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European Researchers’ Night as a Learning Environment

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: European Researchers’ Night is an annual pan-European initiative of the European Commission held on the last Friday in September. In 2015, 1.1 million European citizens and 18,000 researchers took part in events organised in more than 300 cities within Europe and neighbouring countries. The objective of European Researchers’ Night is to encourage the wider public to visit research institutes, engage with researchers, and learn more about European research and potential career opportunities. In this paper, European Researchers’ Night in Ireland is considered through the lens of informal education. The types of learning taking place at European Researchers’ Night events are explored, and recommendations are made on how learning might be better assessed at future events.

Source: The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Educational Studies

DOI: 10.18848/2327-011x/cgp/v13i01/1-9

Authors: Joseph Roche, Nicola Davis, Mark Chaikovsky, Shaun O'Boyle, Cliona O'Farrelly

Institutions: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Trinity College Dublin

Language: English

Topic: Museums and Cultural Heritage

Subfield: Museology

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

Funders: European Commission, Trinity College Dublin, Irish Research Council, Horizon 2020 Framework Programme