University College London (UCL) is consistently ranked among the top 10 universities in the UK, and within the top 25 in the world. UCL encourages its staff to engage in world leading interdisciplinary projects, promotes and supports activities that encourage two-way communication between the academic community and members of the public. UCL approaches public engagement as an opportunity to support communities with top academic expertise, create knowledge in collaboration with communities and members of the public and create a sustainable channel of dialogue where knowledge and experiences are shared and where ‘public participants’ influence future research to maximise societal impact and benefit. Within UCL the following departments are involved: 1) The Extreme Citizen Science Group (UCL Geography) as the project’s cooordinator (https://www.geog.ucl.ac.uk/news-events/research/research-centres/excites); 2) The Community Research Initiative for Students (CRIS) (https://studentsunionucl.org/volunteering/cris); 3) The Office for Open Science and Scholarship (OOSS) (UCL Library Services) (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/research-support/ucl-office-open-science-and-scholarship) and 4) The Evaluation Exchange (EvEx) (UCL Bartlettt) (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/environmental-design/research-projects/2021/jun/evaluation-exchange).
Website: www.ucl.ac.uk
Facebook: @uclexcites
Citizens In Power (CIP) is an independent non-profit, non-governmental organization from Cyprus that addresses the needs and demands of people through their involvement in social and civic life, by simultaneously providing them innovative material and free trainings related with a variety of fields, such as education (including on-line education), inclusion, entrepreneurship and business, culture, labour market and lifelong learning. CIP mainly aims at the development of education, entrepreneurship and lifelong learning in Cyprus and abroad. To achieve these targets CIP has an ongoing collaboration with the leading universities, schools, NGOs and research organizations in Cyprus for the development of projects, trainings and educational material. CIP retains a valuable network of professional trainers and educational experts experienced in both formal and non-formal education.
Website: www.citizensinpower.org
Facebook: @citizensinpower
Web2Learn (W2L) is a business partner that offers high-quality digital learning and professional training solutions and services, mostly targeted to the VET and Higher Education sector. The company is located in Thessaloniki, Greece, and the team is comprised of six highly qualified people in the areas of expertise described below.
The company specialises in two areas of activity:
a) openness
b) social connectivity.
Website: www.web2learn.eu
Twitter: web2learn_eu
At the heart of a global network of knowledge and innovation, Université Paris Cité is France’s leading multidisciplinary university. It covers a wide range of disciplines, with one of the most comprehensive and ambitious educational offerings available in the world. Université Paris Cité is part of the incarnation of a world city, aware of its place and missions, open to youth and knowledge. Born in 2019 from the merger of the universities of Paris Diderot, Paris Descartes and Institut de physique du globe de Paris, the ambition of Université Paris CIté is to lead and develop an exceptional potential to meet the challenges of tomorrow’s society. With a recognized international standing, as well as a strategic portfolio of privileged academic partners throughout the world, it offers its students state-of-the-art, innovative courses in Arts, Humanities and Languages, Human, Economic and Social Sciences, Science and Technology, Medicine , Dentistry, Pharmacy and Nursing. Université Paris Cité’s involvement in the project is lead by the Learning Planet Institute (https://learningplanetinstitute.org).
Website: www.u-paris.fr/en
Facebook: @univparis
Twitter: Univ_Paris
The University of Malta is the Islands’ leading higher education institution and over its 400-year history, has been a hub for international academic exchange. Its structures are in line with the Bologna Process and the European Higher Education area, and it attracts students from the EU and elsewhere to the Maltese archipelago, at the center of the Mediterranean Sea. The University hosts some 11,500 students, including around 1,000 international students from 92 different countries and 450 visiting overseas students, following full-time or part-time degree and diploma courses. About 3,500 students graduate in various disciplines annually.
Website: www.um.edu.mt
Facebook: @universityofmalta
Twitter: UMmalta