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Sense About Science has been criticised by [[Malcolm Hooper]] for being pro-industry and refers to it as the "sister" to the [[Science Media Centre]].<ref>[http://www.meactionuk.org.uk/The-SMC-and-its-campaign-against-MECFS.pdf The Role of the Science Media Centre and the Insurance Industry in ME/CFS: the facts behind the fiction]</ref>
Sense About Science has been criticised by [[Malcolm Hooper]] for being pro-industry and refers to it as the "sister" to the [[Science Media Centre]].<ref>[http://www.meactionuk.org.uk/The-SMC-and-its-campaign-against-MECFS.pdf The Role of the Science Media Centre and the Insurance Industry in ME/CFS: the facts behind the fiction]</ref>


Professor [[Simon Wessely]] is on the Sense About Science advisory council.<ref>[http://www.senseaboutscience.org/pages/advisory-council.html Advisory council]</ref>
Professor [[Simon Wessely]] previously served on the Sense About Science advisory council.<ref>[http://www.senseaboutscience.org/pages/advisory-council.html Advisory council]</ref>


==Notable coverage==
==Notable coverage==

Revision as of 00:27, December 5, 2017

Sense About Science is a charity formed in 2002 with the aim of promoting public understanding.

Criticism

Sense About Science has been criticised by Malcolm Hooper for being pro-industry and refers to it as the "sister" to the Science Media Centre.[1]

Professor Simon Wessely previously served on the Sense About Science advisory council.[2]

Notable coverage

John Maddox Prize

Sense About Science awards the John Maddox Prize annually to scientists who "promote sound science and evidence on a matter of public interest, facing difficulty or hostility in doing so".[3]. The 2012 award recipient was Professor Simon Wessely.[4]

Key people

Online presence

See also

References