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Makerspaces in the early years: Enhancing digital literacy and creativity

MakEY is a 30 month project funded by the EU H2020 Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) programme.

SAINT - Slow Adventure In Northern Territories

SAINT is funded by the EU Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme for the period 2015-2018. The project started April 2015, involving 11 partners with a total grant of 1.1 mill EUR.
“Slow Adventures in Northern Territories” will work with SMEs to make them more aware of how to capitalise on the business opportunities in guided “slow adventure” experiences, offering simple nature-based, immersive journeys, living and travelling in wild places, through marketing to new, distant customer markets.

Immigrants in education: A new challenge

One of the key for the successful integration of immigrants into Icelandic society lies within the schools. Until a decade ago having children from a foreign background in the school system was a rather unfamiliar phenomenon. In the year 2000, according to Hagstofa.is, there were 30 foreign children under 18 years old living in Akureyri; this number has tripled and in 2014 there are 87 foreign children living in town.

Explaining regional differences in adaptation and satisfaction among the immigrant population in Iceland

The goal of this project is to understand regional differences in the integration and social adaptation of immigrants in the North of Iceland and to understand the mechanisms which impacts immigrants’ integration, satisfaction and feelings of belonging in coastal communities in Iceland. In 2016, we realized a comparative quantitative study within three communities in the North of Iceland in order understand and compare the situation of the immigrants and the reaction of the local population towards them. The result of the study shows that there are differences within the three communities regarding the social and economic situation of immigrants, the attitude and expectations of the local population towards them and their satisfaction and their feelings of belonging.

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Makerspaces in the early years: Enhancing digital literacy and creativity

SAINT - Slow Adventure In Northern Territories

Immigrants in education: A new challenge

Explaining regional differences in adaptation and satisfaction among the immigrant population in Iceland

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