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Space Scoop: A new astronomy website for kids in 22 languages!

22/02/2016

Explore the wonders of the universe through a brand-new news portal, especially designed for young minds. This flagship initiative of the Universe Awareness and Space Awareness projects invites children and older readers, for example teachers or parents, to learn more about exciting scientific discoveries in the simplest way possible!
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Recognising Responsible Research and Innovation in the world

21/02/2016

More and more stakeholders in the research and education fields want to adopt Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) in their daily practice. Although awareness about the meaning of this concept is on the rise, the definition of the word "responsibility" remains blurred.
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Discussing STEM with three thousand educators

19/02/2016

The Association for Science Education (ASE) in the United Kingdom held its annual conference in January 2016, at the University of Birmingham. More than three thousand educators, including researchers and teachers, gathered for the event to get to know all the latest trends in STEM education.
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Design the best 3D model using a smartphone and win an award!

16/02/2016

Students who make the best three-dimensional models using their mobile phones, their computers, and free photogrammetric software, may win 13,500 Euros as part of the ‘D3MOBILE Metrology World League 2016', organised by the USCAN3D research group at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Spain.
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Celebrate the first Global Day of the Engineer!

16/02/2016

Engineers and other volunteers all across the world will unite on 24 February 2016 to celebrate the first "Global Day of the Engineer". The movement behind this initiative wants to increase general awareness about the importance of this profession and show how engineers make a world of difference every day.
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Junior translators in the European Union awarded

15/02/2016

One school student in each of the Member States of the European Union has received an award for the best translation from a foreign language into his or her native language. The European Commission's Directorate-General for Translations has organised this translation competition for schools since 2007.
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Giving teachers the competencies to make their own online courses

12/02/2016

The Hands-On ICT project has created a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for teachers. This MOOC helps them to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to make online courses and modules in their own capacity.
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Nine cities up for the European Capital of Innovation nomination

11/02/2016

Amsterdam, Berlin, Eindhoven, Glasgow, Milan, Oxford, Paris, Turin and Vienna have been shortlisted as candidates for the European Capital of Innovation nomination. A final decision will be announced this spring.
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Take a Peake into space with your students

10/02/2016

Observe what astronauts in the International Space Station (ISS) are doing on a daily basis, and find out how you can teach young people about real life in outer space and astronomy in general, through a new initiative of the Tim Peake Primary Project.
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Tough competition between students at an exciting space robotics tournament!

09/02/2016

Teams consisting of Italian and American students won the Zero Robotics Tournament at the International Space Station (ISS). Following exciting eliminatory rounds, the finalists competed for the grand trophy on 25 January 2016. The event was broadcast live on the Internet and a recording of it was made available as soon as it finished.
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