The Faculty of Science of Communication at the Sapienza University of Rome in 2005 organized an innovative project about educational and civic participation, called “Political Game” that uses simulation and role play as a way of teaching. In collaboration with students, administrative staff and teachers of Faculty were involved in the simulation of the election for mayor of Rome.

Definition:

Since 1992, the University Lille 1 develops a cultural policy, dealing with the links between art, science and culture, and mobilizes the academic community along with educative, institutional and associative partners.

This policy results in :

• The setting up of a place of reflection, exchange and debate : “l’Espace Culture”
• Promotion of scientific culture
• Preservation and promotion of the scientific academic heritage
• Using traditional media as well as new technologies to reach a large audience
• Dealing with all aspects of a subject in a consistent programming during a year
• Sensitization to the most contemporary forms of arts
• Supporting the amateur practice of arts, independent or supervised by professionals
• Promoting the realization of associations’ projects

The “Espace Culture” is a 1500 square meters specific cultural complex , composed of 15 people, engaged in the cultural policy of the university. It is based in the core of the campus and opened freely to everyone.

Secondary School teachers are the key to increase the scientific level of young people. The activities developed in the last two years show that researchers and teachers collaboration can lead to design new outreach activities and have shown the importance of defining particular activities to improve teachers training.

1. Introduction
The department of production engineering at the University of Bremen is responsible for the degree courses production engineering, industrial engineering and management and systems engineering. With approximated 1.800 scholars this particular department covers 11% of all enrolled people studying at the university.
According to a current analysis by the association of german engineers (VDI) the expectations on finding a job after graduating are outstanding, up to the present day the economic system of Germany misses more than 80.200 engineers.