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EU Decision-Making Simulation: “The EU Decides”
As part of our EPAS activities, students from different years groups took part in an EU decision-making simulation designed to help them understand how laws are proposed, debated and adopted within the European Union. The topic chosen for this year’s simulation was the possibility of lowering the minimum voting age across the EU. Students were
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EU Youth Summit in Warsaw
A Junior Ambassador from Dulwich College, Jan Kozak, who also serves as a European Cooperation Ambassador in The Polish Parliament, took part in the European Union Youth Summit in Warsaw, organised by The Polish Parliament Youth Council. The event brought together over 400 governmental youth representatives from across Poland and Europe, creating a platform for
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International Debating Successes of Dulwich College Junior Ambassador Louie Sinclair
Recently, our Junior Ambassador, Louie Sinclair, has had many successes in competitive debating. Louie debates for England and represented the country at the European Championships in North Macedonia, ranking as the 7th best speaker in Europe. This was a great opportunity to network with the greatest U18 speakers in Europe and discuss current affairs. At
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Cultural enrichment day
A cultural enrichment project helped develop understanding of different cultures, traditions, and perspectives across Europe. Through collaborative activities and discussions, it encouraged greater awareness of diversity, inclusion, and shared European values linked to the work of the European Parliament. The project also strengthened communication, teamwork, and critical thinking skills while promoting active citizenship and cultural
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school display
Many of our Junior Ambassadors, together with a Senior Ambassador, worked on renewing the EPAS display at our school. The display focuses on the 27 EU countries, as well as the students’ own ideas about what the European Union does for them. They contributed brilliant and very creative ideas, making the display both engaging and
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Poster Campaign for Youth Turnout at 2026 Local Elections
Our ambassador group identified voter turnout among their generation as a problem for getting young people’s voices heard in Politics. Realising that lots of their peers at college would be turning 18 in time for local elections, they met as a group to plan a poster campaign to raise awareness of registering to vote. The
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Participation in National Student Leadership Elections
One of our Students’ Union Presidents recently stood as a candidate in the national elections for the position of Vice President of Further Education at the National Union of Students (NUS). This was a highly significant opportunity to represent students on a national platform and contribute to shaping policies affecting further education across the UK.
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European Youth Parliament UK Regional Debate
On 23 March 2026, seven EPAS junior ambassadors form year 11 and 12 attended the European Youth Parliament UK Regional Session at Leighton Park School, Reading. During the event, students took part in team-building activities, committee work and a General Assembly, where they discussed current European and global issues and presented their resolutions. Our students
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Youth Strategy Roadshow
We recently organised the Youth Strategy Roadshow in Dudley, bringing together a diverse group of young people from across different constituencies. The event was delivered in partnership with an organisation dedicated to supporting and empowering young people. The 2.5-hour session was packed with engaging activities, interactive discussions, and collaborative workshops designed to capture youth voices
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Europe Day at Europe House 2026
Europe House will be hosting more fun and thought-provoking activities for our European Parliament Ambassador Schools to celebrate Europe Day this year. As the 9th of May falls on a Saturday, this years’ activities in Smith Square, London, will take place on Tuesday, 5th May. Photos from 2024 and 2025 Key information Draft programme Apply
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EPAS Citizenship Project : Students & Housing Campaign
As part of USP College’s EPAS spring term program, the EPAS groups in Seevic and Palmer’s campus ran a variety of citizenship projects. This Seevic-based group focused on the issue of housing and what students think about housing solutions. This included the following EPAS ambassadors: Ana Sahajahan, Hollie Perry, Lilly Nunn, Macy Rimmell, Niamh Thurston,
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European themed football tournament
For our Annual Football Tournament, we organized a school wide competition alongside the football matches. Each class from Years 5–12 was assigned a country from the European Union and was encouraged to dress up in their country’s colours and cheer on their team. Classes competed to create the best representation of their assigned nation with
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Representing the UK at the European Parliament: 10th EPAS anniversary
This Spring term, Ruth, Leonie and Zosia, three members of the EPAS ( European Parliament Ambassadors Schools ) club had the privilege to travel to Brussels to attend an event held in the European Parliament itself. This event was to celebrate 10 years of EPAS and to participate we had to submit photos of what
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Holocaust survivor’s testimony for Prestwick Academy’s new generation
Maria Chamberlain was our speaker and her parents were both Holocaust survivors. Maria shared their/her testimony to our S3 students. Our S3 students have recently finished the Holocaust unit so this was an excellent opportunity for them to hear live testimony. This was arranged through generation2generation. Maria’s story: My family comes from Krakow in Southern
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Video: Three Priorities of the European Parliament
Four Junior Ambassadors (students) from The College @ Sirius drafted, filmed, and edited a short video on what they perceived as three key priorities for the European Parliament (EP), as explored in the research they had done. They wanted to raise awareness of the work of the EP, in addition to focussing their viewers on
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#10yearsEPAS What Europe Means to Me UK Entries
This year is the 10th anniversary of the European Parliament Ambassador Schools programme. To celebrate this the European Parliament asked Junior Ambassadors from across the EU and the UK to share ‘what Europe means to me in an image’. We had many, many fantastic entries in the UK and deciding between them was incredibly difficult.
Ambassador Schools’ Activities, Art, Bishop Stopford School, Competition, Deutsche Schule London, Dudley College of Technology, Dulwich College, Europa School UK, Greek School Ayia Triada Birmingham, North Cambridge Academy, Notting Hill & Ealing High School, Richmond upon Thames College, St Thomas More (CV10), St Thomas More Language College, USP College -
Partnership Celebrations
This year we celebrated 35 years of our partnership with the Mallinckrodt-Gymnasium in Germany. To mark this, we organised celebrations in Scotland. The Young Generation Orchestra from the Mallinckrodt joined Wellington musicians to perform in an anniversary concert. The two-hour concert included performances of music which had been practised in the home countries before the
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Loreto High Visit to the European Parliament in Strasbourg
We took 24 pupils to Strasbourg by train. 4 of them took part in the debate and many more had their hands put to try and speak. It was an outstanding event and all of our pupils really enjoyed the experience. It was also widely discussed in school on our report and we have had