Science Education & Policy

Women in Science (Physics) – a view from Education

I sent the Professor Meg Urry interview to a colleague who is quite high-up in graduate teacher training. Here is his reply. We do have a lot of evidence about student motivation and about their view about the Nature of Science (Physics). What is disappoin ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Oct 22 2008 - 11:04pm

Singapore's Senior Trade Minister To Keynote Platts Top 250 Global Energy Companies Rankings And Asia Leadership Awards Dinner

SINGAPORE, August 27 /PRNewswire/--- Singapore's Iswaran to Highlight Asia-Pacific's Rising Energy Role at October 20 Gathering of Energy Company Executives Singapore's top official for trade and industry, S. Iswaran, is slated to keynote t ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 27 2008 - 3:30pm

First Regional University For Women In Asia Hosts Inaugural Symposium On Women's Economics, Women's Right To Leadership

DHAKA, Bangladesh, August 28 /PRNewswire/--- Radisson Hotel, Dhaka, October 17, 2008 9:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. The inauguration of a new university chartered to grant degrees to underserved women in Asia will be celebrated at a Symposium in Dhaka, Bangladesh, O ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 27 2008 - 7:30pm

Get Answers To The Burning Questions About Women's Health

LONDON, August 28 /PRNewswire/-- Vagisil(R) are delighted to invite you to The WoW Show- a one-day event, run by Wellbeing of Women, focusing on women's gynaecological health issues at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Bringing t ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 28 2008 - 2:33am

High Impact Activities Like Jumping Good For Kid Bones (And They Will Lose Weight Too)

High impact activities such as jumping and skipping that can easily be incorporated into warm-ups before sports and physical education classes, have been shown to benefit bone health in adolescents. The 10 minute school-based intervention, provided twice a ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 28 2008 - 1:25pm

Video Games Move From The Family Room To The Locker Room

It sounds like a sales job from a 12 year old; "Actually, Dad, this is not just another video game. Its a virtual, scenario-based microcosm of real world experiences that will enhance my decision-making abilities and my cognitive perceptions of the c ...

Article - Dan Peterson - Aug 28 2008 - 5:00pm

CyberTech Announces Appointment Of New CEO

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, August 29 /PRNewswire/--- Former CEO of NEC Philips Unified Solutions Joins CyberTech, one of the Fastest Growing Suppliers of Voice Recording and Quality Monitoring Solutions Globally CyberTech International has today announce ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 29 2008 - 8:33am

MYA Makes Big Brother Stars Amazing!

LEEDS, England, August 29 /PRNewswire/--- MYA Cosmetic Surgery Seems to be the Provider of Choice for Recent Big Brother Stars but the big Question is who Will be Next? Months of constant cameras, mirrors all around and being on national television for an ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 29 2008 - 12:33pm

SunGard's AvantGard Accredited With Multiple Industry Awards

LONDON, August 29 /PRNewswire/--- AvantGard Wins Recognition for Liquidity, Risk and Treasury Management SunGard's AvantGard (http://www.sungard.com), which provides cash management solutions for treasury, payments and receivables to corporations and ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 29 2008 - 12:33pm

Chemistry chief stamps on exam eggshells

Here is a somewhat provocative article by the Chief Exec of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Have a read, and please tell me what you think. (For non-UK readers, GCSEs are taken at the end of year 11, after which one is allowed to leave school. ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Oct 22 2008 - 11:03pm