Celebrating the Conclusion of MULTIPLIERS – and the Beginning of a New Chapter

All good things come to an end – with this month marking the official conclusion of MULTIPLIERS as an EU-funded project. On October 29th, our partners and wider network gathered at the LVR-LandesMuseum in Bonn, Germany, to celebrate three years of cross-country collaboration, culminating in the MULTIPLIERS Final Open Schooling Event. It was memorable seeing …

Sustaining and expanding Open Schooling: MULTIPLIERS’ key policy recommendations

How can policymakers support Open Schooling initiatives and improve science learning by fostering collaboration between schools, society and scientific institutions? Throughout the past three years, MULTIPLIERS has demonstrated the effectiveness of Open Schooling Communities in addressing socio-scientific issues and enhancing student engagement with science. Sustaining these networks and supporting the establishment of further communities in …

Everyone is caught up in the potato fever!

By Hannah Kwella, University of Bonn After a visit to the Bonn University’s ecological farm Campus Wiesengut, exploring the new project theme “Biodiversity and Agriculture”, our partner primary school, Michaelschule Bonn, chose the Doors Open Day at their school to set a “Multiplying Event”. They organized a stand on the topic of potatoes. There, the …