Asher Jacobsberg
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CPD For Scottish Schools
With a growing number of schools and colleges in Scotland interested in becoming Ambassador Schools, we are intending to run training (CPD) for Senior Ambassadors in Glasgow in late October. This will be run with support from one of existing Scottish Ambassador Schools, Cleveden Secondary School. Please register your school so that we can gauge…
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Senior Ambassador CPD 2024
To kick-off your new year as a European Parliament Ambassador School you are invited to Europe House for our 2024 Senior Ambassador CPD. This training is for both existing and new Senior Ambassadors; the focus will be on what the new parliaments in both the EU and UK mean for EU-UK relations. training contents The final…
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THE EU’s AI Act
Today, Anna Huth and Asher Jacobsberg are presenting at the Association for Citizenship Teaching’s conference on Artificial Intelligence and how it is being regulated in the EU and the UK. Various resources that they mentioned are linked below. You can also download their presentation here as a PDF or PowerPoint: LINKS These links were either…
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Europe Day Assembly and Quiz
If any of our Ambassador Schools would like to run an assembly or tutor time activity for Europe Day, we hope you will find these resources useful. The focus for this year’s Europe Day is the upcoming European Parliament elections, so the assembly and quiz are about democracy in Europe. They both feature this excellent…
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LUX Youth Seminar in Brussels
Junior Ambassadors from Wellington School in Ayr, Scotland, have just attended the LUX Audience Award ceremony with Junior Ambassadors from all 27 EU member states.
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European Elections Webinar Recording
Typhaine Morillon from the EU Parliament Liaison Office in the UK briefed Junior and Senior Ambassadors on the EU Parliament elections campaign’s impacts in the UK and resources for schools to encourage democratic engagement. Essential information and materials are available on elections and community resources websites.
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VIDEO: Ambassador Schools Accreditation at Instituto Español Vicente Cañada Blanch
In December, Junior and Senior Ambassadors from The Cherwell School, Emerson Park Academy and Instituto Español Vicente Cañada Blanch were presented with plaques and certificates by MEP Thijs Reuten. The accreditation ceremony was hosted by Instituto Español Vicente Cañada Blanch.
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Can You Vote in EU Elections This Year?
Did you know that if you are an EU citizen living in the UK you may be able to vote in this year’s European Parliament elections? The vote is 6-9 June 2024, and many registration dates are approaching fast! Each country has its own criteria for who is allowed to vote – and how –…
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FINDING A POLITCAL VOICE
The piece below is a reflection by Cherwell School student, Leonie Freeden, on her experiences as a Junior Ambassador. I was lucky enough to participate in two EPAS trips to Strasbourg last year, Euroscola and the European Youth Event 2023, and I found that my experience with the Beyond Cherwell programme was a real wake-up…
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MEP awards Ambassador Schools
Just before the Christmas break, one of our amazing Ambassador Schools, Instituto Español Vicente Cañada Blanch, hosted a wonderful day of learning, dialogue, and celebration for their Junior Ambassadors and Ambassadors from two other Ambassador Schools: The Cherwell School and Emerson Park Academy. We had, as guest of honour, Thijs Reuten, Member of the European…
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Ideas from new Senior Ambassadors
At our Senior Ambassador training last week, we asked our participants for their ideas on activities that meet the Ambassador Schools criteria. They came up with some fantastic ideas, so we want to share them with you! Democracy Leadership Info Point Cultural Europe Day Teamwork Communication
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Former MEP awards Ambassadors in Devon
Caroline Voaden, former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South West England and Gibraltar constituency, visited Queen Elizabeth School in Crediton, Devon, to award a plaque and certificates to the school and its Ambassadors for successfully completing their first year as a European Parliament Ambassador School. Junior Ambassadors from the school explained why…
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Ambassador Schools accreditation in the North West
Loreto High School, which has been an Ambassador School for three years, hosted the European Parliament Ambassador Schools accreditation event for schools and colleges in the North West of England. The event featured moving speeches from former MEP, Julie Ward, and the Lord Mayor of Manchester, Councillor Yasmine Dar. Both spoke of how they got…
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What does it mean to be an Ambassador School?
Devonport High School for Girls have been with us since the start of the European Parliament Ambassador Schools programme in the UK. This great post on their website explains a lot of what they have done as part of the programme, and what their students have got out of it. https://www.dhsg.co.uk/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=1451
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Senior Ambassadors CPD 2023
Join us to kick-off your new year as an Ambassador School. This CPD will provide your Senior Ambassadors (teachers) with the tools, inspiration, and contacts to make your journey to accreditation successful. At this CPD you will hear from Senior Ambassadors who have successfully gained accreditation, policy experts from the European Parliament and External Action,…
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Ambassador Schools Alumni Network
As we approach the end of the school year, a number of our Junior Ambassadors will be leaving their schools and colleges. We are eager to keep their experience and enthusiasm and pass it on to the next cohort of Junior Ambassadors; also there are still loads of opportunities for them with the European Parliament…
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Europe Day across all school subjects
The Junior Ambassadors from Queen Elizabeth’s School, Crediton, have put together this excellent presentation to help celebrate Europe Day in their school. It highlights how each subject has a link to Europe and offers a discussion question for teachers and students to use in their classes on Europe Day. You might want to adapt it…
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#EPASTogether – Cyprus 2023
Three of our Ambassador Schools had the amazing opportunity to participate in our first transnational event, travelling to Cyprus to meet other Junior and Senior Ambassadors from Malta, Ireland, and Cyprus. In just a few days they managed to pack in a huge amount. Here’s some of what they got up to: And what they…