Stars and Stuff

Today I have the privilege of announcing our latest project, and I can tell you that sitting on this information until things were ready to go live has made me want to burst.

Beauty In The Universe has secured funding from the NIACE Adult and Community Learning Fund which will enable us to roll out a brand new, nine month adult learning project entitled Stars and Stuff. This represents our largest funding award to date and this project will be by far the biggest we have ever implemented, and we simply cannot wait to get our teeth in to it.

Stars and Stuff has a website that you can visit right now and the project is already under way with the planning stages almost complete, and delivery being scheduled as I write this blog post. Our innovative approach and desire to reach the whole world with the awesome science of astronomy, along with the accomplishments of the space explorers of humankind, allows us to reach an enormous number of people.

To that end we welcome on board Professor Ian Morison who will become an employee proper of Beauty In The Universe. Ian has worked with us for some time now, leading our stargazing events and doing an amazing job at Space Camp so we are thrilled to have him as an official Beauty. Ian's experience is extensive and his reputation stands up to scrutiny impeccably as one of the UK's finest astronomers and academics.

We also hope to make an announcement very soon regarding the development of this project and also Space Camp, as we look to push each of these forward to reach more people and uncover the next generation of space explorers, scientists and teachers.

I should acknowledge at this point the role played by Erica in this success. It was she who spotted this opportunity and drove it forward, completing almost all of the work and seeing the potential to do more amazing work. Her diligence and hard work has ensured that many people will be thrilled by this science we love so dearly. Well done and thank you Erica.

We will continue to keep you all updated as we roll out Stars and Stuff. Look for more news here or on the usual social networking sites. Links are on our website.