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Lusófona University

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The Centre for Research in Applied Communication, Culture, and New Technologies (CICANT) results from the combined efforts of Lusófona University (Lisbon and Porto, Portugal) researchers in Communication Sciences. The centre is geared towards innovative and interdisciplinary research and promotes theoretical and applied research at the crossroads of media, society, literacies, arts, culture and technologies. CICANT has extensive research experience in the Media, Society and Literacies (MSL) area and hosts the MeLCi Lab – Media Literacy and Civic Cultures Laboratory. MelCi Lab’s primary mission is to aggregate researchers and the research done at CICANT in the field of media education and civic cultures, in connection with everyday life in today’s deep mediatised and digitised society.

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Organisational member Netherlands

Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences

The Rotterdam University of Applies Sciences is a Dutch institute for Higher Education with about 4000 employees and around 40.000 students. RUAS offers associate degree-, bachelor-, and master programmes within the domains of applied sciences, built environment, art, social work, communication, economics, maritime, education, AD, and healthcare. Within RUAS the department OeO is responsible for the quality of education. The educational consultants, embedded librarians, policy makers, quality assurance etc. work with partners across the 10 institutions to ensure and improve quality of education.

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Organisational member France

Centre pour l’Éducation aux Médias et à l’Information (CLÉMI)

CLEMI, part of Canopé Network (Réseau Canopé), is in charge of Media and information literacy (MIL) in the French education system. CLEMI was created in 1983 with the mission to train teachers to a better knowledge of the news media system and to build children’s citizenship skills by providing tools and fostering their critical thinking of media and information. Media literacy is a crucial asset to achieve a better understanding of the world. CLEMI is in charge of teacher training on media and information literacy issues that has been integrated in French curricula.

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Organisational member Ireland

University of Galway

The University of Galway was founded in 1845 and is located in western Ireland on the rugged coast of the Atlantic Ocean. It has a student population of nearly 19,000, 17% of which are international students from 122 countries. The university provides teaching and research across the sciences, social sciences and humanities, delivered through four colleges, 19 schools, five research institutes and a range of research centres and clusters. University of Galway aims to foster a vibrant community of students and staff, where distinguished learning, impactful research, and creative thinking are shared with the world. Four institutional core values underpin this: respect, openness, sustainability and excellence. Within University of Galway, the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) supports and enables the development of a culture of excellence in teaching and learning by promoting methods that encourage active learner engagement and critical thinking. CELT is very much research-led and participates in international organisations and fora in the areas of teaching, evaluation, technology and higher education research.

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