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• Reflecting on the Science Undergraduate Research Conference (SURC 2023)

  

  Conferences offer opportunities for scientists to share their work, get feedback for it, and find new avenues of exploration. The Science Undergraduate Research Conference (SURC) hosted by Azim Premji University in December 2023 offered this experience to undergraduate students from across India pursuing science research. In this article, one of the organisers of the conference shares how students at this stage of education can benefit from such events.

  Posted on Feb 19, 2024 in Science, Undergraduate, Research & Education

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• Navigating short research trips in Germany

  

  The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) offers multiple funding schemes encouraging Indians across career stages to sojourn in Germany for internships, research projects, and networking. In this article, Manasvi CM highlights the salient features of these programs and their deadlines.
  

  Posted on Oct 18, 2021 in Career Development, Funding & Undergraduate

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• Igniting young minds–BaSIC-II 2018

  

  A report of an education camp conducted by the Delhi University in association with the Indian National Science Academy and the Association of Microbiologists of India for the students of a government school in rural Himachal Pradesh.

  Posted on May 01, 2018 in Teaching, Undergraduate & Research

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• How questions types reveal student thinking

  

  
  

  Authors of a recent study published in the journal CBE-Life Sciences Education argue that when evaluating students, it isn't a matter of ‘asking the right questions’; instead, the challenge lies in asking questions the right way.

  Posted on Sep 05, 2017 in Teaching & Undergraduate

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• Symposium on “Teaching of Sciences in Higher Education”: a report

  

  Highlights from the two-day symposium on higher education-related issues organised by Department of Physics, Bangalore University on 27-28 May 2016.

  Posted on Jun 29, 2016 in Teaching & Undergraduate

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