Democratic learning
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Priestley College celebrates Europe Day 2025
To celebrate Europe Day, our Junior Ambassadors took part in a variety of engaging and educational activities at college but also via their Instagram page. The activities were designed to deepen students’ understanding of Europe as well as promote, celebrate and educate other students in the college about the EU and its values. Debate On
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Visit to the Europe House /Europe Day
As part of our Europe Day celebrations, some of our Junior and Senior Ambassadors had the exciting opportunity to visit Europe House in London. During their visit, they took part in a range of engaging activities and games focused on Europe and democracy. The day was full of learning and fun—students explored European culture, values,
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USP College Q&A with former junior ambassador and political candidate Ri Goodyear
The Europe Day celebrations at USP College kicked off on Tuesday, 6th of May, with a very special guest coming into college for a Q&A session with our current junior ambassadors! Jayden O’Brien, our Lead Junior Ambassador for USP College, joined the EPAS programme in 2022 alongside friend Ri Goodyear. Over the next two
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Euroscola
Myself and Catherine Richards escorted 24 students to Strasbourg to take part in the Euroscola event. Students took on the role of MEPs for the day, working collaboratively with students from all across the EU to debate and agree policies on climate change. One student even asked a direct question to the Vice President of
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Euroscola Strasbourg Parliament Session
This morning pupils from 4th ESO have participated in EUROSCOLA and have been able to debate with Younous OMARJEE, Vice President of the Parliament and with François-Régis BABINET about current issues affecting the Union and climate change. It was a great experience for all! Thank you so much for this opportunity! Links EPAS Team Comment
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Oaklea Grange InfoPoint
Oaklea Grange has updated their info point after the recent European elections. We have learnt all about political parties , voting and linked to key events within the European Parliament. We will also be putting all out work on heritage day for Europe day on here. EPAS Team Comment Great to see. Looking good!
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Local election get out the vote drive
Y12 politics students designed leaflets to promote the local elections on 1st May. Students then distributed these to adults in the school in the days leading up to the election and encouraged them to use their democratic right. Links EPAS Team Comment Excellent work! Really great to get students exercising their democratic rights, and helping
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USP College climate survey for Earth Day and Europe Day
To mark Earth Day on Tuesday 22nd April 2025 and Europe Day in May, a climate survey was conducted by students in the EPAS (European Parliament Ambassador School) Programme at USP College and members of the USP College Student Union, which was led and organised by EPAS junior ambassador Sebastian Rapley Mende, to collect data
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LUX awards Brussels
Some of our ambassadors recently had the incredible opportunity to travel to Brussels to visit the European Parliament and attend the prestigious LUX Audience Film Awards. This unforgettable experience allowed our students to see firsthand the heart of European democracy. They toured the European Parliament, learned about how it functions, and witnessed where key decisions
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USP ambassadors trip to exhibition commemorating VE Day anniversary
Yesterday (17 April 2025), two of our EPAS junior ambassadors, Jayden O’Brien and Erdem Gultekin, attended a trip to the Thameside Complex in Grays to see an exhibition marking the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day, which entailed the Nazi German surrender to Allied forces on 8 May 1945 and signalled the end
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Mark Francois MP Q&A with ambassadors
On 27 January 2025, Conservative MP for Rayleigh and Wickford Mark Francois visited USP College’s XTEND Digital Campus in Canvey for a virtual Q&A session with our European Parliament Junior Ambassadors using USP College’s state-of-the-art immersive room technology. The virtual Q&A session took place cross-campus in our Immersive Room 1, with Francois answering questions in
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EPAS at USP College elects youth leadership team
EPAS junior ambassadors at USP College have elected their youth leadership team after a vote between ambassadors. There were three posts up for grabs. The post of Lead Junior Ambassador for USP College was defended by Jayden O’Brien (18), who had been appointed to this role by the team in 2024. Jayden successfully won election
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Digital InfoPoint Website
Junior Ambassadors from USP College have set up a website with digital InfoPoint and Flickr and Facebook page. Links EPAS Team Comment This is fantastic! What a well-designed website. A really impressive InfoPoint, and with links to so many social media channels too!
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Linking with a Spanish School
After networking with other teachers in Brussels, several connections were made and our first meet up was with Tiago de Souza Franca Departamento Internacional, https://www.humanitastrescantos.com. We talked about our schools and other issues, we swapped Instagram accounts are are planning a project together soon. EPAS Team Comment Fantastic that you’ve used the connections made through
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Debating European Issues
We’ve been running debating sessions for years 7, 8 and 9 on a number of EU issues – such as should the UK adopt the Euro, and should the UK be allowed to participate in EU events? We heard some great ideas from the students and had a vote for each debate! Debate presentation Links
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Visit from Europe House
We had a visit from Asher from Involver who taught Y12 politics students about the EU and the UK’s relationship with the EU. Students got assigned an EU country and took part in EU bingo as well as discussing some of the most important issues in the UK’s relationship with the EU. EPAS Team Comment
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‘Editorial Office’ screening and Q&A with director
Two Junior Ambassadors from USP College attended a screening of and Q&A with the director of the powerful Ukrainian film, ‘Editorial Office’. See what they made of the film and experience.
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European Parliament workshop
Asher Jacobsberg from the European Parliament’s Liaison Office in the UK came to Prestwick Academy to run an educational session about the European Parliament and the European Union for Junior Ambassadors who will be going on a Euroscola trip to Strasbourg. Junior European Parliament Ambassadors wrote of the workshop, “We found the workshop was very