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Including technology in the curriculum in early childhood could help to raise the interest of both girls and boys in science and technology, according to recently published, EU-funded research.

The study, published in the Journal of Technology and Design Education, was supported by the EU-funded UPDATE ('Understanding and providing a developmental approach to technology education') project, which is funded ...(read more)

While efforts to involve the public in decision making on new technologies such as nanotechnology are impressive, they need to be substantially rethought, argues a new report from the EU-funded DEEPEN ('Deepening ethical engagement and participation in emerging nanotechnologies') project.

DEEPEN received EUR 894,000 in funding from the 'Science and society' budget line of the EU's Sixth Framework Programme ...(read more)

The second international PROMETEA ('Empowering women engineers' careers in industrial and academic research') conference on women's scientific careers will be held in Paris, France on 26 and 27 November.

Organised by two French partners of the EU-funded PROMETEA Network, the Conference of the Deans of French Engineering Schools (CDEFI) and the French equal opportunities association ECEPIE, the event intends ...(read more)

Reporting in the journal Science, researchers from the European Learning Laboratory for the Life Sciences (ELLS) at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) describe the challenges facing science teachers in European schools and explain how their programme addresses the problem. The ELLS programme, they say, 'is focused on rethinking, redesigning and improving resources for high-school science, ...(read more)

The EU-funded TANDEMplusIDEA project will hold its final conference on gender and diversity in science, technology and business under the title 'Going diverse: innovative answers to future challenges' on 29 and 30 October in Aachen, Germany.

Today's world is rapidly changing. Internationalisation and globalisation, modern and individual lifestyles, demographics, migration and labour shortage, as well as ...(read more)

Did you ever blame your teacher for hating science? If you answered yes, you're not alone. New research shows that the shrinking number of students in Europe who choose to study science is influenced by how schools and teachers shape their attitudes. The research findings were applied in the EU-supported POLLEN ('Pollen seed cities for science, a community approach for a sustainable growth of science education ...(read more)

The European research project POLLEN is organising a conference entitled 'New milestones for inquiry-based science education in primary schools in Europe' on 29 May in Berlin, Germany.

As a follow-up to several European conferences on science education, this event intends to contribute to the international agenda on science education in primary schools. It will gather about 200 participants from all over ...(read more)

A conference entitled 'Fostering good bioethical practices among the European biotechnology industry: from GMP to GBP' will take place on 9 February in Brussels, Belgium.

Addressing matters of good manufacturing practice (GMP) versus good bioethical practice (GBP), the event is intended to improve the understanding of bioethical issues through the use of current biotechnology company practices and clear ...(read more)

Does gender play a key role in determining whether someone will follow a science and technology (S&T) career? To tackle this burning question, the GAPP ('Gender awareness participation process') project, funded under the EU's Sixth Framework Programme with EUR 808,380, investigated gender differences in the choice of a science career. The results of the project were presented at the GAPP final conference ...(read more)

The EU-funded PSx2 ('Participatory science and scientific participation: The role of civil society organisations in decision-making about novel developments in biotechnologies') project will hold its final conference in Brussels, Belgium, on 13 November.

PSx2 is a project that explores the participatory role of civil society organisations (CSOs) in new scientific and technological developments, with ...(read more)