http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/news/%2A All news posted on the Faulkes Telescope website en http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/news/2480 <p><img src="http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/files/faulkes-telescope.com/sroberts/iPhone 005.jpg" title="iPhone 005.jpg" alt="iPhone 005.jpg" height="160" width="214" class="asset-align-left"/>On 3rd February, the FT team were invited to Queens University, Belfast, to train their PGCE students on using astronomy resources in the classroom.</p> <p>Organised by Rob Hill from the Northern Ireland Space Office, and Dr Ruth Jarman from the School of Education in Queens,  the day-long workshop consisted of a number of hands-on sessions and talks aimed at enthusing students in STEM subjects. </p> <p><a href="http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/news/2480">read more</a></p> Education News Events Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:03:35 -0600 sroberts 2480 at http://www.faulkes-telescope.com http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/news/2479 <p><img src="http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/files/faulkes-telescope.com/sroberts/Team.jpg" title="Team.jpg" alt="Team.jpg" height="118" width="158" class="asset-align-left"/>On Thursday 26th January, schools from across Europe joined forces to observe an asteroid zipping through our Solar System. </p> <p>The schools from the UK, Ireland, Poland, Portugal and France are part of a Comenius-funded project, which consists of students from all the schools involved working together on Faulkes Telescope data to investigate asteroids. </p> <p><a href="http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/news/2479">read more</a></p> Education News Events Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:06:02 -0600 sroberts 2479 at http://www.faulkes-telescope.com http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/news/2476 <p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><br /> <w:WordDocument><br /> <w:View>Normal</w:View><br /> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom><br /> <w:PunctuationKerning/><br /> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/><br /> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid><br /> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent><br /> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText><br /> <w:Compatibility><br /> <w:BreakWrappedTables/><br /> <w:SnapToGridInCell/><br /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/><br /> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/><br /> <w:DontGrowAutofit/><br /> </w:Compatibility><br /> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel><br /> </w:WordDocument></p> <p><a href="http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/news/2476">read more</a></p> Events Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:55:35 -0600 flewis 2476 at http://www.faulkes-telescope.com http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/news/2475 <p><img src="http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/files/faulkes-telescope.com/sroberts/blue_peter.jpg" title="blue_peter.jpg" alt="blue_peter.jpg" height="109" width="100" class="asset-align-left"/>As part of the BBC Stargazing Live series this week, CBBC's Blue Peter paid a visit to the Faulkes Telescope project to chat to school student Hannah Blyth about the exciting research that she carried out as part of her work experience placement last summer. </p> <p><a href="http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/news/2475">read more</a></p> Education News Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:30:12 -0600 sroberts 2475 at http://www.faulkes-telescope.com http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/news/2474 <p>The BBC Stargazing Live series, presented by Prof. Brian Cox and comedian Dara O Briain, was launched on Saturday 14th January with a series of events taking place at the BBC Big Screens located around the UK, with FT North taking centre stage. <p><img src="http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/files/faulkes-telescope.com/atripp/Paul Stargazing.jpg" title="Paul Stargazing.jpg" alt="Paul Stargazing.jpg" height="160" width="285" class="asset-align-left"/></p> <p>Image: The BBC Big screen in Cardiff shows the presenters locked away in their studio in Ealing.</p> <p><a href="http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/news/2474">read more</a></p> Project News Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:17:54 -0600 atripp 2474 at http://www.faulkes-telescope.com http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/news/2429 <p><img src="http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/files/faulkes-telescope.com/sroberts/single_logo_Discover the Cosmos.jpg" title="single_logo_Discover the Cosmos.jpg" alt="single_logo_Discover the Cosmos.jpg" height="120" width="191" class="asset-align-left"/>The first DISCOVER THE COSMOS Summer School will take place this July in Crete, Greece (1-6/7/2012) .</p> <p>The course's objective is to enhance science education by presenting the fabric of the cosmos as was shaped by scientific evidence and explanations through 400 years of scientific advancement.</p> <p><a href="http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/news/2429">read more</a></p> Education News Events Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:54:30 -0600 sroberts 2429 at http://www.faulkes-telescope.com http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/news/2428 <p><img src="http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/files/faulkes-telescope.com/sroberts/ngc2362.jpg" title="ngc2362.jpg" alt="ngc2362.jpg" height="123" width="123" class="asset-align-left"/> <p>On 16th December, the Faulkes team were invited to lead a workshop at the Institute of Physics (IOP) Autumn Update meeting at the University of Cambridge. The meeting, aimed at secondary school Physics teachers, lasted the whole weekend, and the Faulkes team gave a 1.5 hour workshop based around free astronomical resources for use in the classroom.</p> <p><a href="http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/news/2428">read more</a></p> Education News Events Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:31:05 -0600 sroberts 2428 at http://www.faulkes-telescope.com http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/news/2426 <p>The Faulkes Telescope Project and National Schools’ Observatory, working with Careers Wales North West, are pleased to announce that they are running a training workshop (aimed at secondary school educators) in Bangor University on 20th January 2012. The workshop is supported by funds from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and is free to attend, and is accredited by the international Galileo Teacher Training Programme (GTTP). </p> <p><a href="http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/news/2426">read more</a></p> Education News Events Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:08:38 -0600 sroberts 2426 at http://www.faulkes-telescope.com http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/news/2425 <p>On December 9th, the Faulkes Telescope Project team held a successful teacher training workshop at the National Space Centre (NSC) in Leicester. The workshop, attended by 18 teachers from across the UK aimed to introduce secondary school teachers to using freely available robotic telescopes and astronomical reosurces in the classroom. </p> <p><a href="http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/news/2425">read more</a></p> Education News Events Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:11:03 -0600 sroberts 2425 at http://www.faulkes-telescope.com http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/news/2417 <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Calibri"></font></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/news/2417">read more</a></p> Education News Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:41:29 -0500 editor 2417 at http://www.faulkes-telescope.com