‘Science is fun,’ declared Britain’s science minister William Waldegrave
this week, during the launch of a government-sponsored campaign to improve
the public’s understanding of science.
Waldegrave, visiting a school in London, unveiled the provisional programme
for a ‘National Week of Science, Engineering and Technology’ in March, which
will form the centrepiece of the campaign.
Pupils at the school in Brixton were engaged in a science project sponsored
by the British Association for the Advancement of Science. So far, the government
has given the BA 拢265 000 for the campaign and has awarded 拢150
000 to individuals for specific projects.
