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Claude Meisch has no doubt that he will be able to combine his duties as minister for education with those of minister for housing. Photo: Guy Wolff/Maison Moderne

Claude Meisch: “Helping children is this government’s ambition”

Claude Meisch presented his ambitions and the broad outlines of the government’s education programme. Two areas stand out: language learning and bringing formal and non-formal education closer together, all in the interests of the child.

Marc Fassone • 30.11.2023

“It doesn’t matter what topic the conversation starts with,” says psychologist Aline Hartz at the KJT (children and youth helpline), giving tips to parents on how to start conversations with their kids about mental health. Photo: Matic Zorman / Maison Moderne

Counselling hotline now open to English-speaking parents

Jeff Palms • 28.10.2023

Pascal Thill started at the Lycée Privé Emile Metz in 2010, joined the administration in 2020 and took over as director in October 2022. Photo: Romain Gamba/Maison Moderne

“An industrial school for an industrial city”

Jeff Palms • 11.09.2023

Bee Secure keeps track of digital trends as they translate into risks for young people. Photo: Maison Moderne

What risks do young people face on the internet?

Jeff Palms • 01.09.2023

Anne Weyland, newly named vice chair of the Aneld law students association, is doing an LLM at King’s College London. Miguel Ghzal, the group’s new chair, is doing a Master 2 at the Sorbonne. Aneld has roughly 900 members. Photo: Aneld

Miguel Ghzal takes over as chair of Luxembourg law students association

Mathilde Obert • 27.08.2023

According to Lis de Pina, following Brexit, there was a significant influx of English people, and initially, it was challenging to find schools to accommodate them. Photo: Matic Zorman / Maison Moderne

Handling inclusion, integration and more

Natalie Gerhardstein • 17.08.2023

Mireille Neuen has been with the Luxembourg Red Cross since 2013, initially in early childcare. Since April, she has served as head of the department of child and family support. Photo: Romain Gamba/Maison Moderne

Fallout of pandemic still felt amongst youngsters

Natalie A. Gerhardstein • 14.08.2023

Celebrations for the opening of the Uni.lu Confucius Institute in 2018. Library photo: LaLa La Photo, Keven Erickson, Krystyna Dul

Uni.lu “monitoring” China partnerships amid Dutch clampdown

Cordula Schnuer • 26.06.2023

Illustrative photo taken at laboratories of the List. Together with Liser and the LIH, the research institute was subject to an external evaluation that started last year, with results presented on 12 June 2023. Library photo: Romain Gamba/Maison Moderne

Research institutes told to aim higher after “very positive” evaluation

Cordula Schnuer • 12.06.2023

The new welcome and integration service at the education ministry is set to help the roughly 4,000 foreign students arriving in Luxembourg every year better find their way in the local school system. Library photo: LaLa La Photo, Keven Erickson, Krystyna Dul

Integration office to help welcome expat pupils

Cordula Schnuer • 06.06.2023

Maxime Buck presenting his Marbles VR application during the national Jonk Fuerscher science contest in March this year. Photo: Jonk Fuerscher

Luxembourg teen impresses at US science fair

Cordula Schnuer • 28.05.2023

Prof. Anna-Lena Högenauer (l.) speaking during the opening of the Diplomacy Lab, which featured foreign minister Jean Asselborn as the keynote speaker. Photo: Ariane Henry / University of Luxembourg

A taste of the real world for budding diplomats at Uni.lu

Cordula Schnuer • 30.04.2023

Tom Oberweis, together with his brother Jeff, runs the Oberweis bakery founded by his parents in 1964. In 2017, he was elected president of the trades chamber; his mandate was renewed in 2022. Photo: Romain Gamba/Maison Moderne

“Craftspeople and apprentices are still sought out”

Tracy Heindrichs • 15.04.2023

More than a quarter of lessons are taught by temporary teaching staff who claim immoral and borderline illegal working conditions with months-long delays for job contracts to be finalised. Photo: Guy Wolff/Maison Moderne

Teacher temps claim “immoral” working conditions

Cordula Schnuer • 03.04.2023

Data indicates that the share of young people aged 15 to 29 years old who are neither in employment nor in education and training are increasing in Luxembourg. Library photo: Matic Zorman / Maison Moderne

Nearly 1 in 10 young individuals is a ‘Neet’

Kangkan Halder • 22.03.2023

A Eurobarometer survey found, among others, that a significant number of youths would be open to becoming self-employed. Photo: Shutterstock

Youths look to entrepreneurship for passions and positive impact

Tracy Heindrichs • 09.03.2023

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