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                        <title><![CDATA[World Maths Day 2012 - registration now open!]]></title>
                        <link>http://www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk/news/world-maths-day-2012---registration-now-open</link>
                        <description><![CDATA[7 March 2012 is World Maths Day, part of the World Education Games: the website is live, and registration is now open. This year, the event has expanded further to include World Science Day (8 March) for the first time, as well as World Spelling Day (6 March).

You can start practising as soon as you have registered but remember, all points will be refreshed ready for the start of World Maths Day on 7 March 2012.

Register online to take part in real-time mental arithmetic challenges and play&hellip;]]></description>
                        <pubDate>02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[The new Excellence Gateway]]></title>
                        <link>http://www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk/news/the-new-excellence-gateway</link>
                        <description><![CDATA[As a result of consultations with a whole range of people working across the FE and skills sector, LSIS (the Learning and Skills Improvement Service) have refreshed the Excellence Gateway.  The new site is faster, simpler, more effective with redesigned navigation and improved search technology. These innovations, together with a sleeker look and feel, have enabled the team at LSIS to develop a site that is fit for the future.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[New Challenges New Chances - Further Education and Skills System Reform Plan: Building a World Class Skills System]]></title>
                        <link>http://www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk/news/new-challenges-new-chances---further-education-and-skills-system-reform-plan-building-a-world-class-skills-system</link>
                        <description><![CDATA[In 2010 the Government set out the vision for skills and how the Further Education (FE) and Skills System would need to reform. The vision brings together the necessity for businesses to continue to invest in training and skills of their workforce while recognising several key areas will continue to need government support. 

New Challenges New Chances was published on 1 December 2011 and sets out what the Government will financially support and the programme of work required to take forward the&hellip;]]></description>
                        <pubDate>31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Vision for science and mathematics education 5–19]]></title>
                        <link>http://www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk/news/vision-for-science-and-mathematics-education-519</link>
                        <description><![CDATA[The Royal Society has formally launched its new project &ldquo;Vision for science and mathematics education 5-19&rdquo;. The project has identified and will focus on five specific areas that are seen as essential components of a high-performing school and college science and mathematics education system:]]></description>
                        <pubDate>31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Partnership Grants]]></title>
                        <link>http://www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk/news/partnership-grants</link>
                        <description><![CDATA[The Royal Society&rsquo;s Partnership Grants scheme is now open. Schools can apply for up to &pound;3000 to work with scientists and engineers on creative investigations that inspire students with the excitement and wonder of cutting-edge science or engineering research. 

Funds are available for projects working with students aged between 5-18, as long as the project involves a UK school or college, and a practising scientist or engineer. The next round for applications closes on 24 February 2012. 

For more details about eligibility criteria and to find out how to click here]]></description>
                        <pubDate>31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[MathsWorldUK - Mathematics, looking for a good home]]></title>
                        <link>http://www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk/news/mathsworlduk---mathematics-looking-for-a-good-home</link>
                        <description><![CDATA[Mathematicians have launched an ambitious campaign to raise the profile of their discipline, by opening a museum of maths in the UK. Geoff Wain, who is leading the initiative, points out that every other subject has a variety of cultural and educational hubs for people to visit, so why not maths?

Ideas have been discussed for the museum, which is currently known as MathsWorldUK. So far, the plan is to have a number of zones covering topics such as numbers, shape and space, chance and infinity.&hellip;]]></description>
                        <pubDate>30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Wellcome Trust and Cambridge University Press work together to secure the future of 'Medical History']]></title>
                        <link>http://www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk/news/wellcome-trust-and-cambridge-university-press-work-together-to-secure-the-future-of-medical-history</link>
                        <description><![CDATA[Cambridge University Press has announced that it will publish the leading journal &lsquo;Medical History&rsquo; from January 2012. &lsquo;Medical History&rsquo;, an international journal for the history of medicine and related sciences, is embarking on an exciting new journey with Cambridge Journals.

Read more]]></description>
                        <pubDate>30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[CITB-ConstructionSkills piloting crest award in support of York scheme]]></title>
                        <link>http://www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk/news/citb-constructionskills-piloting-crest-award-in-support-of-york-scheme</link>
                        <description><![CDATA[CITB-ConstructionSkills, the Sector Skills Council and Industry Training Board for the construction industry, has signed up to run a pilot project for the CREST Award scheme for its Sustainable Communities Activity with Huntington School in York. 

The CREST Award Scheme, run by the British Science Association, is a project-based awards scheme for the STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths), which aims to bring the curriculum to life for students. 

In a pilot of the scheme,&hellip;]]></description>
                        <pubDate>27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[National STEM Centre Open Days]]></title>
                        <link>http://www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk/news/national-stem-centre-open-days-2</link>
                        <description><![CDATA[You are warmly invited to visit the National STEM Centre during our forthcoming Open Days: 
Tuesday 14 February 10.45am - 1.30pm (includes buffet lunch) 
Thursday 23 February 10.45am - 1.30pm (includes buffet lunch) 

National STEM Centre. University of York, York YO10 5DD

These events offer the opportunity to meet National STEM Centre staff, explore thousands of teaching resources, and view the wider facilities on offer teachers, schools and colleges.

The STEM Centre can support your teaching&hellip;]]></description>
                        <pubDate>25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Alan Turing Centenary Cryptography Competition]]></title>
                        <link>http://www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk/news/alan-turing-centenary-cryptography-competition</link>
                        <description><![CDATA[The Alan Turing Centenary Cryptography Competition is a cryptography competition aimed at school children in Years 7-11 to celebrate his centenary. It is organised by the School of Mathematics at the University of Manchester.

If you know someone who is interested in learning a about cryptography, cracking some nice puzzles and taking part in an exciting competition with some great prizes to be won, then read more]]></description>
                        <pubDate>24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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