Date: 11-15 September 2023
Venue: ESAC, Villafranca del Castillo, Spain.

The European Space Agency and the Galileo Teacher Training Program join hands again to bring cutting-edge training opportunities to all interested teachers.
ESAC, ESA’s window to the Universe, welcomes teachers from all over the world. Meet the scientists, visit the facilities, and learn about the discoveries taking place there.
In this course, dedicated to the theme “The Unlimited Universe”, we will present the greatest discoveries and advances in space sciences accomplished in 2022 and highlight the upcoming launches of space satellites in 2023.
The program will combine lectures given by experts with practical workshops to learn how to design student projects using scientific data obtained by world-class missions.
The training is organized by CESAR (Cooperation through Education in Science and Astronomy Research), the resident educational team at ESAC, and NUCLIO (the coordinator of the Galileo Teacher Training Program), with the support of the team from the IAC (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias), the Faulkes Telescope Project and the National Schools’ Observatory.
Participants will have opportunities to network and to establish a series of research projects in partnership with their colleagues and the scientists supporting the training. Take part in this training course and go back to your school with a research project in your hands.
Who can apply?
About the School
You can find the detailed program here:
Fees & Funding
Registration
Registration for on-site participants will be open until June 15 (or until full capacity is reached) and places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, with priority given to teachers working in public schools. Online participation will be open until August 31 (or until full capacity is reached).
We will admit up to 25 on-site attendees and 200 online attendees.
Practical Information
The course venue (at the European Astronomy Center – ESAC) is located in Villafranca del Castillo, 30 km east of Madrid city center: ESAC.
We recommend teachers to stay in Villanueva de la Cañada, at the hotel El Ancla. A bus will pick the attendees up in the morning for the lessons and bring them back to the hotel at the end of the sessions.
Contacts
Organizers
Organizing Committee
- Sandra Benítez Herrera (Co-Director of the School, CESAR)
- Rosa Doran (Co-Director of the School, NUCLIO)
- Beatriz Gonzalez Garcia (CESAR)
- Fraser Lewis (FTP, NSO)
- Gustavo Rojas (NUCLIO)
- Joana Silva (NUCLIO)
- Juan Ángel Vaquerizo (CESAR)
- Nayra Rodríguez Eugenio (IAC)
- Teresa Direitinho (NUCLIO)
Organizations
ESA
CESAR
NUCLIO
IAC
PETeR
Faulkes Telescope Project
NSO – National Schools’ Observatory
In partnership with the European School Innovation Academy (ESIA).