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The 9th International Masterclasses in particle physics kicked off today, linking high school students around the world by video-conference
The 'inverted' School of Computing (iCSC) at CERN from 25 to 26 February 2013 will allow former students to take a turn at lecturing
Applications to the 2013 school, which will be held in Hungary, are open until 22 February
The International School of Trigger and Data Acquisition will take place in Thessaloniki, Greece in February 2013
The First International School on Laser Applications at Accelerators at GANIL in France brought together laser- and accelerator physicists
The first Asia-Europe-Pacific School of High Energy Physics started up today in Fukuoka, Japan
The 2013 CERN-Latin-American School of High-Energy Physics (CLASHEP) is now open for applications
The African School of Physics was held in Ghana this summer, where lecturers from CERN shared their expertise with 50 motivated students
