Open Labs

  • Patricia Hart (Host)

Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Schools engagement

Description

Open Labs

Launching during National Science Week (15-24 March), Open Labs is the start of a three-year programme during which hundreds of school children will tour research facilities, meet scientists and veterinarians, and see the animals at the centre of the research. The Roslin Institute was among the first facilities to open its doors to students with a further eight universities and research centres taking part over the course of Science Week. The Roslin Institute hosted students from four local high schools who visited the poultry and large animal facilities. Open Labs has been developed by Understanding Animal Research in collaboration with these nine leading science centres across the UK. This is the first coordinated national effort to allow children to see first-hand what happens in research facilities, and help them to make up their own minds about this controversial yet important subject.
Period20 Mar 2014
Event typeOther
LocationUnited KingdomShow on map

Keywords

  • Animal Studies
  • Chickens
  • Sheep
  • Cows
  • Public engagement
  • schools

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