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EPAS 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION PROJECT
📸 Project title: 📸What Europe means to us in a single image To celebrate a decade of the European Parliament Ambassador School programme, we are thrilled to launch a special competition for our incredible European Parliament Ambassador Schools (EPAS) Junior Ambassadors! The full the instructions, prizes and rules are below, but you can download a
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German Embassy visits Emerson Park Academy
Students at Emerson Park Academy in Hornchurch recently welcomed staff from the German Embassy in London for an insightful guest talk. The visit provided a fantastic opportunity for students to explore what an embassy does and learn about the continuing diplomatic, cultural, and economic links between the UK and Germany. By engaging directly with people
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Carmel Students Take Part in National Gallery Articulation Prize
Six Carmel College junior ambassadors impressed audiences as they took part in the internal heat of the Articulation Prize, a prestigious national public speaking competition organised by the National Gallery. The Articulation Prize challenges young people aged 16–19 to deliver a 10-minute presentation on an artwork, artefact, or architectural piece, encouraging deep engagement with visual
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Info point on Website
We display the info of EU on our website. Which engage a lot of students in the European Parliament Ambassador Schools programme and events. It presents information about its historical, political, economic and cultural developments since its establishment. This info point is available for the whole college community. Links EPAS Team Comment Having this as
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Trip to Brussels
From 20th–23rd December, QE students from Years 11-13 took part in an European Parliament Ambassador School Programme (EPAS) trip to Brussels. The visit included trips to the European Commission, the Council and the European Parliament, giving students a valuable insight into the workings of the European Union. Alongside this, students explored Brussels’ rich cultural heritage
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EPAS Christmas Festival
What we did for the EPAS Christmas Festival: From Azma Mohammed – Junior Ambassador EPAS Team Comment This looks like a very fun way to celebrate Christmas and to learn about how it’s celebrated in different ways across Europe
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European games at the Christmas Fair
The Christmas Fair is an annual event at SHS, which raises funds for the Stroud Women’s Refuge. The EPAS Junior Ambassadors organised an EU guessing game where the answer to each question was an EU country, which students could then pin the colour of the question onto the corresponding country on the map. See more
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Christmas across Europe
One of our Junior Ambassadors has produced a slide show about Christmas across Europe to show on our digital boards in December. EPAS Team Comment Fantastic, a great creative way to share European traditions!
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Meeting of the ambassadors
The meeting organised by our president in order to discuss and finalise roles, timelines and accreditation our ambassadors held a scheduled meeting after school in the Master’s Boardroom. We intend to do this on a fortnightly basis to keep on top of changes and maintain regular communication. Our president also introduction the EPAS scheme to
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International Human Rights Day
Oldham Sixth Form College EPAS Junior Ambassadors arranged an awareness event around International Human Rights Day. They constructed a quiz, invited a speaker from The University of Manchester to address students on civil society and promoted the values of the day through the production of a newsletter. EPAS Team Comment Really good to see students
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Showing a Film in French
The EPAS Junior Ambassadors chose to show Une Vie de Chat in French to help to educate younger students about European cultures. EPAS Team Comment Great stuff! We hope they enjoyed it? Was it targeted as those studying French, or was everyone able to come?
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Annual Cultural Appreciation Day
Carmel College was alive with colour, rhythm, and unity today as students and staff came together for the annual Cultural Appreciation Day; a vibrant celebration honouring the rich diversity that shapes the college community. The campus transformed into a lively showcase of music, movement, and tradition. Students arrived in beautiful traditional dress, and the day
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ECO week Innovative Art Exhibition
The main idea of the ECO Innovative Art Exhibition was to bring focus on the changing climate and show the problem of the World Pollution. Both UK and EU have been doing so much in order to fight with Climate changes, but very often we are the one who should take the first steps, starting
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Annual ‘Inter-faithing’ Event
Today, we were delighted to welcome a diverse group of faith leaders to college for our annual ‘Inter-faithing’ Event. The day offered an inspiring opportunity for students and staff to engage with different religious and non-religious perspectives, fostering understanding and connection across communities. The event began with an engaging question and answer session, where our
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Priestley participate in Euroscola online
The Senior Ambassadors organised an online EUROSCOLA event on the 4th December 2025 where students at Priestley College from the French, German and Politics department took part. One student in particular was very brave and joined online by asking a question to Dimitra LIVERI, Head of Resilience of Critical Sectors Unit, European Union Agency for
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Magical Christmas
On the first Sunday in Advent, our Primary 7 pupils and S6 mentors set off for our partner school in Dortmund, Germany, to learn about Christmas traditions, German culture and to make new friends. The programme was very busy! On Monday, after icebreakers and a tour of the school, the children visited the BVB grounds
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Trip to European Parliament in Strasbourg
The Euroscola group headed to the European Parliament where they took part in debates with young people from across Europe. This helps to inform the EU on the views of young people around AI, Disinformation and possible solutions. Our students also learned about the work of MEPs and were inspired by action on protecting Human
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Movember Staff Charity Match
Junior Ambassadors organised a charity match in support of Movember, which brought over 30 staff members on the pitch in order to raise an attention about the crucial issue which is a cancer. This trend of raising awareness about the cancers is important for both, UK and EU therefore our students and teachers decided to

