Introduction.


 * Introducing the RCUK Severn Estuary Project.**

The official Severn Tidal Power Feasibility Study was launched last year. Its aim is to enable government to decide whether it could support a tidal power scheme in the Severn Estuary, and if so on what terms.

The issues surrounding a tidal power scheme in the Severn are massive and complex. As well as the size and complexity of the engineering involved, there are considerations of environment, economy, sustainability, employment, law and ideas that are important to everyone.

The RCUK 'Bringing Cutting Edge Science into the Classroom' courses have been produced to allow teachers and students to engage with real, current scientific work. Our aim, in running this course, is to encourage and empower young people to engage constructively with the public consultation taking place on the Severn Estuary scheme. We have been given generous support in terms of money and expertise from several of the stakeholders in the project.

This wiki will serve as a forum for sharing ideas and a repository of useful resources for teachers who wish to use the Severn Estuary project as a context for teaching relevant contemporary science. It will also serve as a CPD tool for teachers to engage in reflective practice.

Since the original debate, global events have changed the shape of energy policy. We have tried to reflect this on the site.