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28 per cent of the world's researchers are women

08/03/2016

Gender parity varies a lot from one country to another. A new interactive Web tool shows the distribution of women in research-related careers all across the world. One in five countries has managed to reach the level in which women compose 45 to 55 per cent of the research population.
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Educating the educators: An upcoming conference in Freiburg

07/03/2016

Teacher educators, researchers and networks in the field of maths and science education are invited to submit proposals for topics to be presented at the second "Educating the educators" conference. Proposals must be submitted by 16 April 2016. They should not exceed two pages.
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Eight finalists up for the 2016 MEDEA Awards

04/03/2016

Science Bits, by the International Science Teaching Foundation and Science Bits, and Walking through Nature, by Aleksandra Andonoska, are up for the MEDEA Awards for the best use of media in supporting science education. The results will be announced at the Media and Learning Conference on 10 March 2016.
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More than fifty training sessions on Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI)

03/03/2016

The RRI Tools project expects to carry out more than fifty training activities during its lifetime in thirty European countries. These training activities will all be dedicated to Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI).
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Winners of the Scientix Media in STEM competition

01/03/2016

Four enthusiastic teachers of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects receive an award from the Scientix project for the best use of media in STEM classes. They demonstrate how animations, audio, graphics and videos can enhance their teaching and learning processes.
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Register for the next Scientix Projects' Networking Event

01/03/2016

Scientix will organise its eleventh edition of its Projects' Networking Event in Brussels, Belgium, on Friday 18 March 2016. It invites representatives of European and national science education projects to present their activities and learn from their colleagues in the field.
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Game-based themes in the classroom

29/02/2016

Teachers using digital or non-digital games to support learning processes and increase motivation in their classroom can now submit an abstract of their experience for the next edition of the Irish Conference on Game-Based Learning (iGBL2016). Abstracts must be submitted by 8 March 2016.
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Access world oceans with one click

27/02/2016

"Medclic: the Mediterranean in one click" is an excellent example of a research initiative with the aim of bringing marine and coastal observation technologies straight to your home, school or organisation. It is one of several projects that are enhancing people's ocean literacy and sustainable development in Europe.
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Request support from Scientix Teacher Ambassadors for your project

26/02/2016

The Scientix community offers projects, which have been uploaded and published on its online portal, to request the support and services of Scientix Teacher Ambassadors for specific tasks. More than four hundred projects are already part of this online portal and new ones are added every week!
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Nominate the best educational project for sustainable development

25/02/2016

The UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) will give 50,000 USD to three projects that have made a substantial effort in the field. The United Nations Educational and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) recently launched a new call for nominations for this award.
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