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Côme (left) and Cléa (right), two of the five Vauban students representing Luxembourg at the 2026 First Global Challenge in South Korea, with their robot designed to help fight wildfires. (Photo: Paperjam)

Five students, a robot and a ticket to the ‘Olympics’ in Korea

They are 16 years old, have a robot that is not yet perfect, and 15 days to fine-tune it. Five pupils from the Vauban makerspace will represent Luxembourg at the First Global Challenge, taking place from 7 to 10 October in Incheon – the ‘Olympics of robotics’. It is a global competition where learning, tinkering and working together count just as much as winning.

Thierry Labro • 23.09.2026

The Association des cercles d’étudiants luxembourgeois (Acel) is calling for the total number of student accommodation units to be increased to 1,600 by 2030. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Seven in ten non-EU students turn to private housing

Louise Braibant • 21.09.2026

On the left, Maximilien Glaesener, the new president of Aneld; on the right, Michel Letellier, the new vice-president for the 2026–2027 term. (Photos: Aneld; layout: Paperjam)

Aneld renews its board of directors

Rebeca Suay • 18.09.2026

While Luxembourgish is the national language and widely spoken in everyday life, French is often used in shops, restaurants and administrative procedures, while German is common in the media and education system. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Expat Guide: essentials for getting by in Luxembourgish

Paperjam.lu • 09.09.2026

Claude Meisch wants to turn the poor results from the Pisa study into a new roadmap for Luxembourg’s education system. In the face of declining performance, the minister is targeting smartphones and calling on parents to take responsibility. (Photo: Paperjam/archive)

Claude Meisch wants to ban smartphones from secondary schools

Marc Fassone • 08.09.2026

The 2001 PISA shock had prompted a re-evaluation of the Luxembourg education system. Twenty-five years on, the results show that the improvement has not been sustained over the long term. (Shutterstock)

Pisa study: Luxembourg is falling behind in basic skills at school

Marc Fassone • 08.09.2026

Maxim Lebedev, aged 18, represented Luxembourg at Castic 2026 in China, where his project on urban traffic analysis earned him the Unisoc Innovation Award. (Photo: FJSL)

Luxembourg’s Maxim Lebedev wins award at Castic

Rebeca Suay • 30.07.2026

Financial support for higher education has been overhauled. Students and their parents would be well advised to take note of this before 1 August. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Student financial aid: what changed since 1 August

Thierry Labro • 15.07.2026

The University of Luxembourg currently offers law students a bachelor’s degree before directing them almost exclusively towards a master’s degree focusing on European law and specialisations related to the financial sector. Photo: Uni/Faculté de droit, d’économie et de finance

Students call for a master’s degree in Luxembourg law at the Uni

Ioanna Schimizzi • 28.05.2026

Francine Closener used a parliamentary question to challenge state subsidies for fee-charging private schools outside the Luxembourg curriculum. Photo: Paperjam

Meisch backs Luxembourgish rule but keeps private-school subsidies

Mike Gordon • 22.05.2026

(l-r) Gilles Roth, Luxembourg’s finance minister, and Manuel Ammann, rector of the University of St Gallen, signed a memorandum of understanding for a joint MBA programme during Roth’s visit to St Gallen on 19 May 2026. Photo: Corinne Riedener/ University of St Gallen

Luxembourg and Swiss St Gallen university plan finance MBA

Kangkan Halder • 20.05.2026

(l-r) James Lawless, Ireland’s Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, submitted Ireland’s application to join the Benelux-backed treaty on automatic recognition of higher education degrees to Liesje Schreinemacher, Deputy Secretary-General of the Benelux Union, in Brussels. Photo: Benelux

Ireland joins queue for Benelux degree pact

Kangkan Halder • 11.05.2026

In an increasingly fragmented education system, social divides now run along the lines of the school curriculum. Photo: Shutterstock

In private schools, family incomes are twice as high

Ioanna Schimizzi • 06.05.2026

As a chemistry lecturer, Katharina Fromm has established herself as an academic figure committed to developing interdisciplinary projects and strengthening links between universities and businesses. Photo: University of Fribourg

Katharina Fromm joins the University’s governing body

Thierry Labro • 04.05.2026

Grégoire Genest, co-founder of Albert School, is developing a hybrid teaching model that combines business, data and technology. Photos: courtesy of Grégoire Genest, Shutterstock. Design: Paperjam

Grégoire Genest aims to create a “European Stanford”

Louise Braibant • 24.04.2026

Claude Meisch, minister of Education, Children and Youth, said work to identify potential sites for Luxembourg’s new secondary school sectoral plan has begun, with environmental assessments to follow and the plan due to enter into force in 2028. Library photo: Matic Zorman

Luxembourg chalks up 11 new schools, €1.9bn in acceleration plan

Kangkan Halder • 14.04.2026

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