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News 24 April 2013
To promote the sharing of ideas, experiences, contacts, etc. several Ecsite LinkedIn groups have been created:
Traveling exhibitions: A place to discuss anything related to traveling exhibitions touring science centres and museums in Europe.
Social media: A group to discuss social media use and impact among science centres and museums.
Scicom Dreams: museums and science centres of the future: A group to share our wildest dreams for sciences centres and museums
**These three groups are sub-groups of the general Science centres and museums in Europe.
News 16 April 2013
Ecsite is helping Città della Scienza restart its activities by coordinating donations of exhibits. This is to facilitate Città’s accumulation of exhibit collections according to the hands-on tradition typical of science centres.
Attached below are step-by-step instructions on how to you can lend an exhibit to Città using the traveling exhibitions database for Europe, www.extrascience.eu.
Please read the instructions carefully as they will help make the loaning process smooth.
News 11 April 2013
Would you like to enhance your skillset in Science Communication by learning how to visualise complex concepts? Can you identify with making the best Chemistry education available totally free to hundreds of thousands of learners around the world? If so, apply for an internship with our non-profit Education programme “The Virtual School” [http://youtube.com/virtualschool].
Local/national conference
28 May 2013 - 30 May 2013
For 22 years now, the EBN Congress has attracted international decision-makers, business frontrunners, innovation centres, incubator managers, business analysts and angels, investors, policy-makers, academics and role model in their respective sectors. This year, the EBN Congress will be hosted by NORIBIC (with the support of Irish BICS and in association with Invest Northern Ireland), The Northern Ireland Business & Innovation Centre and EBN in Derry~Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
News 4 April 2013
Four weeks after arson destroyed Città della Scienza in Naples, Italy, an event was held 9 April 2013 at European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium, to raise awareness among institutions and opinion leaders and declare a desire to reconstruct Città. The proceedings were packed with people – many of whom traveled from Italy to show support for Città.
Vice-President of Ecsite, Brigitte Coutant, Universcience, Paris, spoke briefly at the event to show support for Città on behalf of Ecsite.
Workshop
30 November 2013 - 6 December 2013
Science Museum and School: A Cooperation to improve teaching, learning and discovery – European Training Course for Teachers and Museum Explainers, 9th Edition, Munich, Germany, 1-7 December 2013
The course aims to encourage the use of the museum as a teaching and learning resource in science education and to contribute to the enrichment of professional knowledge and expertise in using museums.
News 14 March 2013
The Ecsite network is eager to learn what’s next for Città della Scienza following the fire of 4 March 2013. Here, Anne-Marie Bruyas, head of International Relations, Fondazione IDIS-Città della Scienza, answers some important questions about the difficult present and hopes for the future.
News 20 February 2013
I’m a Scientist, Get me out of Here! has been running successfully in the UK since 2008 and more recently also in Ireland and Australia. There could be possibilities to bring this project to other locations. Here’s the contact information for any Ecsite members who may be interested in pursuing a collaboration with this project: http://imascientist.org.uk/help
This is the main idea behind the project:
I’m a Scientist, Get me out of Here! is an online event where school students get to meet and interact with scientists.
News 15 February 2013
Views, Opinions and Ideas of Citizens in Europe on Science (VOICES) is a one-year-long EU-funded project coordinated by Ecsite which has particularly innovative and challenging objectives.
News 29 January 2013
We want to see you at Modeling cities of scientific culture, Torino, Italy, 20-21 June 2013.
We will be welcoming all PLACES City Partnerships and regions, plus new participants who want cooperate with us in defining the city of scientific culture. New participants – a science communicator accompanied by a local-level policymaker – are invited to Torino to share their knowledge and also learn from the PLACES community. Find out more – and register online! – at www.openplaces.eu/conference
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