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The Vega Science Trust is a not-for-profit organisation which provides a platform from which scientists can communicate directly with the public on science by using moving image, sound and other related means. == History == Founded in 1995 by Nobel Laureate Sir Harry Kroto and BBC Education Producer Patrick Reams the Vega Science Trust was awarded a COPUS start-up grant from the Royal Society in 1995 and then went on in 1999 to be allocated core funding from the Office of Science and Technology (OST). Starting with recording science programmes for terrestrial television the Vega Science Trust produced a number of programmes such as recordings of Royal Institution Discources〔(Royal Institution Discourse Recordings )〕 which were broadcast on BBC 2 and a set of Masterclasses. In 2001 Harry Kroto was awarded the Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize - the UK's premier award for science communication〔(The Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize )〕 'for his dedication to the notion of working scientists being communicators of their work and in particular for his establishment of the Vega Science Trust whose films and related activities reflect the excitement of scientific discovery to the public'. The Trust went on to co-produce with the BBC Open University a set of science discussion programmes covering hot topics such as Stem Cells, Energy, Mobile Phones, GM Food, Disease, Nanotechnology and Ageing.〔(The Next Big Thing Recordings )〕 With the BBC/Open University the Trust also produced with sponsorship from HEFCE Widening Participation Team a set of award winning〔(Learning on Screen Awards )〕 career programmes featuring young scientists.〔(Snapshots Young Scientist Career Recordings )〕 Both series were broadcast on BBC2. Very early audio-visual recordings of individual scientists are relatively rare but in the recent past some recordings were carried out by such organisations as the BBC.〔(BBC Interviews with Scientists 1985 )〕 In 1997 the Vega Science Trust embarked on a plan to record in-depth interviews with scientists such as Rotblat, Sanger, Perutz, Cornforth, Walter Kohn and Richard Ernst〔(Face-to-Face Interviews with Scientists )〕 which could be both viewed and preserved as an historical record for the future. More recently the British Library has embarked on a similar project of recording audio-visual interviews under the National Life Stories project〔(British Library National Life Stories )〕 although at present the archive consists of oral recordings of scientists. The Vega Science Trust's in-depth interviews with scientists led onto a project recording interviews with Nobel Laureates〔(Nobel Interviews )〕 attending the annual Nobel Laureate Meetings at Lindau in 2004/5/6. In 2006 the Vega Science Trust's website received a special mention at The International Association for Media Science〔(The International Association for Media Science )〕 Awards. In 2007 the Vega Science Trust started on-going work with Jonathan Hare BBC Rough Science on a series of short instructional films〔(Instructional Mini Films by Jonathan Hare )〕 intended to show how things work. For instance a number of the films show how we can generate electricity, another shows how we can generate wind power, others the molecular structure of C60, carbon nanotubes and graphene.〔(Article Nanowerk on Graphene modules )〕 The Trust's recent work 2007/10 has concentrated on bringing to the public's attention the process of science research. The Nano2Hybrids〔(Nano2hybrids website )〕 EU STReP project for instance is an innovative project where research scientists record their own progress on a research project to invent a gas sensor made using carbon nanotubes. In addition recording science in society projects such as Women in Nanotechnology〔(Women in Nanotechnology )〕 and Diversity〔(Diversity Project )〕 illuminate work〔(Women in Nanotechnolgy film )〕 towards promoting women scientists into decision making positions in science research environments. The Vega Science Trust closed on March 2012 after 17 years of operation. However, the website will continue to host the existing film archive. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vega Science Trust」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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