Introduction course for guides

Wednesday 2 Sept 2026, 11:00 → 12:00 Europe/Zurich

40/S2-B01 - Salle Bohr (CERN)

This Introduction Course covers the basics of the educational and outreach activities and how to become a CERN Guide, in the sense of:

• Why become a CERN Guide?
• Who can become a CERN Guide?
• What training is offered to CERN Guides?
• Guides training structure
• What activities can CERN Guides take part in?
• What resources are available?
• How to sign up?
• Who does what?

To become a CERN Guide, you need have an affiliation with CERN that has a total duration of at least 6 months (doesn't mean that you need to wait sic months when starting your contract). Most statuses of affiliation at CERN entitle to become a Guide, more info here in the Guides Rules: https://guides.web.cern.ch/documents.

Here you can already join the main Mattermost channel for Guides: https://mattermost.web.cern.ch/cern-guides/channels/town-square

 

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This course is mandatory for new CERN Guides and those, who haven't joined it yet (since 2023).