UOM presented the results of FeSTEM in the 4th Summit on Gender Equality in Computing, 16-17 June, 2022, Thessaloniki, Greece. This study described actions taken to sensitize students and guide them to create exhibits that bring out this gender gap. Students in two...
The event "Breaking the glass ceiling" in the context of the European project "Female Empowerment in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in Higher Education (FeSTEM)" was held with great success on Thursday, June 2, 2022 at the Cyprus University of...
Our event “Breaking the “glass ceiling” is gaining visibility in the local press! The multiplier event organised by the Cyprus University of Technology has gained visibility in the local online press.Local newspapers have covered the event showcasing the project...
During the week 31/-5-02/06 ARIS hosted the final transnational meeting for the FeSTEM project. The partners defined the last steps and got to know the stories of women working in STEM fields. It was a pleasure to meet the partners face to face again after 2 years!
Successful completion of the final Multiplier Event of the FeSTEM project "Breaking the glass ceiling" The event "Breaking the glass ceiling" in the context of the European project "Female Empowerment in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in Higher...
The FeSTEM project invites you to the final Multiplier Event! The event under the title ‘Breaking the Glass Ceiling’ aims to disseminate all the project's final results and outcomes to the target audience in Cyprus, as well as to highlight the valuable benefits of the...
The FeSTEM project invites you to the 3rd Multiplier event of the FeSTEM project, which is organized by the team of SMILE Lab of the University of Macedonia, Greece, which will take place online on Monday, May 16th, 2022 between 11:15-15:30 CET. The event entitled...
The FeSTEM project has run a series of two Science Project Online Workshops (SPOWs) organised jointly with Scientix within the framework of the STEM Discovery Campaign 2022. The Workshop objectives were to: Identify the gender-related challenges you want to discuss...
On Thursday 07/04 at 15: 00-16: 00, Dimitris Charalambous hosted Dr. Antigoni Parmaxi, Coordinator of the FeSTEM project as well as coordinator of the Learning Enhancement and Development Network.
Our work on the "Challenges and good practices in STEM: a systematic review and implications for higher education institutions" features in the 12th IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference Find out more: https://ieee-isec.info/day/1 #festem #WomenInSTEM...
On Thursday 24/03 at 15:00-16:00, Eirini Christou, research fellow at the Cyprus Interaction Lab of the Cyprus University of Technology and project manager of the FeSTEM Project was hosted at the CUT radio to talk about the FeSTEM project, its’ impact and results, as...
Stella Manoli from Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering of University of Strathclyde expressed interest in joining and disseminating the results of our project! Our project coordinator, Antigoni Parmaxi had a meeting with her and shared common interests and future...
On the 24th of March 2022, the FeSTEM project was showcased as an example of best practice at the International Centre for STEM Education (ICSE).
Our event “Dare to STEM” is gaining visibility in the local press! The multiplier event organised by ARIS has gained visibility in the local press.Local newspapers have covered the event with a review of the event, the project outcomes and its impact for Higher...
On the occasion of this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) and the #BreaktheBias theme, ARIS A Really Inspiring Space Startup Accelerator, founded by Deloitte Cyprus and the Bank of Cyprus, successfully organized the 2nd multiplier event of the European project...
Our partner Magenta Consultoría Projects was at La Buena Tarde Rpa talking about the Festem project, and the need to include more women and girls in STEM. Thank you so much for hosting us! You can listen to the interview again at the link below:...
On International Women’s Day, The Professional Education Centre of Avilés (Asturias) organised an event called ‘Women in Cybersecurity’, where Julia Fernández was invited to speak about the FeSTEM project and shared its results with the educational community. The...
We are pleased to invite you to the 2nd Multiplier event of FeSTEM project, coordinated by CUT and Dr. Antigoni Parmaxi, and in which ARIS participates as a partner, that will take place on March 15th, 2022 at ARIS in Limassol. The event under the title “Dare to...
The FeSTEM project coordinator, Antigoni Parmaxi from the Cyprus University of Technology talked to the CUT radio about the FeSTEM project and the need to include more women and girls in sciences. You can listen to the interview in the following link.
A Learning, Teaching and Training Activity for the project FeSTEM took place on the 12th-14th of January 2022 online, entitled “Gender-sensitive workshops for HE instructors”. The main objectives of the FeSTEM training workshops are to provide hands-on experience for...
In November 2021, the fourth Transnational Project Meeting of the FeSTEM project was held online via Zoom. The meeting was organised by the partners of Spain, Magenta. All partners attended the meeting and important updates on the Intellectual outputs, their progress,...
The Festem Erasmus+ project (https://festemproject.eu/ ) is celebrating the Erasmus Days 14-16 October 2021 with a number of events co-organised by all the consortium members!! An event took place on October 15th, 2021, at 10:00 CET via Google Meet and Facebook...
The FeSTEM Social cafe entitled Women empowerment (https://fb.watch/dFIQzUr--k/) took place in October in the context of Erasmus Days. In this event, gender-related aspects and women empowerment related projects such as FeSTEM, GenderSmart,GenGapsDigi, Femstem and...
The FeSTEM team wrapped up a successful presentation at the Womencourage conference 2021, with positive feedback from everyone. We are looking to welcome everyone to our platform in the near future! Have you signed up? The FeSTEM Platform is now live, and we're...
The FeSTEM team presented the FeSTEM Platform at the WomENcouage 2021 (https://womencourage.acm.org/2021/) in September 2021, with a poster entitled: 'FeSTEM community platform: creating meaningful, mentoring relationships with experts in STEM'. The poster presented...
On the 26th of August 2021, an online workshop took place online with the STEM Maker Team of Cyprus of the FeSTEM project. The workshop included activities aiming to identify the best possible tools and materials to be included in the gender-sensitive toolkit...
The FeSTEM community platform is now live! The FeSTEM community platform aims to link HE students in STEM with experienced mentors in the field. More specifically, this platform will aim at helping HE students to receive support and advice in terms of their...
Festem proudly announces its partnership with Native Scientist! Read more about it here: Https://bit.ly/2TDQM20 Native Scientist has a new partnership with Festem, an EU funded project that connects higher education students with successful female role models in STEM...
On the 31st of May we had the first Multiplier Event of the FeSTEM project in Zoom. Due to Covid-19 pandemic, we weren’t able to do the multiplier event face to face as it was planned in the project. Therefore, we had the permission to do the multiplier event online....
We are happy to announce our first multiplier event of the FeSTEM project that will be held on May 31st, 2021 ONLINE. Join us! The event under the title ‘Needs, challenges and experiences of women in STEM: Best practices from Higher Education and the Industry’...
Partner meeting of the FeSTEM project once again united the partners from Cyprus University of Technology / Τεχνολογικό Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, CESIE from Italy, University of Macedonia from Greece, IC Geoss from Slovenia, ARIS from Cyprus, Magenta Consultoría Projects...
The ‘Interaction Design Project’ capstone project aims to utilise Design Thinking methodologies, particularly an adaptation of the Design Sprint created by groups of students to run remotely and over a semester to tackle a wicked challenge and come up with a...
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The FeSTEM project was presented on national radio RIK3 in the program “Proino Dromologio” by ARIS Manager Eliza Loucaidou. The interview and the discussion were facilitated by journalist Despoina Roussou. Eliza talked about the project aim and objectives and the...
There are a lot of amazing women working in the field of STEM. To acknowledge their career and achievements, FeSTEM is preparing an annual list of “FeSTEM Women: Next Door Mentors”. The call for nominations is now open. This is your chance to nominate someone you...
Join us for a Social Cafe "Science or magic?" dedicated to new synergies between institutions and the role of women in STEM, as well as the projects In2steam, FemSTEM and FeSTEM this Friday, October 16 at 9:00 CET. The discussion will be held in Italian.You can watch...
Join us for a Social Cafè on the topic "Technology for Everyone" with projects FeSTEM, SEEDS - Social Entrepreneurship Empowering Development in Preschools and D3: Developing Digital Data Literacy tomorrow, at 15:50 CET. The discussion will be held in Italian.You can...
Our project coordinator, Antigoni Parmaxi presented the FeSTEM project, its priorities and future plans at the CUT radio. Listen to her interviews here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HfZMWx3YDcFjNDUCOday-nc6dHRz0aOA/view?usp=sharing
Second partner meeting of the FeSTEM project once again united the partners from Cyprus University of Technology / Τεχνολογικό Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου and ARIS from Cyprus, Ic Geoss from Slovenia, Magenta Consultoría Projects from Spain, CESIE from Italy and University of...
FeSTEM has put together a survey about various aspects of experiences and challenges of women in STEM. If you are in STEM your contribution would be valuable for our project. The survey should take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete. Take the survey here:...
FeSTEM project’s STEM MAKER TEAM from the Cyprus University of Technology carried out a 2-day sprint in order to evaluate gender-sensitive exhibits and prototyping a toolkit for user testing through design thinking activities - all this following social...
The project coordinator of the FeSTEM project, Dr. Antigoni Parmaxi was featured in Cyprus LifeLong Learning platform on the occasion of the #InternationalWomensDay: “Women today are underrepresented in the STEM-related professions. STEM fields need more women as they...
The kick-off meeting of the ERASMUS+ project FeSTEM (Female Empowerment in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in Higher Education) took place with great success on January 30th and 31st at the Cyprus University of Technology. FeSTEM, which is...