Via our parent organisation, the Dill Faulkes Educational Trust (DFET), we at the Faulkes Telescope Project are proud to be leading an EU Erasmus+ project called LaSciL.

LaSciL stands for Large Scientific infrastructures enriching online and digital Learning and aims to support high quality science teaching, through the use of data archives and innovative online tools.

Along with our colleagues in Greece, Portugal and Austria, we are supporting teachers in using these tools to:

• create educational resources for students in open and distance learning;

• manage large numbers of students in an online environment and keep them motivated to participate;

• personalise teaching practices based on students’ needs.

As with many EU projects, LaSciL will is running a couple of ‘summer schools’. In 2022, we were lucky enough to visit Heraklion in Crete. In February 2023, it will take place in a dark sky reserve called Alqueva in Portugal. We have funding to provide UK teachers with flights and accommodation for these weeklong trips so if you’re interested, please contact us.

More details can be found here for the project (https://lascil.eu/) and the summer school (https://esia.ea.gr/lascil-winter-school-2023/).

Or contact us for more details by emailing fraser.lewis (at) faulkes-telescope.com