Education

Brazil: Avatars assist students with hearing impairment

In an ever more interconnected society, securing inclusive access to information and communication is a challenge. A Brazilian project has made written and spoken Portuguese accessible to students with hearing impairment through avatars that are able to communicate in sign language. The solution was developed by the Laboratory of Digital Video Applications at the Federal…

Education

Secure file sharing in 20+ languages empowers researchers across Asia

Researchers and students are using FileSender to safely exchange large files.

Education Knowledge Exchange

APAN | BdREN (Bangladesh) |

Flexible exams in Finland reduce stress and boost student success

In just 8 years, a digital platform has conquered the Finnish higher education system. The EXAM solution allows students to choose when and where they take exams. Currently, 28 Finnish higher education institutions use the system, covering 88% of the country’s higher education students. In 2024, students completed over 350,000 exams using the system.

Education

CSC (Finland) | Europe |

Group of school children in uniforms smiling at camera

Post-pandemic: Ireland connects 1,000 schools

The HEAnet Schools Network is providing reliable high-speed internet connectivity to primary and post-primary schools nationwide.

Education

Europe | HEAnet (Ireland) |

Digital transformation for Kenyan education

The project meets the evolving needs of education ensuring learners are equipped with the skills and knowledge necessary to thrive in a digitally driven world.

Education

Africa | KENET (Kenya) |

The people behind Brazil’s digital classrooms

A digital transformation is underway that’s making a difference in the the lives of students, teachers and IT staff.

Education

Latin America | RNP (Brazil) |

South Africa: lean design for digital libraries

A minimalistic approach to repository architecture provides a solution for universities that reduces costly dependencies, particularly network and storage.

Education Knowledge Exchange

Africa | TENET (South Africa) |

Student working on computer with access to eduroam mobile roaming services

The Philippines rolls out academic roaming

eduroam is now available at university campuses in The Phillipines, allowing students, researchers, and staff of the participating institutions to connect to the internet at their own campus and when they visit other partner universities and institutions worldwide.

Education Knowledge Exchange

Asia Pacific | DOST-ASTI | PREGINET (Philippines) |

Kherson residents gather outside KNTU buildings for internet connectivity

Ukraine under occupation: the critical role of digital technologies in sustaining education

URAN is playing a crucial role in ensuring that the academic and research pursuits at KNTU could continue during the war and occupation.

Education

EaPConnect (Europe's Eastern Partnership countries) | Europe | URAN (Ukraine) |

participants in the 1st Hackathon of the Hackers do Bem Program

Introducing the white hat hackers of Brazil

With the goal of recruiting at least 30,000 students, the program “Hackers do Bem” – Hackers of good or, if you will, white hat hackers – addresses a significant deficit of professionals in cybersecurity.

Cyber Security Education

Latin America | RNP (Brazil) |

Blended learning on the rise in South Africa

The boost for e-learning initiated by the COVID pandemic has given birth to a new trend for education. While students have returned to lecture halls, educators keep the digital momentum going in new blended formats.

Education

Africa | TENET (South Africa) |

Satellite image of cyclone heading towards Bangladesh and India

Empowering Asia-Pacific researchers through global partnerships

The recent REN Leaders Forum served as a platform to facilitate greater united coordination to help increase the impact of the technologies and capabilities NRENs provide for enabling of research in APAC countries.

Climate Science Education Food Security

1 2 … 9 10 Next

Education

Don’t miss out on a story

Are you a R&E network with a story to tell? We want to hear it!