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02 Apr 2009
I am not a maths student but after today I regret not being one! It was one of the most informative, funny and engaging groups of lectures I have gone to see.
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02 Apr 2009
The new STEM Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance Pack went live on 1st April 2009.
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17 Mar 2009
A precursor to National Science and Engineering Week, the Big Bang UK Young Scientist and Engineer Fair opened on Wednesday 4th March by HRH the Duke of York with the words, “We need to inspire young people to be interested in science, engineering and mathematics”.
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13 Mar 2009
STEMNET spearheads campaign to create 27,000 ‘science heroes’ for schools by 2011. Lord Drayson, the Science Minister, has today (9 March) spoken out about the need for UK industry to engage with the next generation of young people through the UK-wide Science and Engineering Ambassadors programme to avert a national STEM skills crisis.
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06 Mar 2009
Break down the barriers of science and inspire the public... NESTA FameLab is back! We are looking for people who are studying or working in science, technology, engineering or mathematics to enter our competition to find the country’s most talented communicators.
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06 Mar 2009
The East Midlands' engineers of the future will soon be competing for recognition at the region's 2nd Go4SET Awards. The awards, to be held on 12th March, are the culmination of a 10 week programme in which teams of 12-14 year olds have been working alongside local businesses to discover ways of reducing energy consumption in their schools.
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03 Mar 2009
All around the UK, people will soon be fossil foraging, exploding jelly babies, enjoying the world’s only virtual sci-pop festival, celebrating unusual science and debating Darwin as National Science and Engineering Week comes to town. From 6-15 March, National Science and Engineering Week will see art galleries, universities, schools and science centres looking at the role science plays in our lives, from the fun and fantastical, to the serious and profound.
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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.