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On 31 March 2017 the submission period ended for the fourth Beamline for Schools competition
ATLAS PhD students publish dozens of outstanding theses every year. Since 2010, a few have been celebrated at the annual ATLAS Thesis Awards.
High school teachers are invited to apply now to visit S’Cool LAB between September 2017 and June 2018
The ATLAS PhD Grant gives students an opportunity to benefit from world-class research, supervision and training within the ATLAS collaboration
50 young people will create innovative startups that can help tackle global social needs around food and health issues
Are you passionate about science? Take part in the PACMAN video animation contest
22 places are available for high-school students fascinated by the tiniest parts of our universe to visit CERN for an educational summer camp
CERN openlab's Summer Student Programme is open to students studying at university with an interest in computer science
The first ever paper to come from research conducted as part of CERN’s Beamline for Schools competition, has been published in a scientific journal
S'cool Lab Summer Camp invites 16 to 19 year olds to spend 2 weeks exploring the fascinating world of particle physics at CERN
CERN will offer two residential programmes for high school physics teachers
The Technical University of Dortmund (Germany) is the first university to use ATLAS data in a lab course
