European Question Time Thursday 6 March 6.30p.m. Ustinov Room, Van Mildert College, Durham Ever wondered what a MEP actually does ? How will your vote at the European Parliamentary elections give you a voice on the EU stage ? How does the European Parliament work and is it worth the money it costs to…
Month: December 2013
Link2Learn winners
Durham County Council won the local authority category in the British Council/HSBS Link2Learn awards. At a recent ceremony, Council Chairman Cllr Pauline Charlton and international officer, Brian Stobie, picked up the prize of £3500, which will be spent on international education projects in the county’s schools.
12 days of Christmas and 31 days in January
As we move into 2014, we would like to wish all those who have contacted Europe Direct North East England a wonderful holiday. We have also set our readers a January quiz – something to get the grey cells working. You can take it easily by attempting one question each day in January or do…
Work placement from France
I’m Pauline, I’m twenty years old. I come from France. I live and study in Saint-Quentin in the North of France, which is a little city of 70 000 residents, about 170 kilometres from Paris. I’m studying foreign languages; English and German, economics, management, and others subjects with a view to becoming as a personal…
Euroscola winners
Teams from the following schools have won places to travel to Strasbourg in March ; Consett Academy St Robert of Newminster Framwellgate School Durham St Leonard’s RC Comprehensive School
Partners in Europe
Europe Direct hosted a seminar on 29 November which aimed to look at some of the new generation of programmes from the European Union. The presentations which we have been allowed to publish are shown below title Creative Links – the unfolding story – Presentation by Caroline Theobald Partners in Europe – DG presentation – Overview of…
International Durham 