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Project Director and Lead Educator at ESA's Summer Teacher Workshop
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- Published on Tuesday, 03 September 2013
This August saw the 4th annual ESA Summer Workshop for Teacher's take place at ESTEC in the Netherlands, and once again the National Space Academy was there to challenge teachers to bring inspirational space science contexts into their classrooms.
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Lead Educator's View: Descent into Boulby Mine
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- Published on Wednesday, 07 August 2013
Boulby Underground Laboratory, an STFC facility, is featured today in a BBC article on how the research conducted there could provide insight into whether life could survive in the extreme environments "beyond the Earth". Earlier this year Lead Educator Ian Tippey joined a group of teachers for a visit to the mine where this and other research takes place. Here is Ian's account of his visit to Boulby Mine.
Conferences, Megaclasses, Space Camp and more - a busy summer term for the National Space Academy
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- Published on Friday, 02 August 2013
The summer term was a whirlwind of activity for the core team of the National Space Academy, with both Anu Ojha and Sophie Allan involved in teaching and presenting in the UK and Europe. Lead Educators continued to deliver inspiring masterclasses in their regions as well as at the National Space Centre. In addition to this the Academy presented and exhibited at the British Science Association's Science Communication Conference in London and the UK Space Conference in Glasgow, building stronger links with educators and industry.
Government gives go ahead for Space Studio School
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- Published on Wednesday, 10 April 2013
The National Space Academy and the National Space Centre are both set to be key partners with the Space Studio Banbury, one of 13 new Studio Schools to be announced today.
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Higher Apprenticeship for Space Engineering promoted by Science Minister
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- Published on Wednesday, 03 April 2013
The National Space Academy's colleagues at Loughborough College have produced a number of promotional videos for the new Higher Apprenticeship in Space Engineering. As well as focussing on current students on the post-16 Space Engineering course, the College have also produced a video in which the Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts, discusses the launch of the Higher Apprenticeship and its goals.
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We Are Aliens Teacher Resources Available Online
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- Published on Monday, 25 March 2013
We Are Aliens, the latest planetarium show produced by the National Space Centre's in house designers and animators at NSC Creative, was launched towards the end of 2012. Alongside the development of the show, NSC Creative worked with National Space Academy Lead Educators to develop classroom resources, including video clips of experiments, based around the science of We Are Aliens. These resources for physics, chemistry and biology are all available online.
Minister Helps Launch Higher Apprenticeship in Space Engineering
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- Published on Monday, 18 March 2013
Last Friday saw the official launch of the Higher Apprenticeship in Space Engineering, a framework developed by the National Space Academy in collaboration with Loughborough College and Leicester University. Science Minister David Willetts joined the first cohort of the Space Engineering post-16 course at RAL Space to talk to existing STFC apprentices and young people interested in joining the UK Space Sector through the apprenticeship pathway.
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ESA video shows Project Director's session at Summer Teacher Conference
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- Published on Tuesday, 05 March 2013
The European Space Agency (ESA)'s dedicated Education channel on Youtube has released a film highlighting one of the National Space Academy teacher masterclass held at ESA's space engineering technical centre (ESTEC – Holland) as part of ESA's 2012 Summer Teacher Conference.
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End of an Era at Academy HQ
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- Published on Friday, 22 February 2013
The National Space Academy is very sorry to say goodbye to Dr Sarah Hill as National Project Manager after nearly 5 years of dedicated employment. Sarah is leaving her Academy role to become a Regional Director with STEMNET, continuing her excellent career in STEM support. The role of National Manager will now be taken on by Dr Kierann Shah, formerly Regional Project Manager for the National Space Academy.
Lead Educator's View: Astronomy in Portugal
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- Published on Monday, 18 February 2013
Last year Caroline Molyneux, one of the National Space Academy Lead Educators, gained a place on an exciting European course. The following is her account of working with teachers from across Europe for one week last October.
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