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After passing the pilot phase, the new programme will now open up to five more countries
Heather Wark, University of Liverpool, joined the High-School Students and Teachers Programme when she was 17, now she returns the opportunity
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For the 25th consecutive year, Swedish physics teachers have participated in a programme of lectures and visits at CERN
The first High-School Students Internship Programme at CERN was launched in May 2017
CERN will offer two residential programmes for high school physics teachers
For the second time, CERN’s Diversity Office facilitated a working group on gender inclusive teaching as part of their High School Teacher Programme
This year marks the 10,000th teacher to visit CERN since its first teacher programme in 1998
Students and teachers from the Middle East invited to CERN to explore opportunities that arise from international collaboration in science
Teachers from the Middle East are working together at CERN’s High School Teachers Training Programme to produce lessons about SESAME
High-school physics teacher Andreas Valadakis and his class of Greek students visit CERN
Belgian high-school students team up with a Dutch comic-book artist to create a comic about the fascinating world of subatomic particles