European Antibiotic Awareness Day Competition 2013

Have you got an innovative approach to teaching? Would you like to share this with others?

If so, then why not take part in the e-Bug competition to support European Antibiotic Awareness Day?

To enter, send us a video recording, YouTube link or written lesson plan with photos of how you inform your students about antibiotics, to e-bug@phe.gov.uk>.

There are great prizes on offer for the winning teacher and for their school, so get your thinking caps on as the deadline for entries is July 26th.

Visit  http://www.e-bug.eu/games_home.aspx?cc=eng&ss=1&t=e-Bug%20Games for more information.

Claire

Claire Joyner

e-bug Project Assistant

Public Health England | Primary Care Unit | Microbiology Department | Gloucester Royal Hospital | Great Western Road | Gloucester | GL1 3NN

e-mail:  claire.joyner@phe.gov.uk

Tel:         0300 422 5067

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Free school places at Science Museum Live show

Free tickets for schools to Science Museum Live show

The Science Museum is offering 300 free places for schools to the brand new theatre production, The Energy Show. See bubbles set alight to create fireballs, liquid nitrogen exploding underwater and hydrogen rockets fired into the audience. It’s the perfect end-of-term trip for KS2 and KS3. Free tickets are allocated on a first-come-first-serve basis (up to 60 places per school). To book your school visit call 020 7942 4750. The show is also running across the summer holidays for a great family day out.

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Free online astronomy course

This may be of use to people with an interest in astronomy:-

In an exciting initiative, Curtin University invites you and your students to join us in our first free online study subject.

Titled Discovering the Universe through Science and Technology, the subject focuses on astronomy and will explore topics such as the evolution of the universe, the future of astronomy and the role technology plays in new discoveries.

The subject can be used as a unique teaching tool to get your students excited about science. Students will benefit from innovative features such as the use of a night sky simulation, and learn from scientists involved in the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project, a multibillion-dollar development that will build the most powerful radio telescope in history.

Discovering the Universe through Science and Technology will be delivered through the Open Universities Australia platform Open2Study and runs for four weeks from 1 July. Enrolments are now open.

The subject requires two to four hours of study per week, and a basic understanding of mathematics is desirable. Students who successfully complete the subject will receive a certificate of achievement they can use to demonstrate their interest in and passion for science.

To enrol or to find out further details about the subject and its modules, go here https://www.open2study.com/subjects/astronomy-discovering-the-universe-through-science-and-technology

OU/RCN competition£5000 course fees for nursing/healthcare CPD

If you're training for a career in Nursing/healthcae - hi competition may be worh entering...

Win Open University modules worth up to £5,000 to support your professional development in nursing and healthcare
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Working in partnership with the Royal College of Nursing, the OU is offering an opportunity for nurses and healthcare support staff to win sponsorship for OU study up to the value of £5,000. 

Funding will enable the competition winner to study part-time towards an OU qualification in nursing or healthcare or individual modules for continuing professional development.

Who can enter?Anyone who is a registered nurse or member of healthcare support staff working in the UK can enter:

• Healthcare support workers/healthcare assistants
• Registered nurses
• Senior practitioners, healthcare leaders and managers

What's the prize?
The prize is 120 credits of fully funded undergraduate or postgraduate study with the OU in England (equivalent to one year’s full-time study) and will fund more than 120 credits of study if the winner is based in Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales. The winner can study their chosen course part-time, flexibly over two years – studying with the OU means you won’t have to give up your current role or take significant time out of work.

Find out full details and how to enter.  Closing date for entries is Friday 5th July 2013