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Our classrooms across Europe are growing more diverse every day. This diversity is a great strength, but it also brings urgent challenges. Many migrant students face significant barriers—linguistic, cultural, and social—that can hinder their academic success and, just as importantly, their sense of belonging.
The UinD project exists to provide a concrete, collaborative, and compassionate response.
Our mission is to tackle these challenges by equipping educators, teachers, and school leaders with the skills, tools, and knowledge necessary to foster inclusive, supportive, and welcoming classrooms for every student.

project objectives
Empower Teachers and School Leaders: To equip educators with the necessary skills and competencies to address the cultural and linguistic dimensions of integration.
Develop Effective Strategies: To enable teachers and school leaders to design and implement successful strategies for overcoming the challenges of integrating foreign students.

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Growing Diversity
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The project addresses a clear demographic trend, as Eurostat data shows that the diversity in EU classrooms is growing. As of January 1, 2024, 44.7 million people living in the EU (9.9% of the total population) were born outside the EU, and this proportion has increased in most member states over the last decade.​
The Belonging Gap

​The project's focus on belonging is critical, as migrant students often face significant social barriers. Research confirms this "struggle to find a sense of belonging," with one study finding that over 70% of surveyed migrant students reported experiencing social isolation, bullying, or discrimination in their school environments.
The Academic Gap

​​"The project aims to improve "academic success" by tackling the well-documented performance gap. PISA data has consistently shown that students with an immigrant background lag behind their non-immigrant peers. This gap is also seen in post-school outcomes, where foreign-born 15-29 year-olds are significantly more likely to be Not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET)—16.7% for foreign-born vs. 11.8% for native-born, according to the OECD.

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Project N. 2025-1-DE03-KA220-SCH-000353945
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