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Pilots Training Course 2012: Apply now
24/04/2012
The annual Pilots Training Course is a five-day summer school consisting of hand-on workshops, presentations and discussions led by experienced European tutors. It is aimed at education professionals working in science centres, museums, science festivals, universities or research institutes.
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Teacher training: Nanotechnology in an Open Lab
23/04/2012
Science teachers are invited to register for a hands-on training course on nanoscience and nanotechnologies in the classroom to be held in Portugal in September 2012. Deadline is 27 April; Comenius – Grundtvig grants are available.
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eTwinning Prizes 2012: the winners
19/04/2012
Sunspots Online, the astronomy project on sunspot observation in several places in Europe, wins the Marie Skłodowska-Curie prize for the best science eTwinning project.
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Xplore Health: two new modules available
17/04/2012
The FP7 project Xplore Health has published two new educational modules: Skin cancer exposed and Toward a malaria-free world.
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First iTEC school pilot successfully completed
16/04/2012
The evaluation results of the first iTEC school pilots are about to be published. The results – based on input from 280 participating teachers – will be presented in the upcoming iTEC webinar on 25 April.
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GTTP Campaign: Send a picture to the Moon and back!
03/04/2012
The artist Daniela de Paulis and radio astronomers at Dwingeloo radio telescope in the Netherlands have created a way to send images to the Moon and back. Schools now have the chance to "moon bounce" their own images.
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I-CLEEN worthy experience contest: Share your teaching materials and win!
30/03/2012
The I-CLEEN project invites teachers and other educators to submit their class activities for publication on the I-CLEEN website. The best resources will be awarded prizes.
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STEM report 2011: National measures to increase students' interest in STEM
28/03/2012
Attractive STEM curricula and teaching methods and improved teacher education and professional development are the two main actions to make STEM studies more popular, an analysis by the SPICE project shows.
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EU-UNAWE: Space Scoop now available in 15 languages
26/03/2012
Space Scoop - the EU Universe Awareness (EU-UNAWE) astronomy news service for children aged 8+ - is now available in 15 national languages.
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OECD calls for new approach to tackle teacher shortage
23/03/2012
With many countries facing shortages of qualified teachers in key subjects, governments need to make the profession more attractive to talented graduates, according to a new OECD report.
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