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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 their associated programs in supporting critical minds and fostering a love for curiosity. In its […]
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 power of education and are honoured to lead this initiative alongside our esteemed members from […]
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 attention to the mission of children’s universities offering high quality STEAHM activities and to raise […]
The recent eucu.net Open Space event in Vienna brought together nearly 50 members from 13 countries to explore key aspects of Children's Universities. Sessions included presentations of new programmes and initiatives, thematic workshops focusing on youth engagement, and discussions on funding, rural engagement and the future of Children's Universities. This event demonstrated the effectiveness of the Open Space format, allowing for diverse discussions and valuable insights that will shape future planning and activities for Children's Universities.
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 to the first day. The Vienna Open Space will happen on Monday, the 6th November […]
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 represented by Jolanta Różowska and Krzysztof Różowski from the foundation board. We would like to […]
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 and what is the meaning? Well, in PHERECLOS we played a lot with analogies from […]
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 what you missed and come to the next conference! Click here, to go directly to […]
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 people interested in Children’s Universities in Bucharest, the capital of Romania! From 7. to 10. […]
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 interrupts educational careers and deprives of visions and dreams of the future. We will do […]
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 eucu.net online member-meeting on the 13th December.  Nonetheless the pandemic might also trigger some positive […]
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. This will help us as a network to get a better overview on the situation […]
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 a new database of educational films is being created. They will be prepared by professionals […]
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 now the new external auditor.  In the latest general assembly of EUCU.NET on the 10th […]
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 and the establishment of “Local Education Clusters” to link schools and further relevant actors in […]
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. However, it was not a traditional celebration combined with the awarding of diplomas by invited […]
by Jolanta Różowska After a long break, on Saturday, April the 18th, the students of Malopolski University for Children from Chrzanów (Poland) took part in a lecture on forensics entitled “How do you talk to a dog? The tasks of a dog’s nose in forensics.”, which was delivered by Dr. Joanna Stojer-Polańska from the Jagiellonian […]
25. March 2020

Dealing with Corona

Children’s Universities open up the doors of universities and research organizations. But those doors are mostly closed nowadays for everybody. Not only for children but also for adult students and university staff because of the Corona virus. Consequently, many Children’s University events have been postponed. We don’t know when we will be able to gather […]
Education projects on the topic of the water cycle and the supply with clean water are fortunately numerous because they are clearly of utter importance. We are happy to share new didactical material stemming from the Horizon 2020 project SuperW that was sent to eucu.net. Within the project a group of early-stage researchers developed an educational outreach […]
An important event for science engagement is coming soon: At the 27th of September 2019 the European Researchers Night will be celebrated all accross Europe and beyond. The ERN has been held since 2005 as a joint festival to bring together the scientific community with the citizens. Every year, hundreds of thousands of people gather […]