Partners
This innovative Erasmus+ project aims is to enhance secondary school students’ STEM skills and competences with sports as real- life applications to teach those subjects, with a special emphasis to be given to girls.
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
Belgium
The Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) came into being in 1970, after it separated from its French-speaking counterpart, the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). The VUB is a dynamic and modern university with eight faculties and four campuses in the Brussels Capital Region. The main campus in Etterbeek is home to seven faculties while the medical campus and the University Hospital are located in Jette. VUB offers quality education to more than 19,156 students through 174 study programmes and three Doctoral Schools (Human Sciences, Life Sciences, Natural Sciences & Bio-Science Engineering). All degree programmes offered by the VUB are accredited by the Dutch-Flemish Accreditation Organisation (NVAO) ensuring that they meet predefined quality standards. VUB is an internationally oriented university attracting many international students. To facilitates the incoming of international exchange students, nearly all VUB programmes have a course offer in English for at least one semester. In total, VUB has 52 English-taught programmes. Currently, VUB has more than 4,600 international students from 147 nationalities, mostly coming from non-EEA countries. The project aligns with the school education priority of ‘Promoting interest and excellence in STEM’ as it seeks to integrate STEM education with Sports through interdisciplinary teaching. Employing pedagogical methods such as inquiry-based, problem-based, and design-based learning, the project aims to explicitly connect STEM and sports, promoting the development of essential STEM skills, including critical thinking, problem-solving, and analytical thinking. Through these focused efforts, STEM Sports aims to create an inclusive learning environment that promotes STEM competences and addresses the broader EU objectives of fostering inclusion and equity in education. The project’s innovative and transnational nature contributes significantly to the European Commission’s vision of promoting excellence in STEM, while aligning with the European Year of Skills 2024, the Green Deal, and the Digital Agenda of the European Union.
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Spain
The Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), located in Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), near Barcelona, is one of the major public universities in Spain. Currently, the university offers more than 100 bachelor’s degrees, covering a wide range of fields in humanities and arts, social sciences, health sciences, technology and physical sciences. The UAB also offers more than 140 master’s degrees, as well as 8 Erasmus Mundus master's degrees. Finally, the UAB runs 67 doctoral programs and an average of 640 PhD dissertations are defended per year. The UAB has over 40,000 students, almost 6,000 researchers and teaching staff, and hosts more than 5,000 foreign students. Since its foundation in 1968, the UAB has been acknowledged for its excellence in promoting quality in teaching and in attracting international talent. Its impact on research is also noteworthy. This excellence is reflected in its position in the most prestigious international rankings. In the 2020 edition of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, the UAB placed second among Spanish universities, 170th in the world ranking and 75th within Europe.
INQUIRY FUSE LTD
Cyprus
INQUIRY FUSE is a multidisciplinary development, research, and outreach centre dedicated to engaging student populations and the wider public in meaningful formal, non-formal, and informal learning experiences through innovative, research-driven educational solutions and actions. Capitalising on research outcomes, INQUIRY FUSE operates at the intersection of knowledge creation, learning design, and societal engagement. The team specialises in Science and STEAM Education, Sport and Exercise Science, Sport Sociology, Physical Education, and Educational Technologies. INQUIRY FUSE envisions the cultivation of multiliteracies, with a particular emphasis on scientific, physical, digital, and environmental literacy, alongside the development of 21st-century skills necessary for a democratic, inclusive, and healthy society. Its work seeks synergies that generate novelty and an authentic societal footprint, promoting a signature of humanity through body and mind while driving educational and social change. INQUIRY FUSE’s multifaceted work falls into four main categories. First, EU-funded projects, where the team demonstrates cumulative expertise in the design, development, management, and coordination of projects under several EU funding schemes, with a strong focus on tangible societal impact. Second, educational research, employing mixed methods to support state-of-the-art analysis, research interventions, evaluation, impact assessment, and policy design. Third, learning design and assessment, involving the creation of inclusive curricula and programmes, aimed at cultivating scientific, digital, physical, and environmental literacy across educational levels. Fourth, training and capacity building, delivering tailored programmes that equip individuals and organisations with knowledge, skills, and attitudes, particularly in STEM engagement and healthy, active lifestyles. Across formal and informal contexts, INQUIRY FUSE demonstrates strong capacity in instructional design, digital pedagogies, gamification, participatory methodologies, contemporary learning approaches, and the development of innovative curricula, training materials, and skills progression frameworks.
Institut InsBitàcola
Spain
The Institut Bitàcola is a High School located in Barberà del Vallès, near Barcelona, is one of the public high schools of this city. It's a little secondary school with 270 students between 12 and 16 years old led by a team of 26 teachers. A center created in 2016 with clear objectives to become an innovative high school. A project opened to the world and engaged with the environment (real assignments, participation in municipal activities, learning camps...). A school focussed on the educational community and all the agents involved. A team who base the coexistence on dialogue with a very personalized learning with low ratios. With a high level of coordination of all the professionals involved in the learning and growth process of the students. A project centered on constant evaluation of educational processes and proposals for improvement as a result of a dynamic vision of the educational process. working to create an inclusive system: A school for everybody, a project for everyone.
ASD Sport Compass
Italy
ASD Sport Compass, as a non-profit Sports Club, is strategically positioned to address the pressing need for enhanced STEM skills and competencies among young girls in schools through their unique expertise in education through sport methodology (ETS) and inclusion projects. The organisation places a particular emphasis on fostering inclusivity and works with multiple stakeholders, the schools included. Leveraging the engaging methodology of Non-Formal Education (NFE), ASD Sport Compass seeks to bridge the gap in traditional STEM education methods and make these subjects more accessible and appealing to youth, especially students. At the heart of ASD Sport Compass's mission is promoting and developing amateur sports activities, from sailing and nautical practices to airborne and outdoor sports. The organisation aims to actively introduce these educational aspects into educational and school curricula by recognising sports as transformative tools for psycho-physical and moral education.
Gymnasio Latsion
Cyprus
Latsia High School was founded in 1991, with approximately 500-600 students every year. This year our school has a total of 530 students. The subjects that our school offers are Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Geography, Literature subjects, Mathematics, Technology, Home Economics, Art, Music, and Gymnastics. Our school is equipped with the equipment and infrastructure that our students need to perform in the demands of their lessons daily. There is a library where both students and teachers can borrow books, study, and prepare for various assignments and projects. The age of our students is 12-15 years old. Our students participated in various programmes in Cyprus and abroad, which gave them the opportunity to make new friends and work as a team. They have learned to raise awareness on various issues but also to help their classmates when necessary. At school our students are taught English and French as foreign languages. All of them speak Greek and most of them English. A lot of our students though may already know a third language as well. The school as well as our students cooperate with the community giving them the opportunity to participate in various activities organized by our municipality / community. We have chosen this particular age group to raise awareness on heart disease as this is the age when students should start looking after their health in order to prevent problems later.
Koninklijk Atheneum Etterbeek
Belgium
The GO! Atheneum Etterbeek (KAE) is a Dutch school providing general secundary education in Brussels for ages 12 – 18. At KAE, we believe in combining a solid cognitive foundation with the cultivation of positive attitudes and essential study skills. The school offers a “Sport-Science” curriculum where students from 14 and more get additional courses of athletics, gymnastics and swimming for 2h/week. In the higher years (16+) they also follow an additional course on “Human Movement Sciences” and “Anatomy” for another 2h/week. As a Brussels-based school, we take pride in showcasing the strengths of our vibrant city. We aim to create a meaningful learning and living environment for every student. For the students chosing for “Sport-Science”, these values translate into promoting fair play, ethical conduct, and a sense of responsibility both on and off the field. Our aim is to enable students choosing the “Sport-Science” curriculum to continue with an academic training in sciences (for example medecine, biomedical sciences, human movement sciences , revalidation sciences ...) while sports play a pivotal role in shaping their character and instilling values that extend beyond the classroom.