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18 teachers attended a three-day training course organised by the LAMAP Foundation (Fondation La main à la pâte set up by Georges Charpak in 1995)
CERN took part in "Élargis tes horizons" a conference to encourage girls to take up studies in the scientific and technical domains
Astronaut Tim Peake is on the International Space Station with a Timepix chip from the CERN@School project
Are you a student interested in working on advanced IT projects at CERN? Applications are now open for 2016’s CERN openlab Summer Student Programme.
Youngest person to receive grid certification uses computing power to analyse satellite data
CERN openlab and Intel jointly announced the winners of the Modern Code Developer Challenge at annual Intel HPC Developer Conference in November
Attend the new MOOC, "From particles to stars", organised by the Université Paris-Saclay.
Students from Mediterranean countries begin four month course to problem-solve societal issues
Show off your coding skills in the Intel Modern Code Developer Challenge 2015 for a chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime experience
This year 280 summer students from 83 different countries took part in the CERN summer student programme
The recent CERN Summer Student Webfest saw participants hack all weekend to produce a range of weird and wonderful science innovations
