STEM Initiatives
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LabXchange
Made possible by Harvard University and the Amgen Foundation, LabXchange is a free, online community for learning, sharing, and collaboration. Labs are places of exploration and discovery for every field imaginable.
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VETtLIS (VET teachers as learners in the industry sector)
VETtLIS was a project supporting vocational teachers placement scheme in the industry through establishing partnerships between national education and business organisations in Montenegro. The objective was to provide teachers with the necessary knowledge and skills which they can contribute to the curriculum and therefore prepare students for the working environment.
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Teach First Internship Programme
Teach First is a charity working towards equal and fair education in UK (England and Wales). Through the graduate scheme, Teach First finds and trains talented people to become teachers and sends them to schools when the need is greatest.
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TPA - Total Professeurs Associés
Total Professeurs Associés is an association which consists of Total Group working or retired employees, called member professors, who lecture in their field of expertise. Their objective is to connect oil industry and academic circles by providing technical and business-related courses.
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The Amgen Biotech Experience (ABE)
The Amgen Biotech Experience (ABE) is an international, innovative science education program with the goal to encourage teachers to introduce biotechnology in their classrooms. The program involves 90,000 students and 1,500 science teachers yearly.
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Scientific Adventures for Girls (SAfG)
Scientific Adventures for Girls is a non-profit organisation which provides after school STEM programs to children turning 5 years old, with a special focus on girls and underserved youth. All the programs aim to increase positive attitudes toward STEM, offer hands-on learning opportunities and encourage lifelong learning of STEM subjects.
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The DiscoverE
The DiscoverE, formerly the National Engineers Week Foundation, is a collaborative initiative which unites and supports the communities of technology volunteers. DiscoverE, together with over 100 organizations, aims to promote and strengthen the engineering profession through outreach, education, celebration and volunteerism.
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STEM Teacher Academy
The program by the Dutch national STEM platform enables science subjects teachers to continue their professional development and stay up-to-date with technological changes which could be used to improve the content of STEM courses and the way science subjects are taught in schools.
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mSchools
mSchools is an educational programme of Mobile World Capital Barcelona, in partnership with Generalitat of Catalonia, Barcelona City Hall and GSMA, which includes numerous diverse initiatives oriented towards mobile education.
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Professeurs en Entreprise
The Professeurs en entreprise initiative organises half- to one-day visits in R&D (Research and Innovation) companies or research centres. They are intended for teachers and other key professionals in school education such as inspectors (IEN and IA-IPR), heads of schools, STEM counsellors (CAST) or innovation counsellors (CARDIE), pedagogical advisors and representatives of the Ministry of Education. These visits always take place in one week during the school year and they aim to create time for exchanges between professionals in education and in R&D departments and centres of industry or businesses.
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