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Year: 2021
Educating to belong: Policy and practice of mother-tongue instruction for migrant students in the Danish welfare state
Andersen, K (1979) Gæstearbejder, Udlænding, Indvandrer, Dansker! Migration Ttil Danmark Ii 1968-78. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandel. Google Scholar Bajqinca, N (2019) Mother tongue education – the interest of a nation. University of Gothenburg. Available at: https://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/2077/58232/2/gupea_2077_58232_2.pdf (accessed 18 January 2021). Google Scholar Bartlett, L, Vavrus, F (2017) Comparative case studies: An […]
MIT Future Founders Initiative announces prize competition to promote female entrepreneurs in biotech | MIT News
In a fitting sequel to its entrepreneurship “boot camp” educational lecture series last fall, the MIT Future Founders Initiative has announced the MIT Future Founders Prize Competition, supported by Northpond Ventures, and named the MIT faculty cohort that will participate in this year’s competition. The Future Founders Initiative was established […]
ESERO Greece takes off to boost STEM education in school
Agency 30/11/2021 670 views 13 likes In brief The European Space Education Resource Office (ESERO) in Greece was officially launched on 29 November 2021. ESERO Greece will be led by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and joins the growing network of ESA ESERO offices, currently operational in 19 other ESA […]
Applications open for the Online Technology Transfer, Application & Innovation Workshop 2022
Agency 29/11/2021 380 views 13 likes In brief Are you a highly motivated university student in engineering, science or business administration with a keen interest in technology and innovation? The ESA Education Office is looking for university students to participate in the Online edition of the ESA Academy’s Technology Transfer, […]
Drop in students who come to the US to study could affect higher education and jobs
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Driven largely by the global pandemic, the number of international students enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities fell by 15%—or 161,401 students—from 2019 to 2020. However, early data for 2021 indicate the number might bounce back soon. This is according to new data from the Institute […]
Spin Your Thesis! 2022 call for proposals is extended
Agency 26/11/2021 182 views 10 likes This gives interested teams a few more weeks to put their experiment or tech demo into a proposal. Soon after the selection the teams will participate in an online Gravity-Related Experiment Training Week (GRETW) to prepare them. The GRETW takes place during week four […]
European students and teachers talk live to ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer
Agency 26/11/2021 170 views 14 likes In brief On Wednesday 24 November teachers and students from Germany, Ireland and the Czech Republic had the opportunity to talk with German ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer who is currently onboard the International Space Station (ISS) for his Cosmic Kiss mission. In-depth Students of […]
Space lands in Swedish classrooms with ESERO Sweden
Agency 26/11/2021 196 views 15 likes In brief The Swedish European Space Education Resource Office (ESERO) was officially launched yesterday, 25 November 2021. ESERO Sweden, hosted at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, joins ESA’s growing network of ESERO offices, already operational in 18 other ESA Member States. In-depth ESERO is […]
New opportunity for students to learn about spacecraft communications
Agency 26/11/2021 306 views 10 likes In brief ESA’s Education Office is looking for university engineering students who would like to be introduced to the fascinating world of spacecraft communications. The Ladybird Guide to Spacecraft Communications Training Course 2022 will be held as an online training course from the 21st of February to […]
How I built a virtual reality for my students, and what I’ve learned along the way
Students can enter 3D spheres representing university’s three campuses in UK, China and Malaysia. Author provided We’ve been hearing a lot recently about the metaverse—a vision for the internet which uses technology like virtual and augmented reality to integrate real and digital worlds. With Facebook changing its name to Meta […]