Project Coordinator
Cyprus
Frederick University (FredU)
Frederick University (FredU) is an energetic and vibrant private university operating in the Republic of Cyprus. Since its establishment (2007), FredU managed to achieve significant growth, both in terms of student population, faculty members, and academic infrastructure. FredU employs about 250 (fte) faculty, with 4500 students enrolled annually on average and operates from two campuses. FredU is recognized as the University that offers novel and innovative programs of study that address societal needs and, primarily, as the university that exhibits high social sensitivity and responsibility. It offers a broad range of academic programs of study (more than 80) in the areas of Science, Engineering, Business, Arts, Architecture, Media, Humanities, Health, and Education. FredU has also developed the necessary experience and e- learning infrastructure for offering accredited programs of study through Distance Learning and has been awarded with the E-xcellence Associates in Quality label.
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Greece
University of Piraeus Research Centre (UPRC)
UPRC supports primary and secondary education, adult learning organizations, and private and public enterprises in eLearning and net-centric systems. UPRC’s Vocational Training and Lifelong Learning Centre (KEDIVIM) promotes training programs, continuing education, and lifelong learning. UPRC offers a 20-year-old MSc program on e-learning, attracting pre-service and in-service teachers. Represented by the CoSyLlab research group, UPRC excels in Technology-enhanced learning tools, with extensive R&D experience and involvement in EU-funded projects. CoSyLlab’s team, led by Prof. Symeon Retalis, has won awards for innovative educational applications, and coordinated a national professional development program for 80,000 teachers during the pandemic.
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Spain
Universidad Católica de Valencia
UCV founded in 2003 in Valencia, Spain, is a private Catholic institution. UCV hosts around 12,000 students and 1,100 faculty members across nine faculties, offering 22 bachelor’s, 59 master’s, and three Ph.D. programs. It maintains over 4,200 internships and global partnerships, welcoming over 1,000 international students annually. Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2023, the Faculty of Education pioneers innovative, student-centred strategies, integrating technology like iPads in classroom learning. UCV’s Faculty of Education trains pre-service and in-service teachers, often collaborating with CEFIRE Valencia for specialized training. It is a founding member of the Comenius Association (CA), promoting intercultural teacher training, and EU-CONEXUS, the European University for Smart Urban Coastal Sustainability.
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Ireland
Trinity College Dublin School of Education & Learnovate Centre
TCD School of Education
The School of Education was established in Trinity College in 1905. Over the past 100 years it has grown in size and reputation and provides a substantial range of postgraduate courses in education, as well as undertaking research into many different areas of educational life. It is one of the major professional schools of the University with a current enrolment of 600 postgraduate students. It has twenty-four full-time and over thirty part-time academic staff. The School is committed to engaging with educational issues through teaching and research at a number of levels: initial teacher education, postgraduate teacher education and continuing professional development. Within this context of informed practice, the School is dedicated to undertaking high quality research that permeates teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. This scholarly activity has gained both national and international recognition in both the academic and professional community and contributes to the understanding and practice of education.
Learnovate Centre
The Learnovate Centre is an industry-led centre of excellence for innovation and research in learning technologies. Funded by Enterprise Ireland in partnership with IDA Ireland and hosted by Trinity College Dublin. With over 20 full time researchers and practitioners, Learnovate has one of the richest concentrations of EdTech domain expertise in Europe. The Learnovate Centre has expertise and experience that encompasses a wide range of learning environments including corporate learning, higher education learning, school learning and non-formal learning. Learnovate boasts a multidisciplinary team of specialist researchers in the learning sciences, computer science, user experience and user-centric design, as well as experts at the forefront of e-learning and EdTech innovation.
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Cyprus
INQUIRY FUSE LTD
INQUIRY FUSE is a multidisciplinary development, research, and outreach centre dedicated to engaging student populations and the wider public in meaningful formal, non-formal, and informal learning experiences through innovative, research-driven educational solutions and actions. Capitalising on research outcomes, INQUIRY FUSE operates at the intersection of knowledge creation, learning design, and societal engagement. The team specialises in Science and STEAM Education, Sport and Exercise Science, Sport Sociology, Physical Education, and Educational Technologies. INQUIRY FUSE envisions the cultivation of multiliteracies, with a particular emphasis on scientific, physical, digital, and environmental literacy, alongside the development of 21st-century skills necessary for a democratic, inclusive, and healthy society. Its work seeks synergies that generate novelty and an authentic societal footprint, promoting a signature of humanity through body and mind while driving educational and social change. INQUIRY FUSE’s multifaceted work falls into four main categories. First, EU-funded projects, where the team demonstrates cumulative expertise in the design, development, management, and coordination of projects under several EU funding schemes, with a strong focus on tangible societal impact. Second, educational research, employing mixed methods to support state-of-the-art analysis, research interventions, evaluation, impact assessment, and policy design. Third, learning design and assessment, involving the creation of inclusive curricula and programmes, aimed at cultivating scientific, digital, physical, and environmental literacy across educational levels. Fourth, training and capacity building, delivering tailored programmes that equip individuals and organisations with knowledge, skills, and attitudes, particularly in STEM engagement and healthy, active lifestyles. Across formal and informal contexts, INQUIRY FUSE demonstrates strong capacity in instructional design, digital pedagogies, gamification, participatory methodologies, contemporary learning approaches, and the development of innovative curricula, training materials, and skills progression frameworks.
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Malta
University of Malta (UM)
The University of Malta (UM) is the sole public and highest teaching institution in Malta, with its structures being in line with the Bologna Process and the European Higher Education area. UM has a 400-year history and presently hosts 11,500 students including 1,000 foreign/exchange students from nearly 92 different countries, following full-time or part-time degree and diploma courses. The study programmes are designed to produce highly qualified professionals with research experience who will play key roles within industry, commerce and public affairs. Around 3,500 students graduate each year. Currently, the University comprises 14 faculties, 115 academic departments, 1 academy, 17 institutes, 13 centres, 3 schools and 11 administrative directorates. The University operates from four campuses located in Msida, Valletta, Marsaxlokk and Gozo, with three outreach centres in Argotti, Cottonera and Fawwara. The University is one of the largest employers in the country, employing 3080 people: 880 full-time and 810 part-time academics, and 1,070 full-time and 320 part-time staff in administrative, technical and industrial roles.
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Greece
Science View
Science View was founded in 2008, is a non-profit organisation dedicated to bridging the gap between the scientific community and the public in Greece and Europe through science communication and education. SV specialises in professional development for teachers, focusing on new technologies and creative pedagogies using a transdisciplinary approach. The organisation designs e-learning courses for a variety of educational and corporate entities and has developed innovative self-assessment tools for integrating Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and STEAM education.
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Norway
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (Høgskulen på Vestlandet)
The Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (Høgskulen på Vestlandet) (HVL) is a leading HEI in Norway with a history in teacher education dating back to 1839. Enrolling 16,000 students across disciplines like education, health, and engineering, HVL excels in sustainable societal solutions and innovative pedagogy, particularly in creative and arts education. It hosts the Centre for Creativities, Arts, and Science (CASE) and coordinates projects such as the Global Science Opera. HVL’s expertise includes STEAM education, interdisciplinary studies, and participatory research, significantly impacting teacher training. The HVL team, with a vast network, has provided training in Europe and beyond, participating in EU projects and initiatives like CREAT-IT, Write a Science Opera, NEXT STEP, and GSO4SCHOOL.
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The Netherlands
University of Groningen (RUG)
The University of Groningen (UG), founded in 1614, is a prestigious international university based in the Northern Netherlands, renowned for its strong commitment to academic excellence and societal impact. With over 33,000 students—including 9,000 international students from more than 120 nationalities—and a staff of 7,200 full-time equivalents, the university represents a vibrant, global community deeply rooted in the Northern Netherlands region. Its 11 faculties, including one located in the Frisian capital Leeuwarden, offer over 45 bachelor's and 120 master's programmes, most taught in English, highlighting the university’s commitment to internationalisation and accessibility. Through its extensive research activities, the University of Groningen actively contributes to solving critical global challenges, specifically in the strategic areas of Energy and Climate, Public Health, Sustainable Development, and Digitization and AI. With 4,200 academic staff the university fosters an inclusive research environment, supporting over 4,600 PhD candidates annually and producing more than 9,100 research publications each year. Its strong academic community, consisting of over 180,000 alumni worldwide, continues to influence societal development, making Groningen a vital hub for innovation, talent development, and sustainable progress.
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Belgium
Eummena
Eummena is an innovation and EdTech enterprise. Based in Leuven, Belgium, was founded in 2011 as a K.U.Leuven spin-off and serves as an innovation hub for EdTech covering the EMEA region. With 15 FTE experts, it delivers advanced educational technologies and digital transformation services. As a Premium Moodle Partner, Eummena offers comprehensive Moodle solutions including installation, hosting, customization, and training. Additionally, it participates in international initiatives aimed at advancing future learning technologies. Eummena also collaborates with Naace to enhance educational technology excellence in the Middle East & Africa, helping institutions elevate their technology use and educational outcomes. Eummena has strong experience at the educational and technological level in building educator programs, online academies, and certification. Through their work with clients and partners in the EdTech sector, experts, and trainers, the Eummena team has strong alliance and collaboration with organisations such as the Belgian EdTech Station, GoSchools Network, European Schoolnet - EUN, SOCIEUX+ - EU Expertise, Moodle Lerend Network in Flanders.
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Belgium
European Schoolnet
European Schoolnet is an international non-profit association and network of 34 public Education Authorities, founded in 1997. EUN’s mission is to inspire and support our ministries of education’s members, as well as schools, teachers, and relevant education stakeholders in Europe, in the transformation of education processes for 21st century digitalised societies. They do this by identifying and testing promising innovative practices, sharing evidence about their impact, and supporting the mainstreaming of teaching and learning practices aligned with 21st century standards for inclusive education. EUN works on three strategic areas (i) providing usable evidence and data in the area of innovation in education to inform policy recommendations (via peer exchanges, policy experimentations, surveys and reports and via its various WGs); (ii) supporting schools and teachers in their teaching practices (via the animation of three European networks - eTwinning, Scientix and Better Internet for Kids); (iii) developing and sustaining a network of schools engaged in innovative teaching and learning approaches (via the activities organised around the Future Classroom Lab and via the FCL Ambassadors scheme). The creation of the Future Classroom Lab (in 2012) and the EUN Academy (in 2014) are two initiatives that have enabled European Schoolnet and its Ministries to develop a sustainability strategy and implement capacity-building initiatives for schools and teachers across Europe. Since 2010, EUN has also put a keen focus on testing new pedagogical approaches within projects and on exploring how innovative practices can be mainstreamed and scaled up.
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Greece
University of Peloponnese
Univrsity of Peloponns established in 2000, provides comprehensive education through undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programs, along with lifelong learning opportunities. Located in Tripolis, Greece, UoP consists of 9 schools and 22 departments serving around 25,000 students. Committed to enhancing higher education in Greece with both national and international perspectives, UoP emphasises research and teaching excellence. Engaging in approximately 250 competitive research projects, including Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+, the university fosters extensive collaborations with diverse national and international bodies to promote knowledge exchange, research innovation, and lifelong learning.
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Ireland
Oide Technology in Education' (legal entity Dublin West Education Support Centre)
Oide Technology in Education is a national agency of Ireland’s Ministry of Education, whose legal entity is Dublin West Education Centre. Its core function is to promote the effective use of digital technology in teaching, learning, and assessment across primary and post-primary schools. Key activities include advising on digital policy, supporting schools with digital technology infrastructure, providing professional learning to teachers and school leadership teams, managing the Scoilnet national educational repository and Webwise internet safety, and conducting research to inform best practices in educational technology. Oide Technology in Education is part of the national agency, Oide, which is the national provider of professional learning to all primary and post-primary schools in Ireland.
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Greece
ELLINOGERMANIKI AGOGI
SCHOLI PANAGEA SAVVA AE
Ellinogermaniki Agogi (EA) is an educational organization of private law, officially recognized by the state. Established in 1995, the Research and Development Department provides the test bed for cutting-edge research activities in education. EA focuses on the design, implementation and support of pedagogical and technological innovations in educational practice, both through internal research as well as through collaborations with numerous educational and research institutions. Licensed by Greece’s Ministry of Education, EA is a certified training centre by the Greek Institute of Educational Policy and apart from a complete building infrastructure it supports a wealth of facilities in its premises. EA is an institutional member of EDEN (European Distance Education Network), of STEDE (Science Teacher Education Development in Europe) and of ECSITE (European Network of Science Centres and Museums) network, as well as a partner school of the German Schools-Excellence Network. Ellinogermaniki Agogi (EA) is one of the most innovative schools in Europe