DIMA 2.0 Newsletter 2
A learning, teaching, and training activity, partner meetings and many new exciting developments featured in the second newsletter of the DIMA 2.0 project.
Author: cardet-wpadmin
UNIC and CARDET offer two PhD Scholarships in Education Sciences
The University of Nicosia and the international research centre CARDET announce two (2) fully funded PhD Scholarships for the Academic Year 2021-2022.
Selected candidates will work in one or a combination of the following research areas:
- XR, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, computational thinking, and data analytics in digital learning environments: Implications for learning design.
- STEAM education, non-formal and informal learning for sustainable development.
- Systemic education reform with focus on teacher professional development, PBIS, positive education, resilience, and well-being.
Research Supervisor: Prof Charalambos Vrasidas
Email: vrasidas.c@unic.ac.cy
Part of the scholarship entails that candidates will work on international research projects under the joint supervision of the CARDET team and UNIC faculty. A stipend will be provided, depending on hours of engagement and experience.
The prospective doctoral students will need to apply to the School of Education, follow the University of Nicosia application process and regulations, and indicate on their application that they are interested to be considered for one of these scholarships.
Deadline for applications: 30 April 2021
For more information on how to apply and admission requirements, please visit the programme page
Online Event – Youth Radicalization in the Digital Era
CARDET is hosting an online discussion to explore the threats of violent extremism and youth radicalization online.
The event, organized as part of the project HYPER, will examine the effect digital tools have on the radicalization process and how do radicals use the internet to engage and influence young people.
Speakers of the Event:
Dr Hilary Pilkington – Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester and Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences. She is currently coordinator of the H2020 DARE (Dialogue about Radicalisation and Equality) project (http://www.dare-h2020.org/), which considers the social origins and effects of radicalisation, focusing on young people and on both Islamist and anti-Islam(ist) (extreme right) radicalisation.
Petros Petrikkos – Doctoral Candidate (International Relations and European Studies) at the University of Nicosia, Department of Politics and Governance and Research Associate at the Diplomatic Academy. His research focuses on questions of societal insecurity and resilience, misinformation, hybrid threats, and foreign policy in small states.
Nicholas D. James – DPhil Student a the University of Oxford, Department of Politics and IR; and Doctoral Fellow Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right
The event will be in English and participation is open and free.
To participate please register via the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZ0ocOigqzsvHdG…
SOCI@LL benchmark and showcase of the toolkit journey in schools
The experiences and ideas of schools participating in SOCI@LL will be in the epicentre of the project’s first international bench-learning webinar hosted by CARDET on Thursday, February25th 2021. The event brings together schools from Cyprus, Poland, Portugal, and Italy in an aim to build a stronger network among participants.
During the event, schools implementing SOCI@LL’s educative assets will have an opportunity to exchange best practices for further involvement in the project activities and discuss emerging issues linked to the sustainability of the project results. Schools will also have an opportunity to develop strategic action plans for the further use of the resources.
The SOCI@LL educative assets aim to create and sustain culturally balanced and inclusive systems inside and around schools. The project is built-on a five-step participatory approach, seeking to support students’ learning through culturally sensitive curricula, enhance the socio-educational and intercultural competencies of teachers in a bid to foster a democratic and inclusive culture of schools and establish cross-sectoral alliances between schools and local inclusion actors.
For more information about the SOCI@LL activities you can visit the website of the project.
Guide on Good Governance Principles through Social Responsibility
In order to contribute to the improvement of good governance in sports organisations, the GoSport project has developed a comprehensive guide aiming at enhancing the capacities and awareness of sports clubs/organisations, professional and semi-professional sport teams and clubs on implementing good governance principles through social responsibility.
The GoSport guide provides the necessary information on how sports organisations interpret, manage and prioritise social responsibility issues – especially in terms of combating violence, tackling racism, discrimination and intolerance, and encouraging social inclusion and equal opportunities – how organisational governance influences social responsibility and how social responsibility is communicated within the organisations. Furthermore, this Guide provides tools to for-profit and non-profit sports organisations for understanding the relationships among the organisations, its stakeholders and society, and integrating socially responsible organisational governance practices.
If you work in the sport industry and you want to improve your knowledge on how to promote a more inclusive society through CSR activities, download the GoSport guide here.
The GoSport project has a duration of two years and is implemented in Greece, Bulgaria, Italy, Croatia and Cyprus by KMOP – Social Action and Innovation Centre (Project Coordinatior), Bulgarian Sports Development Association, CESIE, IDOP and CARDET. For more information about the project, visit their website.
DiCultYouth – Newsletter 4
The end of January 2021 marks the end of yet another project. DiCultYouth aimed to develop and further synergies between the creative sectors of culture, education, and technology, and boost the digital skills and employability of young people.
The project developed an online Game and an Online training course in order to enhance the motivation, knowledge, and understanding of youth on the European history and culture in the future, and support young learners develop specialised digital skills.
Find out about more about the project and its last activities in the 4th edition of the project’s newsletter.
DiCultYouth releases online training course on digital skills
Our project DiCultYouth has unveiled an online training course aiming to help young people with fewer opportunities improve their digital skills and boost their employability in the cultural sector.
The training course, titled “DiCultYouth for a European digital economy” course consists of 17 units, separated in three modules:
- Introduction to digitalisation in the Cultural sector
- Cultural Heritage Management
- Practical training in new Digital Technologies
The DiCultYouth team worked hard in the past months to draft the content of the modules and develop it online. Four Elements, the Greek partner of the consortium pilot tested the online course and gave to the project’s team valuable feedback to finalise this output, supporting to maximise its quality and impact for the future.
The training course is available in English, Greek, Serbian, French and Bosnian can be accessed both on a PC or a mobile device, on the project’s platform at: https://dicultyouth.eu/platform
ENACTED held its 2nd partnership meeting
The partners of the ENACTED consortium, met online on November 10th and 11th 2020 for the project’s 2nd partnership meeting. During the two-days meeting, partners had the opportunity to discuss key milestones and to address future project challenges.
More specifically, the partners focused on the evaluation phase required in order to confine the list of inclusive education practices from CSO’s, grassroots initiatives, migrant-led initiatives, solidarity networks, etc. in partners countries but also outside at EU level. In addition, partners had a first glimpse on the ENACTED platform which was presented and launched.
The meeting was initially scheduled to take place in Greece, however, due to the outbreak of coronavirus the consortium decided to transfer it online.
ENACTED – European network of an active civil society for education and diversity – brings together a 6-party consortium from Italy, Greece, Cyprus, and Spain. The project is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme.
For more information on the Enacted project, please visit: www.enacted.eu
ENACTED – Newsletter 1
We are delighted to share the first newsletter of the ENACTED project! ENACTED steps in to fill a void by supporting European educational systems and particularly schools to respond adequately and effectively to the diverse needs of Newly Arrived Migrants Students fostering their integration in both education and society.
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