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Mission control for UK's Space Academy at NASA
27 Feb 2009
Scientists and educators from the UK's first Space Academy in Leicester have been on a mission to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to showcase their ideas on space and science teaching.
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Consultation for the new 14-19 Diploma in Science
25 Feb 2009
Consultation is now open until 27th February on the content for the new 14-19 Diploma in Science
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Millward joins Nottingham Regeneration Ltd board
18 Feb 2009
NOTTINGHAM Regeneration Ltd has appointed a new board member. Nicola Millward, managing director of Millward Partnership, will begin work this month. The 31-year-old was until recently chairwoman of the Women in Construction Group in Nottingham.
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18 Feb 2009
The fifth annual Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering – a live webcast and teleconference -- runs continuously from Noon on Wednesday, March 11 through Noon Thursday, March 12, 2009(EDT). It is managed by volunteers in each continent who arrange for four hours of live internet or telephone conversation from their time zone as it follows the sun around the world, connecting women everywhere. There will be events and discussions between women about a wide range of topics in engineering.
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Flash-bang science back in the classroom
04 Feb 2009
Judith Hackitt CBE, Chair of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) supported this message today [Tuesday 27 January] when she demonstrated to a classroom of children the principles of combustion by setting her hands alight - safely.
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GIRL POWER!
04 Feb 2009
Over 300 Young Women Gather in Leicester to Explore Exciting Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths