Two Erasmus+ Teacher Academies applications granted

“Teacher Academies is an initiative during the current Erasmus+ period. There has only been one announcement previously. The call should contribute to building European platforms or centers to elevate the teaching profession. This is through various projects where teacher education in a lifelong perspective is central”, says Lise Bakke Brøndbo, Institutional Erasmus + Coordinator at OsloMet.

Digitalisation, green Europe, inclusion and strengthening of democratic values are among the priorities within the call for proposals. In the first call, 11 out of 56 applications received funding. This time, 16 applications have received funding.

Two projects at OsloMet

“By participating in these two projects, OsloMet is well involved in contributing to the goal of Norwegian participation in five Teacher Academies in accordance with the Strategy for Norway's participation in Erasmus+ and the European Education Area (regjeringen.no)”, says Bakke Brøndbo.

“Congratulations with the granted applications!”

About the two projects over 3 years:

TEFF - Academy - Teacher Education for a Future in Flux

Centre for the Study of Professions (SPS) and Faculty of Education and International Studies (LUI) at OsloMet participate as partners. OsloMet contact is Wilfried Admiraal, SPS.

Main focus on enabling teachers to cope with teaching in a constantly changing world. The consortium consists of ten European universities of which Universität zu Köln is the coordinator. University schools, providers of further education and authorities are also involved. In addition to Germany and Norway, Italy, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, France, the Netherlands and Spain are represented.

SciLMi – Meta-Scientific Literacies in the (Mis-)Information Age

Centre for the Study of Professions (SPS) at OsloMet is involved as a partner. OsloMet contact is Wilfried Admiraal, SPS.

The main focus is on enabling teachers to meet the challenges facing democracy. The consortium consists of universities where Universität Innsbruck is the coordinator. NTNU is also involved from Norway. Education authorities, libraries, science centres, organisations, teachers' unions and more are involved either as full partners or as associated partners. In addition to Austria and Norway, Germany, Cyprus, Hungary, Estonia, Finland, Spain and the Czech Republic are among the full partners.