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Teachers and astronomers together for World Space Week
02/11/2015
The Universe Awareness International Workshop brought 65 educators and astronomers to Leiden, the Netherlands, during World Space Week from 5 to 9 October 2015. The workshop was held in close collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA), including inspiring talks about space education programmes.
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An award for projects in responsible research and innovation
01/11/2015
The European Foundations Award for Responsible Research and Innovation is looking for examples of good projects for its awards competition. Winning contributions have the chance of winning a prize of twenty thousand Euros.
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Code Week is a hit in Europe and beyond
30/10/2015
Coding isn't just vital for modern society, a skill in high demand and the gateway to a great career – it's also creative, fun and not as difficult as you might think. These were just some of the messages from the recent Europe Code Week event, held from 10 to 18 October.
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Young people use computer codes to fight bullying
29/10/2015
More than one hundred young people, aged nine to seventeen, participated in the ENABLE Hackathon. They used their creativity and coding skills to develop solutions to fight bullying with the assistance of 35 mentors. Over thirty anti-bullying tools and testimonials were submitted.
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Learning more about digital resources in Austria
29/10/2015
The Austrian Scientix Conference took place in the Eisenstadt University of Applied Science on the 7 and 8 October 2015. Held in collaboration with the eLearning Conference, the event was mainly focused on eLearning and the use of digital resources in the classroom.
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Inquiry-based science projects presented to Greek teachers
27/10/2015
Greek teachers were introduced to a great number of interesting topics in science education at the Scientix National Conference from 9 to 10 October 2015, including inquiry-based science education and the work of many European and national projects.
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Strong involvement at Scientix National Conference in Poland
27/10/2015
The Polish Minister for Education, Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska, greeted the 150 teachers who attended the Scientix National Conference in Poland in Warsaw on 9 and 10 October 2015 and thus showed her commitment to Scientix's aims.
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Astrobiology and the hunt for life among the stars
26/10/2015
Teachers should reserve the dates from 9 to 13 November 2015 to take part in an interesting Distance Learning Activity, as part of the Amgen Teach project. Dr Joseph Roche, an astrophysicist at Trinity College in Dublin, will introduce participants to the subject of astrobiology and the hunt for life among the stars.
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Learn more about mobile apps and coding at Scientix webinars
23/10/2015
Two Scientix webinars are scheduled to take place on 27 October and 12 November 2015. By registering for those courses, you can learn more about the use of mobile applications and programming in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) classes.
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Open call for future entrepreneurs
22/10/2015
I-LINC, the ICT learning and inclusion platform, is looking for young people to join its initiative, improve their ICT competences and thus increase their chances of becoming the future entrepreneurs of Europe.
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