Press Releases from the Science Council and its Member Organisations are available to read here. Click on the headline to read the full Press Release - you will need Acrobat Reader to open the file (click here to install Acrobat Reader). Archived Press Releases can be downloaded from the right-hand menu.
Your Science' - TDA Science Teacher Campaign
The TDA reports on its campaign on YouTube to attract new science teachers
27th November 2008
Science Council's response to the European poll on the attitudes of young people towards science
14th November 2008
Students' Views of Science Subjects Are Holding Back Their Career, Warns Science Council
7th November 2008
Future Morph launched to help address problems and redefine perceptions of career opportunities from science. Click here to view the site.
Future Morph Wins International Stevie® Award in Fifth Annual International Business Awards
2nd July 2008
4science and Full-VideoSolutions have won an International Stevie Award for their Glass Artist video in The 2008 International Business Awards. The video, commissioned by the Science Council as part of its Future Morph project, topped the Motivational category.
Difficulty report tarnishes A-level gold standard, the science community responds
1st July 2008
A-level grades and the UCAS point-scoring system, which treats all subjects as equally difficult, has been tarnished by new research which shows that some subjects at A-level are more difficult than others, says the science community.
With 250,000 A-level results analysed over five robust statistical methods, it has been shown that it is easier to achieve the top grades in subjects like Media Studies and Psychology than it is when taking subjects like Maths, Physics and Chemistry.
Integration and Implementation of Diagnostic Technologies in Healthcare
25th January 2008
The Science Council has today published its report on Integration and Implementation of Diagnostic Technologies in Healthcare. This report has been produced by the Council’s Science in Health Group chaired by Professor Stephen Holgate, and the project received financial support from the Department of Health.
