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19. September 2011 - 15. March 2012 / Zürich

Contest

The website competition for school classes is starting for the sixth time. SWITCH is looking for school classes from all over Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein who would like to explore the possibilities of the World Wide Web and design a website of their own, together with their teachers.

SWITCH Junior Web Award 2012

23. September 2011 / University Berne, Main building

Exposition

The University of Bern is the only Swiss institution hosting a «European Researchers’ Night» this year. More than 100 researchers of all disciplines are set to engage with the visitors at interesting presentations and experiments at more than 50 stands.

www.generalsekretariat.unibe.ch

30. June 2011 / Deadline: June 30, 2011

Contest

Young people up to 25 years of age are invited to participate in an essay contest on „My Story of Inspiration“. The essay shouldn't exceed 800 words, can be written in many languages and has to be submitted by June 30th, 2011.

www.goipeace.or.

30. September 2011 - 1. October 2011 / Biel

Conference

The conference "Science­Comm'11", under the heading of "Science for children and young people" for the first time unites all Swiss players in the area of science communication beyond the language borders. In forums strategies for science teaching will be discussed and best practice examples shown in workshops.

www.sciencecomm.ch

16. June 2011 - 17. June 2011 / University of Berne, Fabrikstrasse 6 (von Roll Areal)

Symposium

Together with the Forum Education Switzerland and the Swiss Foundation for Audiovisual Offers in Education, the Swiss Academies, in co-operation with the Swiss Society for Research in Education, invite to a discussion and an understanding regarding the further development of the Swiss educational system.

www.akademien-schweiz.ch (in German)

8. June 2011 - 10. June 2011 / UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

Conference

The EDUsummIT 2011 will take place from June 8-10 at UNESCO's Headquarters in Paris. The summit of ICT in Education will bring together 120 experts of all fields in education: teachers, educational researchers and policy makers.

www.unesco.org

21. May 2011 / Cantonal forests

Information event

In the context of the International Year of Forests the cantonal Youth Groups of Pro Natura Switzerland invites all children and young people from six years onwards to the first Open Doors Day of forests to a day of play and information in the forest. See for details in the program of your canton.

www.pronatura.ch/youth

31. March 2011 - 2. April 2011 / Budapest, Hungary

Conference

The annual eTwinning Conference and eTwinning Camp will take place for the first time together! In Budapest, Hungary, over 500 teachers and 120 pupils from 31 European countries will meet to celebrate, network and contribute towards further development of Europe's largest community of schools.

www.confcamp2011