June 2024 David van Alten, Saro Lozano Parra and their research assistant Anouk Richters have received funding from YELS during the first round of funding back in June 2023 for their project Citizenship in a digitalizing world: Exploring the connection between citizenship and digital literacy in educational research and practice. You can read an introduction…

June 2024  YELS has funded several interdisciplinary research projects since June 2023 (you can read more about them here and here). These projects are progressing nicely. Below you find a short update of some of them, as a sneak peak for more elaborate updates that will follow in the upcoming months as the projects progress.  …

A new round of financial support is offered by the community Youth Education & Life Skills to promote and support research activities that fit the scope of YELS. We look forward to receiving your proposals by the 27th of May 2024.  You can find the application form on the page Funding Opportunities. Focus and values  In…

Many African countries are moving to a Competency-based Curriculum (CBC) that focuses on life skills as core competencies. However, the actual implementation and integration of teaching and learning practices that foster life skills competencies in the classroom context are still unclear, and the assessment of these competencies is, in many ways, still in its infancy….

How to address topics such as human rights, coping with climate change, promoting sexual and reproductive health rights, or dealing with fake news? Be inspired by the Tarumbeta youth group who use of dance, music and performing arts to do so

On Wednesday evening May 15th, the Symposium on Belonging and Teacher Practices took place at the Academy Building in Utrecht. We look back on an inspiring evening with the special presence of Melanie Acosta all the way from Florida Atlantic University. Dr. Acosta is an Associate Professor of Education, and her research, teaching and services…

On the 7th of May, the second DoY Meet-Up took place. This time hosted by the Youth Education and Life Skills community. This Meet-Up started with a round table followed by networking drinks. The theme of the Round Table  was ‘the interaction between education, arts and science”.   We met at the beautiful Theater de Berenkuil. The…

Are you interested in how to organize research for relevance? Then please join us for an interactive talk by William R. Penuel, distinguished Professor of learning sciences and human development on Friday 8 March from 9.30-10:45 in the Academy Hall – Belle van Zuylenzaal, Utrecht. Organizing Research for Relevance Calls for research to be more…

In November, our colleagues had the opportunity to apply for funding and support to help create activities that fit the scope of Youth Education and Life Skills. In our community, we focus on how education empowers young people and these projects will help get a better understanding of this. We are very happy to announce…

Are you interested in the topic of digitalization and platformization and how these processes impact upon youth and their possibilities for development, learning and education? Join us for the symposium Platforms and Pedagogies. Digital technologies and new perspectives for Youth and Education on Thursday 14 December 2023, that we co-host together with Utrecht University’s focus…