Education
OpenUP2U: accessible education in times of crisis
In an effort to support continued learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, the EU-funded Up2University (Up2U) project rapidly accelerated development of a version of its trusted, remote learning platform, and offered it to all schools and universities across Europe.
Fostering the transfer of innovation and technology from academia to society
Linking researchers, teachers and students through projects, technological services, and scientific development initiatives to enable a cycle of constant growth
Opening the door to Europe’s digital language library
The CLARIN research infrastructure (or simply “CLARIN”) was set up in 2012. Its objective is to make digital language resources from Europe accessible to humanities and social science researchers through a single sign-on.
South Africa’s vocational education goes Industry 4.0
The TVET project provides invaluable support to learners, delivering the Internet access and knowledge resources they need to study and graduate.
Contributing to education at home in Ecuador
During the pandemic health emergency it has been possible to train more than 20 thousand people at home in various fields of knowledge.
Supporting remote teaching of performing arts
How do artists play music together in times of a crisis like COVID-19? How do they teach, run courses, collaborate, rehearse, and perform during lockdowns all over the world? Enter: the Network Performing Arts Production Workshops.
Advancing online learning technologies in Zambia
When universities in Zambia closed down due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, the Zambia Research and Education Network stepped in with its high capacity network to assist 22 of its member institutions deploy Moodle.
Boosting online learning in Morocco during the coronavirus lockdown
MARWAN, the Moroccan Academic and Research Network, has played a crucial role in supporting the remote delivery of higher education.
Powering up future communicators
Education
Knowledge Exchange
ASREN (Arab States)
GARNET (Ghana)
GÉANT (Europe)
UbuntuNet (East & Southern Africa)
WACREN (West + Central Africa)
Students of communication and journalism at higher learning institutions across 13 African countries can look forward to extensive virtual collaboration through a new digital platform, the All Varsity News Network.
Supporting remote delivery of education in Tunisia during the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the temporary closure of educational institutions in Tunisia in an attempt to contain the spread of the virus.
Nordic boom in distance learning
Education
Knowledge Exchange
Technology
CSC (Finland)
DeIC (Denmark)
NORDUNet (European Nordic)
RHnet (Iceland)
SUNET (Sweden)
UNINETT (Norway)
Since the COVID-19 outbreak, the number of distance learning users in the Nordic countries has risen dramatically.
Supporting distance learning with eduMEET in Ukraine
Within the first week eduMEET became a popular tool and is now attracting up to 120 users per day.