This year the Chelmsford Civic Society is co-ordinating the Heritage Open Days on behalf of the City Council. These take place between Thursday the 10th and Sunday the 13th of September. Nationally the Heritage Open Days is managed by the National Trust. Last year the sites that were open attracted over three million people. All events are free.
Read more: Heritage Open Days in Chelmsford: 10 - 13 September
A forward-thinking initiative from Essex County Council is helping plug the gap of highly-skilled workers in the science, technology and engineering sectors in Britain today.
Damning findings from a recent Confederation of British Industry report have revealed more than half of employers fear they will not be able to recruit enough high-skilled workers.
In an attempt to address this, four years ago (2011), Essex County Council launched the Education and Industry STEM programme to directly target shortages in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Read more: Essex businesses challenged to provide 500 experiences to highly-skilled youngsters
IOP/CSES lecture: Our Dynamic Sun, Wednesday 1 July 2015, Anglia Ruskin University
We are pleased to announce the addition of another lecture to our 2014/2015 programme, organised by the Institute of Physics (IOP).
The talk, by Dr Helen Mason from the University of Cambridge, review what we have learnt about the active Sun, in particular what we know (and don't yet know!) about solar active regions and flares, and how this solar activity affects the Earth's environment.
Monday 2 March 2015, 19.30, Anglia Ruskin University
We are very excited to announce the addition of a talk to our programme, entitled Birth of the Signalling War: The Marconi Company's key role in WW1, by Dr Elizabeth Bruton of the University of Oxford.
Read more: New talk added to our programme: The Birth of the Signalling War
We are pleased to advise that the photos from our workshop, Build a working alarm system with a Raspberry Pi, are now available.
The event was held at the Chelmsford Ideas Hub on 2 November 2014, as part of the Ideas Festival.
We are pleased to announce that the 2014-2015 lecture series – arranged in collaboration with our partners the IET, IMechE and IoP – is finalised.
This year's programme includes an exciting talk by Professor Paresce Marconi (the grandson of Guglielmo Marconi). Book now for free to secure your seats!
Further details of the 2014-2015 calendar can be found in the Events section.
Read more: 2014-2015 lecture series to include a talk by Marconi
FES FutureNetwork graduate and apprentice networking event: Wednesday 22 October 2014, 19.30, County Hotel
This October is time for our 2014 networking event!
If you work with, study or have studied science, engineering or technology, or just love it as a hobby, then you should definitely come along to our Future Network event at the County Hotel, Chelmsford on Wednesday 22 October 2014.
Café Scientifique: The night sky and space imaging, Tuesday 14 October 2014, 19.30, Ideas Hub Chelmsford
Following the success of our first Café Scientifique evening, we are delighted to present our second, which will include a free talk on the night sky and space imaging by our very own Roger Pittock.
Particle Physics Lecture: Friday 27 June 2014, Anglia Ruskin University
CSES is proud to present, in collaboration with the Institute of Physics East Anglia Branch, a lecture presented by Dr Oliver Hall.
The talk will provide an insight into particle physics fundamentals, and current experimental and theoretical research.
Café Scientifique: High-altitude balloons, Thursday 5 June 2014, 19.30, Ideas Hub Chelmsford
We are very pleased to announce our first CaféScientifique event, which will include a free talk on high-altitude ballooning by Chris Stubbs.
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- The CSES 2014 Annual Dinner: save the date
- FES FutureNetwork Event
- The 2013-2014 lecture programme is published
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