Helsinki (FI), August 2024 - The Cyber Citizen Initiative, spanning from 2022 to 2024 and funded by the EU recovery instrument for a three-year period, aims to develop a common, shared model for learning cyber citizen skills across the European Union for all Europeans. Commissioned by the Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications, with Aalto University (Finland) as the executor, this initiative aims to bolster cyber citizenship through comprehensive educational programs and initiatives.

Berlin (GER), June 2023 - In recent years, it has become apparent that the development of new technologies is unevenly distributed across European regions. The strong demand generated by the green and digital transition for these new technologies threatens to exacerbate this development even further. To better exploit the strengths and opportunities of different regions, an overview of the capabilities and potentials for the development of green and digital technologies is needed. Where can synergies be identified? Which regions can learn from and support each other? This new study answers these questions by showing which regions are key for the twin transition.

Oslo (NO), May 2023 - In order to build a European OER ecosystem, the ENCORE+ project sought the assessment of experts in the field of OER to map out a probable and positive vision for OER in Europe in 2030.

Neumarkt an der Ybbs (GER), August 2022 - The VACCINE project is a joint initiative of four EU partners addressing the important issue of online learning during a pandemic or similar major societal shock that changes teaching from traditional methods.

Jena (GER), November 2021 - Artificial intelligence will be of great benefit to people and the environment in the future. The possible applications are manifold. The Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, the Institute of Data Science of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), and the University of Jena will jointly become part of the excellence network "European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems" (ELLIS), in which diverse theoretical and applied aspects of artificial intelligence will be brought together.

Duisburg/Essen (GER), October 2021 - "You hear the noises, but they don't bother you at all". Since 2019, the "Pengunaut Trainer" has been preparing children for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations through role play. The app was developed under the leadership of the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) and the Essen University Hospital (UK Essen). It can already be downloaded free of charge for many smartphones.

Dunfermline (SCL), June 2021 - Following the news in March that Scotland is to become the first devolved nation in the world to directly incorporate the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into domestic law, a webinar has explored the legal and service delivery implications for the implementation of this Convention into Scottish law.

Brussels (BE), May 2021 - The Education International's Executive Board has adopted the Manifesto on Quality Climate Change Education for All. This instrument outlines the teaching profession's vision for quality climate change education and the policy framework necessary to implement it.

Brussels (BE), April 2021 - On 31 March 2021, The European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE) held the online conference "Education in Europe from Resistance to Recovery: Public Investment, Privatisation, Reforms, and the Role of Industrial Relations". This was the final event showcasing a yearlong research project coordinated by ETUCE under the title "Social Dialogue and Industrial Relations in Education: the Challenges of Multi-level Governance and of Privatisation in Europe". More than 100 participants attended the event and engaged with a panel of expert speakers from the academic community, civil society organisations, government, and representatives of European institutions.