News
Swiss Nano-Cube wins „Best of 2012“ Award
20.04.12 / Award
The platform „Swiss Nano-Cube“, the Swiss portal on nanotechnology for vocational and grammar school, was awarded a „Best of 2012“ certificate in the category "e-learning" within the Innovation Prize IT 2012. It aims at awaking interest for technological and natural scientific topics among youth.
Join the Olympic Museum at Google's
10.04.12 / Educational website / Exposition
The Olympic Museum in Lausanne has become first partner of the Google Art Project in Switzerland. On your virtual tour around the museum you may enquire by mouse click on details like owner, artist, production date, etc. of one of the more than hundred works of art.
Universities extend global reach
27.03.12 / Higher education / Educational politics
Swiss universities turn to foreign campuses to expand the scope of their research activities. Even though it’s in the context of international collaboration, financial incentives offered by foreign governments and prestigious research institutions play a major role in this development.
Job hunting in Switzerland?
05.01.12 / Job offer
Are you a teacher, job hunting in Switzerland? In that case have a look a tour freshly re-designed job portal for Swiss teachers and those wanting to work in our country. It is directed at teachers on all school levels and its data base is regularly updated by the cantonal institutions.
Agenda
Swiss Energy and Climate Summit
12.09.12 - 14.09.12 / Bern, Bundesplatz
The aim of the SwissECS is to inform the population on climate and energy issues in Switzerland. The three-day Energy & Climate Summit will take place on the Swiss Federal Square in Berne. One of its centres of interest is the awareness of young people about climate protection.
Event languages: German
School Grades: Indipendent of levels
International networking conference 2012
14.09.12 - 14.09.12 / Priora Business Center, Balz-Zimmermann-Strasse 7, 8302 Zürich-Kloten
Under the motto “Guidance in the context of internationalisation” the conference offers to education and careers advisors the opportunity to get impulses from experts, to share ideas and network with colleagues from around Europe in interactive workshops. The participation is free of charge.
Event languages: German, French, English
School Grades: Others vocational schools, 3rd cycle (7th to 9th school year), Post-compulsory schools
Application deadline: 31.07.12
Swiss Learning Festival
14.09.12 - 15.09.12 / national event
The Swiss national Awareness Campaign for Life Long Learning brings a new learning experience to the people. Committed people join forces with education providers. For 24 hours the Learning Festival focuses on educational networking. For your info on the regional events watch the pages in the national languages.
Event languages: German, French, Italian
School Grades: Indipendent of levels
