The Hot Spot: An Innovative Public Engagement Forum at Jodrell Bank Observatory

该项目将使工作人员能够在Jodrell Bank天文台的一个新的专用活动空间内工作，为公众参与创造一个创新的论坛。“热点”馆——位于约德瑞尔河岸洛弗尔望远镜前草坪上的一个帐篷——将在2007年、2008年和2009年夏季举办一系列教育和文化活动。在一个领先的研究机构内，在英国最令人惊叹的科学标志之一的背景下，热点将把观众连接到“现场科学剧院”，为未来的科学家提供一个鼓舞人心的体验。“热点”计划将采用“节日”的方式，利用结合文学、音乐和视觉艺术的活动和讲习班，吸引广大教师、学童和公众；不仅提高了他们对Jodrell Bank的科学家工作的认识，而且提高了他们对整个PPARC项目的认识。2007年的节目将围绕洛弗尔望远镜50周年和“太空时代的黎明”进行宣传，以吸引更多的新观众，并展示英国目前的天文研究，太空在我们日常生活中所扮演的角色，以及空间科学未来的前景。2007年的主要活动包括第一次移动文学节，庆祝望远镜第一次在动力下移动，第一次光艺术节纪念它第一次观测（银河系），以及第一次飞行节，标志着第一颗人造卫星Sputnik 1号的飞行。热点事件节目的发展和传递也将开始前瞻性规划的过程，包括观众的建立和节目的发展。为拟建于卓瑞尔滩的新科学探索中心拨款。

This project will enable staff working within a new dedicated events space at Jodrell Bank Observatory to create an innovative forum for public engagement. The Hot Spot pavilion - a marquee on the lawn in front of the Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank - will host a series of educational and cultural events over the summers of 2007, 2008 and 2009. Set within a leading research facility and against the backdrop of one of the UK's most stunning scientific icons, the Hot Spot will connect audiences to the 'theatre of live science', providing an inspirational experience for the scientists of the future. The Hot Spot programme will adopt a 'festival' approach, using events and workshops incorporating literature, music and the visual arts, to engage with a wide audience of teachers, schoolchildren and the general public; raising their awareness of the work of scientists not only at Jodrell Bank, but across the PPARC programme as a whole. The programme for 2007 will use publicity surrounding the 50th anniversary of the Lovell Telescope and the 'Dawn of the Space Age' to attract large, new audiences and showcase current astronomical research in the UK, the role that space plays today in our daily lives, and the prospects for the future of space science. Major events in 2007 include the First Move literature festival celebrating when the Telescope was first moved under power, the First Light arts festival commemorating its first observations (of the Milky Way), and the First Flight festival marking the flight of the first artificial satellite Sputnik I. The development and delivery of the Hot Spot events programme will also begin the process of forward planning, including audience building and programme development, for the proposed new Science Discovery Centre at Jodrell Bank.