Announcing: Collaboration Between Cheltenham Festivals, EDF Energy and Science.TV

Cheltenham Festivals is pleased to announce the launch of a project, sponsored by British Energy – part of EDF Energy, with science.TV to provide access to programme content from its renowned The Times Cheltenham Science Festival.

Cheltenham, UK, March 17, 2010 — Cheltenham Festivals is pleased to announce the launch of a project, sponsored by British Energy – part of EDF Energy, with science.TV to provide access to programme content from its renowned The Times Cheltenham Science Festival.

This programme allows science.TV to develop innovative multimedia educational science and engineering resources for schools utilising leading experts in their field. These include Dr Alice Roberts, Professor Mark Lythgoe, Sir Jonathon Porritt and others from the 2009 Festival with many more planned to be produced at the 2010 Festival which will be held from 9-13 June.

Donna Renney, CEO of Cheltenham Festivals commented: “We are pleased to be associated with the creation of this new resource which will further our educational outreach activities to engage children with the importance of science and its impact on society”

Dr Andrew Spurr, Managing Director, British Energy – part of EDF Energy said: “We are delighted to continue our support for the Cheltenham Science Festival. This innovative project will allow many more people to benefit from the excellent education programme provided by the festival.”

Notes to the editor

The videos and teacher workbooks will be available on-line from March 16th, 2010 and can be accessed via:

http://www.science.tv/partners/education-partners/cheltenham-science-festival.html

Bloggers and News sites

Youtube HD versions of the videos can be embedded on your site. Take the embed code from the following pages:

The Times Cheltenham Science Festival
‘Unquestionably the leading Science Festival in the country’ Robert Winston

The Times Cheltenham Science Festival is a five-day celebration of science, engineering and the arts and is produced by Cheltenham Festivals. A rare opportunity for the public to come face-to-face with around 300 of the world’s leading scientists and thinkers, the festival annually sells in excess of 23,000 tickets whilst the free interactive Discover Zone attracts over 10,000 visitors. The five day festival promises a mix of serious debate, live experiments and surprising discoveries all based at Cheltenham Town Hall.

www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/science

EDF ENERGY
The combination of EDF Energy and British Energy forms one of the UK’s largest energy companies. The new EDF Energy is the UK’s largest producer of electricity and the largest generator of low carbon electricity in Britain. Through Our Climate and Social Commitments we have launched the biggest environmental and social packages of any UK energy company.

We produce around one-fifth of the nation’s electricity from our nuclear, coal and gas power stations, as well as combined heat and power plants and wind farms. We provide power to a quarter of the UK’s population via our electricity distribution networks and supply gas and electricity to over 5.5 million business and residential customers.

The company is a key player in national infrastructure projects including management of private electricity networks serving four London airports and the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, the country’s first major new railway in 100 years and has published plans to build up to four new nuclear power stations in the UK.

EDF Energy and British Energy together employ nearly 20,000 people at locations across the UK. EDF Energy is part of EDF Group, one of Europe’s largest power companies.

EDF is the official energy utilities partner and sustainability partner of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

science.TV

science.TV is a website and content production company based in Bristol. It provides a link between science-related industry and education via interactive digital media, enabling a flow of information and ideas.

Drawing on combined experience of broadcasting, experimental science, school teaching, video game production and web design, the team produce a unique service for UK schools.

http://www.science.tv

For further media information please contact:
Cheltenham Festivals – Amy Hulyer, Press & PR Manager T: 01242 775856, science.TV – Matt Thurling, CEO 0117 307 9118, British Energy – part of EDF Energy – Martyn Butlin, Press Officer T: 01524 863565
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