The ScoPPES team

The ScoPPES project team is Dr Helen Featherstone, Colin Johnson and Professor Justin Dillon. We have an advisory board who are our critical friends. The board will meet three times during the course of the project.

Helen Featherstone is a Public Engagement Consultant with specialisms in public engagement with research in universities, interactive / hands-on STEM Engagement, training and evaluation. Contact Helen if you want to know more about ScoPPES

Colin Johnson is a visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol with a background in public engagement and science education

Justin Dillon is a Professor of Science and Environmental Education at the University of Bristol

Advisory Group

·         Paul Manners (NCCPE and secretariat to the Forum)

·         Gus Grand (Eden Project)

·         Savita Custead (Bristol Natural History Consortium)

·         Dan Bird (Wellcome Trust Public Engagement Fellow)

·         Shane McCracken (Gallomanor)

·         Bob Foster (Chair, British Science Association – Bristol and Bath)

·         Andy Lloyd (Centre for Life)

The ScoPPES project is funded by the National Forum.

About the National Forum:

Several organisations are represented on the Forum, each member has its own objectives for involvement in public engagement in STEM, yet all coalesce around the broad ambition of creating a positive and supportive environment in which STEM can flourish and benefit society.

Andrew Cohen (BBC), Ian Duffy (BP), Katherine Mathieson (British Science Association), Harshbir Sangha (Department for Business Innovation and Skills), Susannah Wiltshire (Department for Business Innovation and Skills), Johanna Kieniewicz (Institute of Physics), David Fletcher (Llywodraeth Cymru | Welsh Government), Alex Burch (Natural History Museum), Jenni Chambers (Research Councils UK), Jo Trigg (Royal Academy of Engineering), Lesley Miles (Royal Society), Nicole Morgan (Royal Society of Chemistry), Tom O’Leary (Science Museum Group), Jon Kudlick (RSB), Laura-Anne Brown (The Scottish Government), Simon Chaplin (Wellcome Trust), Imran Khan (Wellcome Trust), Clare Matterson (Chair) (Wellcome Trust)