EU-funded projects encourage taking up science and technology careers

The increasing demand for professionals in the fields of natural sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) require innovative ways to make education in these subjects more attractive to young people. On the International day of education REA is celebrating the achievements of four projects funded via the EU's Horizon 2020 programme that have managed to put them back on the list of career opportunities.

The SciChallenge project has launched a pan-European challenge on STEM topics to 10- 20 year old girls and boys using innovative digital techniques and social media. Read the full article and visit the project website.

The STEM4youth project is taking the hard sciences subjects back to the classroom, along with a dose of fun, to show teenagers that science can be sexy, and that it is central to many careers, from marketing analyst to ethics expert and zoologist. Read the full article and visit the project website.

Many children lose their natural curiosity for how things function and interrelate to each other along the way into their lives as young adults. The ER4STEM project helps turning curious young children into young adults passionate about science and technology with a hands-on use case: robotics. Find out more about the project and visit the project website.

The PERFORM project is encouraging engagement with science in secondary schools around Europe by using performing arts. Read the full article and visit the project website.

All four projects are managed by REA, as part of the Science with and for society programme that aims to build effective cooperation between science and society, recruit new talent for science and pair scientific excellence with social awareness and responsibility.