. In addition the Trust ran a Primary Science Day- Medicine hosted at Clifton College in July for students from Bank Leaze and Four Acres Primary Schools Bristol, and a four day UBHT Primary School Challenge with year 6 pupils from St Pius X Catholic Primary and Teyfant Community Schools Bristol in partnership with the United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust , the Bristol Medical Simulation Centre, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, the Galenicals and the City of Bristol Children and Young People’s Service.