Learning in the Digital Age: Executive STEM Summit

Learning in the Digital Age: Executive STEM Summit

Leaders from academia, public policy, and the private sector gathered to discuss the future of learning at the Scientific American and Macmillan Science and Education Executive STEM Summit: Learning in the Digital Age. The goal of the summit, held on August 7 at the Google offices in New York City, was to go beyond the usual conversations on the need to reinvent the ways we teach and learn, and instead focus on the emerging technologies, groundbreaking initiatives and leading programs that have the best chance of revolutionizing education.  Read more

Warning! This will drive you mad – and you will love it!

Warning! This will drive you mad – and you will love it!

It’s not often we make such a claim at Nature Publishing Group, but we think that you will forgive us just this once. Scientific Reports (the open access journal) has just launched ‘Eye Sci’ and we’re positive you’ll be addicted to this exciting, intriguing and shamelessly frustrating challenge in no time at all.  Read more

Communities Happenings – a weekly round-up of NPG online news 19/7/13

Communities Happenings – a weekly round-up of NPG online news 19/7/13

Don’t forget that this year’s SpotOn London conference will take place on Friday 8th and Saturday 9th November. The theme is Impact – so if you have a suggestion that fits into this, please add it to the public google document – you’ve got until July 31st!  Read more