The municipality participates for the second year in the Sea International University, the University of Elders including scientific conferences and workshops for people over 50 years.
The University Conference on Science will feature several presentations by scientists Murcia, case studies and visits to different educational and fun points of the Region of Murcia.
Wednesday June 29, 2011.
The town of Puerto Lumbreras host between 4 and 8 July, the first university in the region leading organizers from the University of Murcia and included in the 2010 academic offerings of the Universidad del Mar. Councillor for Social Policy and Education, Maria Tunisia Angeles, the Vice President of Strategic Development and Training at the University of Murcia, Fernando Martín Rubio, and Director of the Sea International University, Manuela Lopez Tenes, presented this second edition of the University for Seniors to be held in Puerto Lumbreras, and "This year includes as a novelty several talks and workshops led by dedicated scientists in the Region of Murcia".
Thus, the University for Seniors Celebrates 'II Scientific Conference' in Puerto Lumbreras between 4 and 8 July.
Thus, the University for Seniors will be constituted as "a gathering of training, participation and sharing, which will serve to familiarize students with different branches of science and technology through a variety of informative talks, workshops and recreational and cultural activities "as explained by the Councillor for Social Policy and Education, Maria Angeles Tunisia.
Specifically, the conference will be held in Puerto Lumbreras Hotel Riscal, and cover several thematic areas which include a theoretical part with round tables and conferences, and other practice in which students develop practical demonstrations and workshops.
In addition, the program is supplemented with a module that includes leisure and cultural tours, excursions and tours of the town.
In this regard, Tunisia has stated that "our town is a privilege to provide this space for the second year of training with the students over 50 can expand their scientific and cultural training during the summer period. Thus, as new this year include lectures and workshops given by leading scientists Murcia, among which 'Surgery of the XXI century "given by Professor David Martin Ruiz de Angulo," The International Year of Chemistry ", taught by Professor Antonio Garcia Lopez or a workshop on "Experiences of chemistry in everyday life ', taught by Professor Maria Asuncion Hidalgo Montesinos, among others.
According to Antonio Guirao Piñera, a professor at the University of Murcia and course director, "the segment of the population of people over 50 years has demonstrated a growing interest in maintaining their continuing education throughout life."
In his opinion, these conferences are an offer for those students who want to "broaden its scientific and cultural training from informative approach and next."
The conference also included a wide range of recreational and cultural activities, including several workshops with tips to correct vision problems, the symmetry around us or on experiences of chemistry in everyday life.
On the other hand, course participants have the opportunity to visit the castle of Puerto Lumbreras, take a trip botany, an astronomical observatory observing or participating in an exhibition of scientific experiments before collecting their diplomas and fire for the course with a concert of some of the candidates to participate in the LI Festival del Cante de las Minas.
The older classrooms made from Monday to Friday in 35 hours.
For registration, interested citizens can acquire information on both City Hall and the University of Murcia.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras