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HE STEM Project wins Lord Stafford award for 'Open Collaboration'
This project is innovative in a number of ways: Firstly, a significant |
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National HE STEM Programme Project Leads win HEA NTFS awards
Fiona Lamb (Loughborough University), Professor John Davies (Coventry |
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National HE STEM Programme Evidence used within Report by the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee
The report, chaired by Lord Willis of Knaresborough, notes that too many |
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HE STEM Project presents at Farnborough International Airshow 2012
The world-leading UK satellite and space industry contributes enormously to |
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What do you do if you are an aspiring Civil Engineering student looking for experience in the nuclear industry?
The report features comment from Alison Ahearn, a Principal Teaching Fellow |
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Employer Engagement – enhancing HEI engagement with the Satellite Industry for workforce upskilling and informing policy makers
As many employers require graduates and apprentices with physical sciences |
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EPS Grand Challenge off to a great start!
Rebecca Brenon, BSc Maths graduate, enjoying the Creativity & Innovation |
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Keynotes confirmed for National HE STEM Programme conference.
We are pleased to announce that the Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister of |
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Ministerial Prize-Giving Marks National HE STEM Programme Success
The National HE STEM Programme supports higher education institutions in the |
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Winner announced
Expressing his delight at receiving the award, Rob Wilson from the University |
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Business Innovation in STEM sectors by workforce upskilling
Initially planned on a non-credit bearing basis, the set of CPD events is |
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STEM Careers Resources for Science Museums Launches
On a multi-user, multi-touch table visitors will be able to simultaneously |
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Invitation to tender to provide printing services to the Royal Academy of Engineering
Full details are available to download below
The closing date is 29th May |
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What do you know about STEM?
A new video has been produced by Jon Chase aka Oort Kuiper, the UKs leading |
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Career Clips picks up an education ‘Oscar’
The creators of Career Clips were commended for imaginatively illustrating a |
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Support for University Technical Colleges
The qualifications they offer include a combination of GCSEs in English, |
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Invitation to tender to provide DTP services to the Royal Academy of Engineering
Full details are available to download below.
The closing date is 14th May |
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STEMNET Events- Putting the Business into STEM
STEMNET are organising 12 regional events to build a dialogue with schools |
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National HE STEM Programme attends the Higher Education Academy STEM Conference
The HEA held their first annual STEM conference at Imperial last week which |
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HE STEM Colleague wins RAEng PE grant
Kerry's proposal 'West Yorkshire Engineers Engage!' looks to |
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Make it in Great Britain Challenge
The Make it in Great Britain Challenge is open to inventors, manufacturers, |
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World Autism Awareness Day
A recent article 'Assisting mathematics students who have Asperger |
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Maths Busking in Birmingham
A free training session was recently held at The University of Birmingham, |
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Virtual Experiment Manual
The Virtual Experiment team at University of Southampton is currently |
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New special interest group launches: Writing and Communicating in STEM disciplines
The aim of the group is to:
foster the sharing of good practice
encourage |
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Conference registration and call for submissions now open
The conference will provide the opportunity for STEM practitioners ( |
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Communicating Mathematical Sciences
The project aim is; to enhance communication skills within mathematical |
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An update from 'Transferring the Magic to STEM'
The easy to perform tricks engage students; trying to work out 'how it |
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Becoming a STEM Enthusiast update
Both students and staff talk about the rewards, challenges and day-to-day |
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News from the 'Practice Transfer Partnership: Strategic Regional Working with Schools and Colleges'
The day began with a look at why Higher Education should become involved in |
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Analysing and Disseminating Data to Understand and Enhance First Year Engineering and Materials Science Education
The intent was to present preliminary findings of interviews with staff and |
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Connect 2 Science
The interim report is now available and provides interesting reading. |
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Hydrographic Academy Update
“The course syllabus looks great! I can't wait to sign up for the |
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Industrial Advisory Boards Workshop
Dr. Pargat Singh Calay showcases his IAB work at London Metropolitan |
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More Maths Magic Available
Professor Peter McOwan and his team at Queen Mary University of London have |
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Nuclear industry Vs Dr No.
Nuclear Island, a project developed by Imperial College London and Cogent ( |
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Engaging under-represented students: diversity training from Generating Genius
Does your HE institution need to improve its understanding of how best to |
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S-Lab Award Scheme Launches
A new Laboratory Awards scheme has been launched to recognise excellence in |
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Royal Academy of Engineering Invites Tenders for Proof Reading.
The case studies will be in two tranches, the first from 1st February 2012 |
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Google Announces Donation to Generating Genius Initiative
Google.org has donated £60,000 to Generating Genius, a charity aimed at |
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Need a sigma Support Centre at your Institution?
Supported by the National HE-STEM Programme, up to £10,000 is available |
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Mathematics at the Transition to University: A Multi-Stage Problem?
AS Director of the National HE STEM Programme I am immensely proud of all |
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sigma centres win outstanding student support award
The sigma centres offer mathematics support to students from all disciplines |
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Queen's Anniversary prize award
Queen's Anniversary Prizes form are among the most prestigious honours |
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Practice Transfer Adopters funding call launched
The National HE STEM Programme has launched a funding call for practice |
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Thirteen further University Technical Colleges announced
Five UTCs have already been approved – JCB in Staffordshire (operating |
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Creative Commons Events scheduled
A schedule of events has been drawn together to provide projects with an |
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Kitchen Science wins FameLab heat
Mark and a group of his students were also at Science in Action at the |
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Children Challenging Industry
The project has already provided initial training for more than thirty |
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HE STEM Programme launches a series of Creative Commons workshops.
The National HE STEM Programme is pleased to announce a series of one day |
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New work based route to professional engineering qualification
The Engineering Council’s proposal for activity focused on identifying |
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Job vacancy for mathematician
Under the Mathematical Sciences HE Curriculum Innovation Fund, the National |
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HE STEM Learning and Teaching Enhancement Grants for Wales
Proposals are invited from staff at eligible Welsh higher education |
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Dame Ellen MacArthur presents her vision on 'Science for a Circular Economy'.
Dame Ellen MacArthur will be presenting her vision on Science for a Circular |
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National HE STEM Programme projects encourage would be physicists
Integrated Sciences is an interdisciplinary sciences degree originally |
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Funding available for Teaching Advisory Boards
To access these funds, HEI STEM departments will need to agree:
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HE STEM EPS Grand Challenge a resounding success.
The winning proposal created by STEM Solutions included a congestion charge |
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Culture of being a mathematician
The project is supported by the Mathematical Sciences HE Curriculum |
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Tender for photographic services for RAEng dissemination event
The two academic seminars are to be hosted at Coventry University on the 13th |
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Job vacancy
The appointee will be working on the project "MU-MAP - Mapping |
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Royal Academy of Engineering presence at Cheltenham Science Festival
The Royal Academy of Engineering's was a principal partner of the |
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Fly-Bag for bomb blast protection developed
The bag, named the Fly-Bag, is designed to be filled with passenger luggage |
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Disagreement between CBI and BIS
The 2011 CBI Education and skills survey found that whilst demand for |
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Journey of the Senses event in Bristol
Please see attached file for details. |
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Technocamps launched
Current school children learn how to use ICT without learning about the |
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A step closer to an invisibility cloak ?
As described in Physical Review Letters, this has borrowed from previous |
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Nuclear Island launched
The pilot week in June saw 25 engineering students from Imperial College |
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Teacher Fellow opportunities in Wales and borders
Secondments are being offered on a full-time or part time basis (two or more |
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New elements to be added to the periodic table
The as yet unamed elements both live for less than a second and are highly |
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Winners of Royal Academy of Engineering silver medal announced
The Academy's Silver Medals are awarded annually to engineers who have |
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JANET (UK) now fastest computer network in the world
The above calculation is based on an average thesis size of 100 Mb: |
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Class of your own sustainable workshops
Written and managed by sustainability, construction and industry |
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Shortlist announced for Britain's top engineering innovation award
The finalists for the £50,000 prize for 2011 are:
Microsoft |
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Royal Academy of Engineering presence at Cheltenham Science Festival
The Royal Academy of Engineering will be a first time principal partner |
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No threat to UK nuclear power as a result of Fukushima
According to BBC News science and environment, chief inspector Mike Weightman |
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Red dwarf star could be just right
According to a report from BBC news science and environment French |
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Maths summit sparks lively debate
Both the summit and the report have since become topics of lively discussion |
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Sports technology leaders meet at the Royal Academy of Engineering
In March 2011, the Royal Academy of Engineering hosted a one day conference |
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No more bitter aftertaste
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich have been researching this |
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Royal Society of Chemistry funding available |
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International Year of Chemistry
The IYC 2011 is a year long celebration of the achievements of chemistry and |
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Hidden Science iPhone app
The Science Council and Future Morph have created a new iPhone app which will |
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Superlab: Science communication training with a difference
The British Science Association will deliver a one day training course in |
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Third call for funding from from the Mathematical Sciences HE Curriculum Innovation fund
Full details are available from the Maths, Stats & OR network - or |
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Spectroscopy comes to Solihull
Run by the National HE STEM Programme's partner, the Royal Society of |
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UK government to launch international prize for engineering |
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