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Announcing Three Non-Executive Director Appointments

Scientific Non Executive Director Appointments Announced

Academy for Healthcare Science announces three non-executive director appointments

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Now recruiting Professional Group Chairs!

We are now recruiting for Chairs for our Professional Groups

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EDUCATION & TRAINING

The Academy is working with the constituent professional bodies, devolved administrations, and other organisations such as the Health Professions Council, Medical Education England and the School for Healthcare Science to set out our role in education and training for healthcare scientists.

The Academy is currently part of an Assessment, Equivalence, Standards and Quality Assurance working group which is determining how the various bodies will be working together to set standards for education and training and then quality assure programmes to ensure the workforce is fit for practice and purpose.

The Academy will act as an over-arching standards setting and quality assurance agency for the education and training for the whole healthcare science workforce. We expect that our functional role will be different across the home countries, disciplines and the career framework depending on the existing standards and quality assurance processes in operation.

We will consult on any standards and high level quality assurance processes that we set. This page will be kept up to date with information following our Council’s approval of draft information for consultation.

We anticipate completing the consultation and publishing standards and processes in Spring 2012.

If you have any questions about the Academy’s work in education and training and to set standards please contact Osama Ammar, Head of Education, Training and Professional Standards at osama.ahcs@gmail.com.

VOLUNTARY REGISTRATION

Voluntary registration.

SCIENCE & SOCIETY

As part of its goal to provide a “united voice” on behalf of healthcare scientists and the organisations that represent them, and to promote healthcare science and the vital role it plays in our NHS, the Academy for Healthcare Science will be supporting a range of exciting events and outreach programmes over the coming year, including Healthcare Science Week and the Big Bang Fair in March 2012.

Check back here regularly to see what’s going on and how you can get involved, or email Georgina Spencer (ahcsgeorgina@gmail.com) for more information.

Inspiring the Scientists & Engineers of the Future

The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Fair

The NEC, Birmingham. 15 – 17 March 2012

The biggest single event of its kind in the country, The Big Bang Fair moves to Birmingham for 2012. An award-winning combination of exciting theatre shows, interactive workshops and exhibits delivered by household names, together with careers information provided by a wide range of people already working in the field, The Big Bang Fair enables young people to see science and engineering in a new light. Over a three day period in March, The NEC will be teeming with thousands of young people, their teachers and parents, all of them ready to be inspired to learn more about the science, technology, engineering and mathematics around them; to understand the importance of studying science and maths and the wealth of opportunities available to them in education and beyond, into the world of work.

Unique, hands-on & on your doorstep

Build bridges with chocolate. Test your speed and strength, and learn about the science behind your body’s everyday, yet amazing, feats. Learn about the forces behind rollercoasters. Discover how to save the world in 60 minutes. Find out about making movie magic with special effects. Enjoy live cookery demonstrations that show you how the food on your fork gets there. Meet robots, flying penguins and much, much more at The Big Bang Fair coming to Birmingham for the first time in 2012.

National Science & Engineering Competition

The Big Bang Fair hosts the finals of the National Science & Engineering Competition, student visitors can meet young people – just like them – who are some of the best, brightest and most enthusiastic science, technology, engineering and maths champions in the UK. Finalists will showcase their projects demonstrating how school subjects can translate into real-world passions.

Booking is now open at www.thebigbangfair.co.uk where you can also find out more detail about what’s happening at The Fair. Thursday 15th and Friday 16th March are set aside for schools and the 17th for families. We look forward to you joining us there!

NEWS

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