Deadline: 31-Jan-22
What moves you when you think about Europe? Are you involved with topics related to social justice, the climate crisis, and/or digitalization? Do you have ideas on how to change Europe for the better? And do you want to implement your ideas by creating a workshop for young people? If yes, then apply for Thinking of Europe Fellowship 2022!
In cooperation with Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft, the Schwarzkopf-Foundation Young Europe awards six fellowships to young European educators for 2022.
Aims
- The fellowship’s aim is to support young European educators in the development of new workshops on topics related to social justice, digitalisation and the climate crisis. Introducing these new formats in classrooms, it seeks to strengthen the democratic competences of students and young adults.
- For the fellows, the programme offers a distinct opportunity to professionalise their social commitment, activism and passion for educational work.
Funding Information
You know someone with whom you would like to develop and implement your idea together? Then they encourage you to apply for a Tandem Fellowship, in which you work together on workshops and receive funding totalling € 5,400.00.
Benefits
- You receive a financial support of 2700 Euros (450 Euros a month, March-August)
- All travel, accommodation and food costs for events in person are covered
- Your fellowship is compatible with your vocational training/apprenticeship, studies or work (approximated 30 hours a month)
- You will strengthen your skills in developing a workshop with a focus on social justice, digitalisation or the climate crisis
- You will be supported with pedagogical training, coaching and mentoring
- You get counselling from media professionals
- You gain hands-on experience by testing your formats in different learning settings
- You get the opportunity to publish your work as an Open Educational Resource
- You will reach a large audience in the networks of the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft and the Schwarzkopf Foundation
- You are provided with technical equipment and software
Eligibility Criteria
- You are between 18 and 27 years old and you are living on the European continent
- You have first experiences in developing educational content for young people
- You have general knowledge of one or two of the following issues: representation and participation, diversity and empowerment, anti-discrimination, anti-racism and antisemitism
- You speak, write and read English at B2-level
- First hands-on experience in the usage of audio-visual media and digital tools is a plus
- Multilingualism is a plus
For more information, visit https://understanding-europe.org/en/news/apply-now-fellowships-2022/