You came, they spoke, we celebrated. And rallied noisily for UK science. We reckon around 500 people, either in London’s Conway Hall or watching the livestream in gatherings at York, Newcastle, Glasgow and Swansea, came together to send the message to the Government that it needs to reverse the decline in public investment in research in November’s Comprehensive Spending Review.
The event was compered with incomparable wit and assurance by Matt Parker and included speeches, talks (and songs!) from Jenny Rohn, Andrew Steele, Jim Al-Khalili, James Wilsdon, Julian Huppert, Simon Singh, Helen Arney, Uta Frith FRS, Naomi Weir (CaSE), Mark Miodownik, Sue Duncombe, Greg Foot, Lucie Green, Adam Rutherford, and Stephen Curry – as well as video messages from Robin Ince and Ben Goldacre, and a twitter stream of support from all over the UK.
You can watch the whole of the proceedings here (or see below for links that start at each of the individual contributions, which were typically 4-8 minutes in length).
And please remember: the campaign is by no means over yet! Please spread the word and make sure to send your message to George Osborne.
To jump to the start of each contribution, use the links below.
Jenny Rohn (Chair, Science is Vital):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mID5hIvfoaE&t=3m18s
Andrew Steele (Scienceogram, Science is Vital)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mID5hIvfoaE&t=6m53s
Jim Al-Khalili OBE (Professor of theoretical physics and public engagement, University of Surrey; author and broadcaster)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mID5hIvfoaE&t=37m49s
James Wilsdon (Campaign for Social Science)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mID5hIvfoaE&t=21m32s
Julian Huppert (Lecturer in evidence-based science and technology policy, Cambridge University; former MP))
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mID5hIvfoaE&t=26m05s
Simon Singh (Award-winning, author, journalist and TV producer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mID5hIvfoaE&t=30m44s
Helen Arney (Comedian, presenter, songwriter and geek; Festival of the Spoken Nerd)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mID5hIvfoaE&t=37m49s
Uta Frith FRS (Prof of Developmental Psychology, UCL)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mID5hIvfoaE&t=45m26s
Naomi Weir (Director, CaSE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mID5hIvfoaE&t=50m57s
Mark Miodownik (Professor of Mechanical Engineering, UCL)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mID5hIvfoaE&t=1h18m52s
Sue Duncombe (CRUK Ambassador)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mID5hIvfoaE&t=1h27m18s
Greg Foot (Science communicator and Blue Peter’s resident science guy!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mID5hIvfoaE&t=1h35m24s
Lucie Green (Professor of Physics, UCL)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mID5hIvfoaE&t=1h46m02s
Adam Rutherford (Science presenter and writer; host of BBC Inside Science)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mID5hIvfoaE&t=1h50m52s
Stephen Curry & Jenny Rohn (Science is Vital) – Closing remarks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mID5hIvfoaE&t=1h59m14s
