We aim to enhance the quality of learning and teaching by providing support and resources to the higher education space science and engineering community. We wish to help create a skilled workforce of graduates who can meet the challenges of future space exploration.

The Space Universities Network (SUN) is a network of space scientists and academics coming together to enhance the quality of learning and teaching by providing support and resources to the higher education space science and engineering community. We wish to help create a skilled workforce of graduates who can meet the challenges of future space exploration.

I host the Cosmic Shed podcast where we explore science and storytelling, mostly, through science fiction.So far guests on the podcast include Jill Tarter, Benedict Cumberbatch, Beth Shapiro, Andy Weir, Renee Horton, Chris Hadfield, Francesca Stavrakopoulou and Fred Haise...yes, the Apollo astronaut!www.thecosmicshed.com

I direct and produce science communication projects and events dedicated to science communication. I have worked with clients including Danny Boyle, ScienceGrrl, Benedict Cumberbatch, The Natural History Museum, Robin Ince, Diamond Light Source, The Bristol Robotics Lab, The Wellcome Trust as well as Cheltenham and Manchester Science Festivals. I communicate science through a mix of presentations, shows, articles, blogs, websites, films, podcasts and a range of social media to share this passion for science.

Polar is a journey to the magical frozen lands and seas at the ends of the earth. Come with us to experience the great ice fields and icebergs north and south of the 66th parallel in this world premier of music and film. See the white blizzards, dazzling blue oceans and vast wilderness of the South, watch the mighty polar bear, the haunting beluga whales and beautiful humpback whales in the company of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, a specially arranged score and immense screen.Scientists say the Arctic is changing more rapidly and acutely than anywhere on the planet; 2007 witnessed the lowest sea ice coverage in recorded history. Jacques Cousteau said that it's easier to protect what we love. This is a show that will make you love these increasingly fragile places.The premier concert took place at the Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool in January 2011. The concert features unseen film from the lands of the midnight sun, the score is arranged and conducted by John Harle.Polar is a family concert aimed at people from all walks of life and without language barriers. 70 minutes in total the concert is a performance of music and film only.

Odd Theatre Company are committed to working creatively with vulnerable and excluded groups for positive and realistic results and use drama, film and music to explore issues, engage groups and develop their creative skills.

Lionel is The Spaceship of Our Imagination. Inspired by the words and works of Carl Sagan, Lionel loves to take people on journeys through space and time...or to give them popcorn while the watch a film.

The Manchester 10 is an iphone app that brings the top ten things to do in Manchester each week to your iphone for free.As a matter of course, we find out what is happening in Manchester all the time and pick a selection to bring to you for free.Nobody pays to be included. The only way to be listed is to stand out.

Made it Easy is a self help group for hospitality, cultural, leisure and retail businesses in Manchester to improve performance by working together. By sharing sector specific economic information, collaborating, meeting colleagues, promoting ideas and options, creating awareness of each others activities, targeting specific issues like “Summer Business” joining forces and being Manchester specific we believe we can significantly improve performance and reduce wasted time and resources within our businesses. By meeting once every two months this wide collective of businesses can add value to each other by collaboration.The benefit is that we get to know each other as businesses and can network more effectively with a wider array of contacts. Also it’s free for as long as one the great hotels in the city is prepared to provide a room, coffee, bacon rolls and a screenIt was started by The Midland Hotel and World Class Service Ltd to provide a meeting and action agenda for our business community; hotels, hospitality, culture, retail and leisure. There are network meetings, there is a blog and a killer website and you don't have to subscribe to the website to attend the meetings; that way we can maximise the network impact.

Based in Manchester, England and with decades of venue and service experience in the team we are passionate about service excellence. We spend our time researching, carrying out service checks, gathering networks of like minded professionals together and championing the delivery of better service quality.For over 5 years we have worked with our subscribers and clients to help them improve service standards through face to face service behaviours, through service processes, through the physical service environment and through the individual touch points where customer deal with their business or received a tangible product.But World Class is more than a service training company. We are also a movement, our subscribers not only benefit from association, tools and briefings and training support but we enable them to meet as a community, we lobby on central issues like the training hotel which will be a resource for the North of the UK not just a city.We bring businesses together to network as a club and we make sure that each Subscriber provides a contact point so that as businesses we can create a community of outstanding practice and improve performance over time.The community of businesses that we work with extends across the UK and into Ireland and includes Manchester City Football Club, Manchester Central, Manchester Hoteliers Association, Manchester International Airport, National Museums of Science and Industry, Dublin National Concert Hall, HQ Theatre Group, Milton Keynes Theatre and Birmingham Hippodrome. We are proud of them all for their commitment and hard work in delivering high standards of service to their customers.In addition we provide master classes, bespoke client programmes, concierge desk support, keynote speakers, research and venue development advice.

Based in Manchester, England and with decades of venue and service experience in the team we are passionate about service excellence. We spend our time researching, carrying out service checks, gathering networks of like minded professionals together and championing the delivery of better service quality.For over 4 years we have worked with our subscribers and clients to help them improve service standards through face to face service behaviours, through service processes, through the physical service environment and through the individual touch points where customer deal with their business or received a tangible product.But World Class is more than a service training company. We are also a movement, our subscribers not only benefit from association, tools and briefings and training support but we enable them to meet as a community, we lobby on central issues like the training hotel which will be a resource for the North of the UK not just a city.We bring businesses together to network as a club and we make sure that each Subscriber provides a contact point so that as businesses we can create a community of outstanding practice and improve performance over time.The community of businesses that we work with extends across the UK and into Ireland and includes Manchester City Football Club, Manchester Central, Manchester Hoteliers Association, Manchester International Airport, National Museums of Science and Industry, Dublin National Concert Hall, HQ Theatre Group, Milton Keynes Theatre and Birmingham Hippodrome. We are proud of them all for their commitment and hard work in delivering high standards of service to their customers.In addition we provide master classes, bespoke client programmes, concierge desk support, keynote speakers, research and venue development advice.

The Blue Planet Live! tour was a truly unique opportunity for audiences to see the stunning sequences synchronised impeccably with George Fenton's emotional and epic score for which he has been awarded BAFTA, Emmy and Ivor Novello awards.The show was conducted by the 5 time Oscar nominee George Fenton himself who was recently awarded the Ivor Novello Academy Fellowship. George Fenton's other acclaimed works include Ghandi, Cry Freedom, Dangerous Liaisons and Ken Loach's The Wind that Shakes the Barley, winner of the 2006 Palme d'Or to name but a few.