Courtesy of GKN, Sophie Jones, an engineering student at Loughborough Uni, and an Ignition* Creative Spark, is investigating green manufacturing and CSR in Brazil
(that's corporate social responsibility of course, not comprehensive spending review)

her blog is here

http://sophieignitesherfuture.wordpress.com/

Final arrangements for the Space Academy Teacher Conference 2011 are underway to make it the most successful to date.  Building on the success of the previous two years the Space Academy team and the Science Learning Centre East Midlands are working hard to create more exciting CPD sessions in each science subject area using Space as a context.  The sessions are designed to equip teachers with new ideas for demonstration and practical experiments which are directly relevant to secondary science education.  In addition to these practical sessions keynote talks to improve subject knowledge have been confirmed as being from Prof Paul Monks, leading earth observation scientist from Leicester University, Prof Christine Davies, theoretical physicists from Glasgow University and Dr Andrew Pontzen, young enthusiastic cosmologist from Cambridge University.

We hope that this conference is going to be the most exciting and well attended yet and we think that it’s a great advert for collaborative STEM working in the East Midlands.

Courtesy of GKN, Sophie Jones, an engineering student at Loughborough Uni, and an Ignition* Creative Spark, is investigating green manufacturing and CSR in Brazil
(that's corporate social responsibility of course, not comprehensive spending review)

her blog is here

http://sophieignitesherfuture.wordpress.com/

This was a most incredible experience. I came away empowered, energized, and even more deeply committed to integrating creative thinking in education. It was inspiring to be led through creative thinking in a variety of disciplines such as art, drama, and science, then be able to apply this creative inspiration to solving a problem. Will be using these strategies and inspirations in our work in the US. Thank you for such a powerful experience.

http://ignitionweb.wordpress.com/

The STEM Clubs Network in partnership with the Science Learning Centre East Midlands invites STEM Clubs leaders and their technicians to attend this exciting new session at 4.30pm to 6.30pm on Wednesday 19^th January 2011 at the University of Leicester. The session will provide a number of hands-on fireworks related activities suitable for use in an after-school club setting and will have a strong focus on safety. The session will be led by Matthew Tosh, STEM Clubs Network manager and professional pyrotechnician in his spare time. The session is FREE for STEM Clubs Network affiliated schools and places will be allocated on a first come-first served basis. Affiliation is easy and totally free at www.stemclubs.net.  To book your place call the Science Learning Centre East Midlands on 0116 252 3771. Details at STEM Clubs East Midlands events page.