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Submitted by justo on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 13:16

Description of the project

The Researchers’ Night in Piedmont

Submitted by debortoli on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 12:36

The Researchers’ Night is an event promoted and financed by the European Commission under its Seventh Framework Programme and by local Foundations.
It takes place every year (since 2006) on the last Friday of September simultaneously in hundreds of European cities (in Piedmont, from 3 in 2006 to 8 in 2011).
2012 will be the 7th edition of the Researchers’ Night in Torino and Piedmont. This year will cover also another region: the Aosta Valley.

Seeking Perfection: Young People Exploring Enhancement with Researchers

Submitted by kate dack on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 11:29

The 'Seeking Perfection' project was set up to explore human enhancement - which provides a rich vein for public engagement, exploring issues such as boosting athletic performance, taking stimulant drugs to improve memory and using plastic surgery. The project was led by The University of Manchester, Nowgen, Contact Theatre and the Manchester Science Festival and this unique collaboration was successful in sparking the curiosity of young minds around aspects of biomedical research. The creative approaches used made this a distinctive and innovative project.

Objectives:

UNIG∑NIOS

Submitted by OTRI on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 10:03

UNIG∑NIOS is an innovative initiative that is completely in keeping with the ideals extolled by the University of Oviedo, designed to disseminate and encourage an understanding of science throughout society, and especially in relation to the youth of today. Its ultimate aim is to encourage direct interaction between the main players in science (researchers) and the students of today, who will be the scientists of tomorrow.

Sons de Barcelona (Sounds of Barcelona)

Submitted by xavier.serra on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 09:02

Definition:

Active Science – Young people engaged in science

Submitted by debortoli on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 14:58

Science and technology have an important role in modern life. More and more often people demand to be involved and not just informed about scientific topics and the general consensus is that (young) researchers are the best carriers towards this goal. For several years many European countries have been testing new deliberative democracy instruments, especially through public debates. Active Science applies the same methodology to project recipients and objectives.

Science in Health

Submitted by Reginald James ... on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 14:26

“Science in Health”

Clarity of purpose

We aim to inspire and inform secondary school students seeking career opportunities in biomedical science and medicine via a coordinated and evolving set of programmes and resources (www.cardiff.ac.uk/medicine/push).

Originality

cafoscari 2.12

Submitted by cafoscaricomunica on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 12:54

CA’ FOSCARI 2.12: GIVING VOICE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF VENICE
THROUGH NEW TECHNOLOGIES, SOCIAL NETWORKING AND SUSTAINABILITY

How to introduce Materials Science in Secondary Schools

Submitted by icma2011 on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 12:40

Secondary School teachers are the key to increase the scientific level of young people. The activities developed in the last two years show that researchers and teachers collaboration can lead to design new outreach activities and have shown the importance of defining particular activities to improve teachers training.

The Migration Observatory

Submitted by Rob McNeil on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 12:27

The Migration Observatory:

Overview:

Polling over the last decade has consistently shown immigration to be one of the five most important policy issues for the public in Britain, yet the quality of public debate on the subject has often been characterised by assertion rather than evidence, and simplistic readings of what evidence has been put forward.

EngageU

Interviews