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Contribute to this Scientix survey about STEM practices
14/06/2018
Scientix invites teachers in secondary education, who teach at least one class of students from the ages of ten to over nineteen, to contribute to a new multilingual survey about teaching practices in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education. The results of this survey will be published as part of the Scientix Observatory before the end of 2018.
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Winners of the STEM Discovery Week 2018
12/06/2018
Scientix and the STEM Alliance are proud to reveal the winning names of their STEM Discovery Week 2018 competitions. Scientix awards 31 educators and the STEM Alliance 17 educators. All the winners are invited to attend the 23rd Science Projects Workshop at the Future Classroom Lab from 22 to 24 June 2018.
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Eight projects and practices get the International StarT Award 2018
12/06/2018
Three projects run by young people and three educational practices run by educators in the fields of science, mathematics and technology are the winners of the International StarT Award 2018, selected by a jury of experts, in addition to two other initiatives awarded as a result of a public vote. This is the second year that the StarT community has awarded best practices in education.
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Education towards a responsible society
25/05/2018
Ten new training programmes on Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) were presented in April at the second conference of Higher Education Institutions and Responsible Research and Innovation (HEIRRI). Education towards a responsible society was a cross-cutting theme addressed by this conference.
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Students can win a trip to CERN with all expenses covered
25/05/2018
Students, from the ages of 11 to 19, in all countries of the European Union, except Spain because it has its own distinct competition, can enter the ScienceClip contest and win great prizes, including a trip to the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland. The deadline to participate in the competition is 1 June 2018.
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Malta’s Minister of Education and the European Commission give Scientix strong recognition
15/05/2018
Evarist Bartolo, Minister of Education and Employment in Malta, calls for a continuation of the Scientix project beyond its current funding period from the European Commission. Jean-David Malo, Director for Open Innovation and Open Science, at the Directorate for Research and Innovation of the European Commission, says he is very impressed by the project’s achievements to this day.
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May is dedicated to STE(A)M at the School Education Gateway
15/05/2018
Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were not only sculptors and painters but also inventors, engineers and scientists. For them, there were no boundaries between science and the arts. The STE(A)M concept implies an interdisciplinary approach that incorporates subjects in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics. This month is dedicated to STE(A)M at the School Education Gateway.
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Third Scientix Conference to be held in Brussels this weekend
30/04/2018
Svein Sjøberg, Professor of Science Education at Oslo University, and Beth Healey, a medical doctor who is an expert on space and extreme environments, International Space University, London, and former ESA MD on Spaceflight Analogue Concordia, are keynote speakers at the Third Scientix Conference, which will be held in Brussels, Belgium, 4 to 6 May 2018.
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STEM Discovery Week 2018 is the biggest ever!
30/04/2018
Over 800 activities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in 40 countries were organised as part of this year’s STEM Discovery Week campaign, reaching over 120,000 teachers, pupils, and other people interested in STEM Education. And for the first time, Scientix connected live, with selected activities broadcast via Facebook and YouTube, reaching additional thousands of viewers!
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More than 420 activities registered for the STEM Discovery Week
17/04/2018
This year’s edition of the STEM Discovery Week campaign is turning out to be bigger than ever, counting more than 420 activities in 34 countries around the world and reaching more than 50,000 people! For the very first time, a number of those activities will be broadcast live online every day from Monday 23 to Friday 27 April 2018.
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