News archive
11. April 2026
Introducing Futures Literacy
To celebrate the 3rd International Day of Children's Universities (IDCU) we are introducing Futures Literacy as maybe one of the most important approaches in our understanding of Children's Universities. We will follow up with a more in-depth analysis what this...
A box set featuring 15 independent“activity cards”, each describing activities from various scientific fields was published in a joint effort of three Children's Universities in Belgium. The award winning "book" for children 6+ was designed in a cooperative effort from...
The University of Vienna hosted a significant milestone for European remembrance education on March 27, 2025, as stakeholders gathered for the kick-off meeting of the CU REMEMBER project. This innovative initiative, supported by the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Program...
The EU project CU REMEMBER (Children's Universities, Open Schooling, and the Formation of Local MemoriaLinks for European Remembrance) starts in the year 2025 and will pilot various formats to embed contemporary history, especially Remembrance Culture in Children's Universities. As witnesses...
On April 11, 2024, eucu.net marked a historic milestone as it celebrated the inaugural International Day of Children's Universities. This momentous occasion saw a flurry of awareness-raising activities and campaigns aimed at spotlighting the invaluable role of Children's Universities and...
3. April 2024
We are ready for the IDCU!
We are delighted to announce the launch of the International Day of Children's Universities (IDCU), a momentous occasion dedicated to celebrating the joy of learning and promoting inclusivity among young people worldwide. At eucu.net we believe strongly in the transformative...
24. January 2024
Join the International Children’s University Day!
At the last eucu.net meeting in Vienna in November 2023, 11. April was declared the International Day of Children's Universities. This joint day of action will be celebrated for the first time in 2024. The day is intended to draw...
20. November 2023
How to get money for Children’s Universities?
...and other important questions for Children's Universities were discussed at the eucu.net meeting in Vienna, hosted by the Vienna University Children's Office in the DOCK. The recent eucu.net Open Space event in Vienna brought together nearly 50 members from 13...
13. September 2023
Vienna Open Space
The registration for the Vienna Open Space is open. Join us for two days of discussion about current Children's Universities challenges and share your ideas for future projects. We will also have our eucu.net General Assembly as a subsequent event...
18. October 2022
New STEM films in the making
On October 6-7, 2022, the partners of the international project Films4edu met at the University of Málaga to summarize the project's achievements so far and plan the next stages of its implementation. The Foundation of Małopolska University for Children was...
13. October 2022
All passengers aboard!
A final journey of the PHERECLOS crew. The “Lay of the Land” - this was the motto of the closing conference in Bucharest within the PHERECLOS Open Schooling Horizon 2020 project. You might ask yourself why we chose this idiom...
29. September 2022
Bucharest Conference Pictures!
Explore the photos of the joint PHERECLOS and eucu.net conference in Bucharest. Search for your colleagues of our European Children's Universities Network the network or your own picture in the conference crowd. In case you haven't been there - see...
21. June 2022
The next eucu.net conference is coming soon!
Finally, we will have our next eucu.net in-person gathering! It has been a long time since the last eucu.net meeting in real life in 2019 in Vienna - and we are very much looking forward to welcome the eucu.net members and...
4. March 2022
Children’s Universities Against War!
EUCU.NET stands with the Ukrainian people in their struggle for freedom and democracy. We pay respect to all those people in the Russian Federation who oppose the criminal policies of their government. War breaks up families, threatens lives, but also...
22. December 2021
There are two sides to every question
The past two Covid-19 years created huge challenges for most Children’s University programs, and unfortunately some of the projects have been even stopped - as eucu.net president Jolanta Różowska reported at least for the situation in Poland at our last...
7. December 2021
Who’s got content to share?
As a result of previous discussions in the last eucu.net online-meetings and the feedback from our members in the recent year, we created an online survey to explore options for additional support of the already available online activities for children....
6. December 2021
films4edu – A New Database for Educational Films
Dear colleagues, despite the huge amount of educational video materials available on the internet, we quite often encounter a lack of educational materials at the appropriate level, be it substantive or didactic. I would like to share the great news that...
25. June 2021
EUCU.NET Board elected
The EUCU.NET Board has been (re-)elected. The delegates voted Karoline Iber, Silvia Prock and Jolanta Różowska as the three Presidents. Chris Gary and Cyril Dworsky are General Secretary and International Liaison Coordinator for the next five years. Anna Schnelzer is...
20. October 2020
Project Opportunity for CUs!
The Horizon 2020 EU-project PHERECLOS links Open Schooling culture with Children's Universities experience. The goal of the project is to breakdown institutional boundaries between universities and the wider society. At the heart of PHERECLOS is the collection of case studies...
20. June 2020
Spot light on the volunteers!
This week, Jolanta Różowska sent some lines about the final event of the current Malopolska University for Children, one of the founding institutions of eucu.net. "On Saturday, June 6, we finished the 12th academic year at the Malopolska University for Children....