Young edition" Science Club to focus on university orientation

The School of Science at the University of Navarra is organizing, for the tenth consecutive year, the“Science Club,”an educational activity aimed at 11th and 12th high school diploma students high school diploma all high school diploma Spain and Spanish-speaking countries. The tenth edition will once again take place online and, as a new feature, will focus on college counseling.

“Given the wide variety of employment opportunities the growing range of academic programs, we want to explain to high school diploma differences between the Degrees they’re most interested Degrees and the ones most in demand by employers. We’ll be doing this with the help of alumni the School of Science—professionals currently working in each of the different scientific disciplines, both in research in business: Biochemistry biomedical), biology, Chemistry environmental science,” says José Manuel Trillo, director development the School of Science the University of Navarra.

The first session will be held on November 3 at 19:30 hours with the participation of Amaia Mentxaka (PhD at Clínica Universidad de Navarra), Marina Pérez (Regulatory Affairs at Laboratorios Normon) and Julen Madurga (consultant at Bio Innova) who will talk about employment opportunities in the field of Biochemistry (biomedical). The second session, which will deal with the environment, will take place on November 17 at the same time and will include the testimony of Santiago Redín (Environmental Manager and HS technician at GESINOR), Elisa Silva (Sustainability Consultant at Factor Ideas For Change) and Elizeth Cinto (PhD at the University of Michigan). The cycle will be completed with a roundtable on Chemistry on February 9, 2022 and on April 6 on Biology.

"Students participating in this edition of the Science Club will be able to enjoy the interaction, dialogue and advice of the speakers, and exclusively a monthly informative bulletin , practical sessions in the laboratories of the School, as well as a career guidance and academic," notes Trillo.

Students from high school diploma will be able to sign up for the Science Club and enjoy these sessions throughout the academic year . The course is free of charge and registrations can be made through the web page or email scaireta@unav.es. Participants will receive an accrediteddiploma from attendance upon completion of the course.

In the previous edition of the Science Club -Pandemic Edition- nearly 500 students from the first and second year of high school diploma from all over Spain and fifty students from Latin America participated.