How does a radio programme actually reach its listeners? Who decides what is broadcast? And how can citizens actively participate in local media? To answer these questions, our UNITE participants visited StadtRadio Göttingen, the local community radio station, where they…
What happens after students design their own educational board games? In the MILES project, their ideas don’t stay in the classroom. Instead, they become part of a European learning journey. Over the past months, students from 12 schools across Europe…
The internet offers incredible opportunities—but also growing challenges. Helping young people question information, verify sources and recognise manipulation is becoming more important than ever. A recent Digital Decade Eurobarometer shows that 92% of Europeans consider protecting children online a high…
Most educational games are designed by adults. In the MILES project, we decided to turn this idea around and asked the real experts on today’s digital world: the students themselves. Following the media literacy workshops, a group of students from…
Can you always tell whether an image is real? Why do some posts spread so quickly? And what makes certain headlines impossible to ignore? These were just some of the questions explored by students during the MILES workshops at IGS…
On 6 May, we met with all MILES partners in Athens to discuss our next steps, student-designed board games and preparations for the upcoming MILES EU-Conference in Brussels. We also collected memorable moments with teachers and students — more on…
Project partners are actively implementing student workshops and piloting the MILES Students’ Toolbox in real classroom settings. Through interactive activities, young people are encouraged to strengthen their critical thinking skills, question the reliability of online content, and engage more responsibly…
We recently met in Vienna with all 12 MILES project partners to reflect on the results of our piloting activities and take the next steps toward bringing media literacy more actively into classrooms across Europe. During the meeting, partners shared…
Who knows best what really works in the classroom? The answer is simple: the people who teach there every day. As part of the MILES project, BUPNET brought together teachers, media educators and project staff to review and further develop…
With MILES, we’re now moving beyond teacher training and heading straight into classrooms across Europe. Through student workshops and hands-on activities, we aim to boost critical thinking and tackle AI-powered disinformation where it hits hardest. 📦 Coming up: A student-designed…
That’s why the MILES project is focused on empowering current and future educators to address disinformation, fake news, and even deepfakes in the classroom. The high interest in our trainings and webinars proves just how urgent the need is for…
Curious about how to counter misinformation in the classroom? The MILES project is hosting a series of free webinars designed for educators, policymakers, and anyone eager to strengthen media literacy and critical thinking in education. 🌍 Led by experts from…
At the end of September, we gathered with our MILES partners in Göttingen to take stock of our progress and shape the next steps. The focus? Planning co-creation workshops with students and preparing flipped classroom activities that will bring together…
We will try to answer these questions during the MILES webinar. We are excited to have Professor Miguel Ferreira da Silva as our guest speaker. A lawyer, researcher, and university professor with a PhD in Security and Defence, he has…
MILES is a project with 11 partners from 10 EU countries that connects classrooms across borders to tackle a shared challenge: building resilience against misinformation. By combining our expertise while respecting local contexts, we are creating a robust European network…