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National Science and Engineering Week

Friday 12 March to Sunday 21 March 2010

National Science and Engineering Week (NSEW) is a ten-day programme of science, engineering and technology events and activities across the UK aimed at people of all ages.

It is organised by the British Science Association, funded by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and works in partnership with Engineering UK.

12 March 2010 10.00am-3.00pm Leicester Science Festival (schools day) Event for KS2/3 students
12 March 2010 9.30am-11.30am Observing Planet Earth: YOU can be a scientist! Event for Year 10/11 students
12 March 2010 12.00pm-2.00pm Observing Planet Earth: YOU can be a scientist! Event for Year 10/11 students
12 March 2010 2.30pm-4.30pm Observing Planet Earth: YOU can be a scientist! Event for Year 10/11 students
13 March 2010 10.00am-4.00pm Leicester Science Festival (family day) Free public event
13 March 2010 9.30am-5.00pm The Earth's Crazy Paving: A 21st Century Perspective on Plate Tectonics One-day seminar
15 March 2010 11.30am-4.00pm Genetics Masterclass for A-level students Event for A-level students
16 March 2010 5.30pm-6.30pm Green, Grey or Little Squidgy Things, Where and What is Alien Life? Free public lecture
16 March 2010 6.30pm-7.30pm Lots in Space! Free public lecture
17 March 2010 8.30am-3.00pm The Evolution Game + poster competition Private event
17 March 2010 6.00pm-7.00pm Exceptionally Preserved Fossils: Windows on the Evolution of Life Free public lecture
18 March 2010 6.00pm-7.00pm Cancer awareness and healthy living Free public event

Details of all NSEW 2009 events around the UK can be found on the website of the British Science Association.

Previous years: NSEW at the University of Leicester