Resources
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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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European Elections Library stand and treasure hunt
European Parliament Junior Ambassadors were inspired to have a go at doing a treasure hunt in celebration of the European Elections. We got the Library involved by having a stand with books relating to European History and democracy highlighted with an election themed treasure hunt around the school. We printed posters from this website https://fineacts.co/get-out…
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Student-led Europe Day assembly
Pupils at Manchester Hospital School’s Galaxy House Tier 4 CAMHS unit used their European Parliament Ambassador Schools Preparation for Adulthood time to collaboratively design an assembly to be delivered to mark Europe Day. The assembly shared various aspects of culture from different EU countries and was rounded off with a quiz. It was delivered virtually…
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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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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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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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Europe Quiz
Year 12 students from The Cherwell School signed up to the event independently before being put into set teams of six (with students they did not already know) for a Europe Quiz. The challenge was to ‘earn their stars’, with a series of Europe-themed quiz rounds earning a different number of stars which they glued…
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Cherwell at Euroscola 2023
20 students and 2 teachers attended the Euroscola conference on 24 November 2023 on the theme of cyber security (innovation lab) and EU democracy and elections (final simulation exercise and debate). As part of the event, students completed a project booklet and task, including a challenge to connect with students from all 26 countries, to…
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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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Virtual workshop with DG Translation and Interpretation
All of our Year 13 language students in French, Spanish and German took part in a virtual workshop with DG-Translation in which we learned about the importance of languages in a multi-lingual democracy and the role of interpreters and translators. We were able to translate some documents ourselves, which gave a fascinating insight into the…
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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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Careers in the European Parliament
A number of Ambassador Schools have asked about how students might find out about careers and traineeships at the European Parliament, the European Commission, and other EU institutions. Here are the key links you will need: Some of these roles are only open to EU citizens, so if you only have UK citizenship, they may…
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Ideas for events
These are the ideas for events to meet the EPAS criteria that came from our kick-off event last week. Europe Day Democratic Cultural Communication Leadership Info Point
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Submitting evidence for EPAS
Submitting evidence for EPAS should be very straightforward: This post describes how to do the last bit of that. You can watch this short video for a walkthrough of the whole process. How to submit evidence In most cases you just send a link to where you have already publicised the work, so a link…
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Educational opportunities from the European Parliament in the UK
As well as EPAS (European Parliament Ambassador Schools programme), the European Parliament Liaison Office in the UK offers a range of opportunities and possibilities for young people in the UK: Visits to Europe House Educational visits to your school or college Educational resources Euroscola – both on-line and in-person Find out more about all of…
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The Council in your classroom: discover how EU countries work together!
Teaching and learning about the EU has never been easier! The Council of the EU has launched a civic education package with lessons for pupils and students aged 12-25 years old.
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European Parliament’s Youth Hub launches
Whether you’re a young person looking to share ideas and make friends or a teacher looking to organise a school trip – the European Parliament’s Youth Hub is the perfect place to start your European adventure! From international events to online debates, the Youth Hub is the home of the European Parliament’s youth offer – to connect,…
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Celebrating Europe Day
Europe Day, held on 9 May every year, celebrates peace and unity in Europe. Right now, that is something we need to take stock of and think about what we can do to get back to a situation of ‘peace and unity’. You can use this occasion to celebrate what unites us as the peoples…