... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Skills shortages Economic growth Science Technology Skills Europe Skill shortages put prosperity at risk Keywords: Skills shortages, Economic growth, Science,Technology, Skills, Europe Europe's prosperity is at risk if its supply...

... Teenagers are missing out on essential classroom discussion about the social and ethical impact of scientific developments such as the sequencing on the human genome and stem-cell research, says a report. Valuable Lessons: Engaging with the Social Context of Science in Schools...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Students Science Technology Engineering Work Experience Foreign placements for science, technology and engineering undergraduates Keywords: Students,Science, Technology, Engineering, Work, Experience Science, technology and engineering...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Information technology Skills Technology Science Technical skills alone are not enough, says report Keywords: Information technology, Skills,Technology, Science While the dot-com meltdown has dented prospects, IT graduates can still find...

... and technological achievements in the areas of: aid for the disabled; desertification and drought; mathematical modelling for social and economic sciences; or new medicines from natural sources. Further information is available from: Archimedes Prize, Directorate-General for Research, European...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Training Science Students Keywords Training, Science, Students Young European scientists are being given the opportunity to receive high-quality training abroad in an international research project. The first research training networks...

... acceptable. This is because of an increasing awareness among academics that means must be found of stretching university budgets without impoverishing the quality of science education. In a sense, early CAL systems have been their own worst enemy. Constrained by the processing speeds and computer memory...

... and attitudes necessary for successful practice in this area. Reports a project which involved science student teachers as the professional links between a large industrial company and a family of schools. Describes how they supported the class teachers in developing industrial themes within the curriculum...

... the attitudes of the British middle class towards science, industry and technology and to release the considerable potential of the talented but often underdeveloped non‐academic classes. Ends with a description of some of the initiatives developed by Ford Education Liaison Department to assist schools...

...Andrea Spurling Presents the results of qualitative research conducted in six British companies during 1991‐92; all of which are major employers of science and engineering graduates. Draws on experiences of managers of graduate recruits and presents material taken from interviews by way...

...Ian Abbott A comparison from the author′s recent visits to a High School for Science and Technology situated in a prosperous area with low level of unemployment in the USA, and a City Technology College in an area of high unemployment and social deprivation in England. The respective methods...