In the photo from left to right: Director prof. Maija Aksela, StarT international project manager Anette Markula, Chair of the board prof. Jan Lundell, StarT national project manager Outi Haatainen. Photo: IPN.
We are proud to announce that the StarT programme has been awarded in an international competition that seeks best practices for education and working life collaboration!
StarT is a science education programme by the LUMA Centre Finland and it has now been granted the Global Best Awards 2018 as Europe’s best programme bridging the gap between working life and STEM education at schools. The award ceremony took place in Houston, Texas at the International Partnership Network (IPN) conference. The IPN is an international education and working life partnership network.
The Global Best Awards 2018 winners were chosen around the world in six categories, and StarT was awarded as Europe’s best in the STEM (”Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics”) category. The award was also granted to the Norwegian “Girls and Technology” project. The criteria for the award was that the winner engages young people to STEM related careers and improves their employability in these fields.
StarT is an international and collaborative education initiative in which everyone learns together through interdisciplinary project-based learning. StarT supports children and youngsters and teachers with their science, technology and mathematics projects on all levels of education internationally.
The Director of the LUMA Centre Finland, professor Maija Aksela from the University of Helsinki considers the prize as a remarkable recognition for Finnish science education.
– This international award is a fantastic recognition for the LUMA Centre Finland – a network of 11 universities – for our collaborative and international operational culture. In our initiatives the newest findings from research are creatively transformed into initiatives that benefit children and youngsters, the stars of the future. In StarT we learn from each other through different cultures and create together a better world, Aksela says.
LUMA Centre Finland launched the StarT programme together with their partners in honour of Finland’s centenary in 2016 with the President of Finland, Sauli Niinistö as the official patron of the programme. Annually over 50 cooperation partners of LUMA Centre Finland have contributed to the programme. The signing up for this year’s StarT is now open on StarT’s webpage. Since 2016 the StarT participants have been from over 40 countries around the world.
We want to thank all our collaboration partners and participants!
More photos from the conference
More information:
Director, professor Maija Aksela, LUMA Centre Finland / University of Helsinki
Phone: +358 50 514 1450
Email: maija.aksela@helsinki.fi
Twitter: @akselamk
StarT international project manager, Anette Markula
Phone: +358 50 311 80 15
Email: anette.markula@helsinki.fi
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