On November 11th, the second presentation of the new edition of "Science in the Classroom" was held at the Spanish Institute Vicente Cañada Blanch in London. Araceli Pérez Sanz, researcher at the London Natural History Museum visited 14-18 years-old students to tell them about her life experience and her career as a researcher
Science in the classroom
The 2nd edition of “Science in the Classroom” returned to the Spanish School Vicente Cañada Blanch in London on the 17th October with the first session of this academic year. Dr José Luis Ruizalba, Senior Lecturer in Marketing in The Claude Littner Business School of the University of West London, visited 14-18 years-old students to tell them about his career, his research projects in business marketing and, specially, about the keys to be successful in your job.
Last 6th June, Prof Paloma García-Bellido, Professor in Spanish Linguistics of the University of Oxford, visited students from the Instituto Español Vicente Cañada Blanch in London in the seventh and last session of the programme “Science in the Classroom” for this academic year.
How much has the development of new materials influenced the history of humankind? What is the process of materials manufacturing? What advantages and disadvantages have the use of nuclear energy? The Industrial Engineer Miguel García López-Astilleros from Nuclear AMRC of the University of Sheffield visited students from the Spanish School Vicente Cañada Blanch in London in the sixth edition of “Science in the Classroom” to solve these and other questions.
Does the sea hide the future of “green fuel”? Why are microalgae so important to counteract the climatic change? These and other questions were addressed during the fifth session of “Science in the Classroom” on 14th April 2016.
The Industrial Engineer and Software Testing Manager in the British communications company Metaswitch, Ernesto Abad, visited the Spanish School Vicente Cañada Blanch in London on 2nd March 2016.
On the 8th February 2016, Mathematician Francisco A. González Redondo and Lecturer of History of Science in the Universidad Complutense de Madrid visited 14-18 years-old students in the Spanish School Vicente Cañada Blanch.
Last 25th January 2016, the bioengineer Ana Mercedes Campos Marín of the University of Sheffield visited 14-18 years-old students in the Spanish School Vicente Cañada Blanch in London, as part of the second session of “Science in the Classroom”.
Last 14th December 2015, the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) and the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs of the Spanish Embassy in London, launched their programme “Science in the Classroom”, by which a scientist or an engineer per month will visit 14-18 years-old students in the Spanish School Vicente Cañada Blanch in London.
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