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Healthcare Science Week 2011

Healthcare Science Week 2011 will be held during National Science and Engineering week March 11-20th 2011.



Healthcare Science Week 2011 will be held during National Science and Engineering week March 11-20th 2011.

The Chief Scientific Officer Prof. Sue Hill in collaboration with STEMNET (www.stemnet.org.uk) is looking for healthcare Scientists from all 45 specialisms and all grades of staff to register as a healthcare science ambassador and help us to promote the extraordinary careers in healthcare science to schools and colleges across the UK.

As a healthcare science ambassador you will only be expected to give half a day per year of your time to help in a wide variety of activities and you will be fully supported with a new healthcare science ambassador toolkit which will be launched during Healthcare Science week.

Their aim this year is to recruit over 100 new ambassadors across the UK so if you feel you can help us to achieve this we would love to hear from you.

We will then link you with your local school through STEMNET between March and July 2011.

We will also be present this year at the Big Bang Fair 2011 in London on March 10/11/12 2011 (www.thebigbangfair.co.uk) and still need volunteers to help us promote hcs careers to the expected 25,000 visitors! If you feel you can help here please contact helen.liggett@salford.nhs.uk

If you would like more information please email us at ambassadors@dh.gsi.gov.uk

Get Involved

45 extraordinary careers in science in the NHS. Help us to promote the extraordinary work of healthcare scientists to schools byregistering to become a healthcare science ambassador and linking with yourlocal school during Healthcare Science Week.

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