DK-SNM-KU Passport Education and Training

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Description of main activities carried in communication and outreach with universities Is your Institution involved with Universities in any teaching / education programme? Could you please identify and briefly explain it? (if available, with links to the specific websites of the referred activities)

In collaboration with other Departments at the University of Copenhagen, the Natural History Museum of Denmark offers around 30 courses for bachelor-, master- and PhD-students. MSc and PhD courses are held in English. BSc course are either in Danish or English. The researchers at the Natural History Museum of Denmark also supervise bachelor-, masters- and other projects, and has a long tradition for educating PhD students.

Description of main activities carried in communication and outreach with non-universities Is your Institution involved in a non-University based Education Programme)? With other partners? (Please identify the programme(s) and the link(s) to the specific website(s))

Description of On-Line education courses Does your Institution give any On-Line education courses? Which ones? Since when? With other partners? Is it a regular programme?

The museum offers the course “Origins” on the free online learning platform Coursera. More than 30.000 students were enrolled in the first year, 2014.

Description of other activities carried in communication and outreach Any other relevant information on Education and / or Training specifically carried out by your Institution (e.g. guided tours, school programmes, other public education programmes)?

The museum’s Public Engagement section runs educational projects specifically targeted towards either primary, secondary or high school. One example is the Science on Wheels project where a van full of specimens from the museum’s collections is brought to high schools across the country as part of an outgoing educational effort focused on evolution. In another project, Geofelt, students are brought out into the field on e.g. Iceland as a way to show different side to the subjects they only read about, hereby stimulating their interest in the geo sciences Currently, the museum also runs the following projects: DNA & Life, The Human Animal and PowerPlay (the two latter are e-learning resources).

Description of main activities carried out in training Is your Institution involved in any Training Project? With other partners? (Please identify the project(s) and the link(s) to the specific website(s)(if available, links to the specific websites of the referred activities)

Is your Institution involved in any Training Project? With other partners? (Please identify the project(s) and the link(s) to the specific website(s)

NHM currently hosts two Marie Curie Initial Training Networks: www.MedPlant.eu and www.Big4-project.eu

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