QUALITY EDUCATION

A commitment to training and scientific vocation, both now and in the future

Expanding the scope of the Recerca en Societat (RESSÒ) programme

Continue to promote scientific vocations and scientific culture among citizens.

Related actions:

  • Gain visibility and recognition for the RESSÒ (Recerca en Societat) programme, submitting it for prizes and awards and participating in events, congresses and meetings.
  • Obtain additional funds that contribute to the economic sustainability of the programme and strengthen public-private collaboration.
  • Open the programme to new audiences and promote new projects that foster a critical spirit, scientific culture and confidence in research.
  • Continue to awaken an interest in scientific careers among young people.
Sustainability and basic research

Include environmental and social sustainability in science dissemination activities.

Related actions:

  • Inspire the community and capitalise on senior scientific talent who leave active working life to collaborate with the PCB-UB. Leverage knowledge in PCB actions.
  • Develop and disseminate a manual of good environmental practices for an educational laboratory. Offer this manual as a teaching resource for teachers and schools.
  • Promotion of scientific careers: Workshops and activities aimed at primary and secondary school students through the RESSÒ (Recerca en Societat) programme to bring science closer to citizens.
  • Promotion of careers in science among upper secondary school students through the BATX2LAB programme, which puts students preparing their upper secondary research project in direct contact with research staff.
  • Annual participation in the Fira Recerca en Directe and the Festa de la Ciència de Barcelona as a way to communicate with the public regarding the scientific method and the research carried out in laboratories all over Catalonia.
  • Development of science teaching materials for use in schools and to encourage research from the classroom.
  • Sustainability training initiatives for the PCB Team.
  • Sustainability-driven initiatives to promote social cohesion and awareness.
  • The application of Bioethics to the activities and materials involved in the Research in Society (RESSÒ) programme.
  • Educational materials for the PCB’s youth science camps.
  • Raising awareness on sustainability among participants in the activities organised by the RESSÒ programme, which address issues that go further beyond climate change.