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Three schools in Asturias take first place in the Ethics and Science prizes

 Second prize went to a school in Santiago de Compostela, and third prize was won by a primary school in Sant Boi de Llobregat
 

Sixteen educational projects were submitted for this year's awards, which for the first time were open to schools throughout Spain.

 


First prize went to the educational project, "Bioethics in the classroom", a joint initiative of three high schools in the Asturias region of northern Spain: IES Elisa y Luis Villamil (Vegadeo), IES Galileo Galilei (Navia) and IES Marqués de Casariego (Tapia de Casariego). The project aimed to address the lack of participation by young people in social discussions and decision-making, the lack of debate around essential bioethical issues, and the lack of knowledge about the services that Clinical Ethics Committees can provide. The Ethics Committee of Área Sanitaria I from Asturias coordinated the project.

 


Second prize was won by IES Rosalía de Castro (Santiago de Compostela) for the project "Ethical implications of artificial intelligence", by 4th year high school students. The project consists of a series of activities which give participants the opportunity to discover the latest advances in Artificial Intelligence and robotics, to analyze their influence in today's society, and to debate the ethical implications of these changes.

 


Finally, third prize went to Escuela Antoni Gaudí (Sant Boi de Llobregat) for the project "Earth and humanity: hand in hand", by primary school students in years 3 to 6. This project focused on sustainability and ethics, starting from the idea that we cannot satisfy our needs without also considering the needs of others, and those of the generations to come.

 

Special mention

This year, in recognition of the high quality of submissions, the jury of the 3rd Ethics and Science Awards of the Víctor Grífols i Lucas Foundation also made special mention of three projects: Colegio La Salle (Bilbao) for the project "Awareness, drugs and medicines: understand, learn, act"; Escuela Garbí Pere Vergés (Esplugues del Llobregat) for "How can we introduce bioethics into schools?"; and IES Isidra de Guzmán (Alcalá de Henares) for "Take action! The responsibility is yours".

 

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