Building Resilient
Classrooms, Together
Promoting academic achievement and inclusion of students through resilience building.
Erasmus+project number2024-1-DE03-KA220-SCH-000256528
Behind every number is a child
Partners from schools, universities and community organisations show how UP-RES began, what the pilots changed for students and what every school can now use for free.
Discover our Tools to Support Student Resilience
Practical tools for educators building resilience in the classroom, from interactive exercises to self-reflection prompts, for both teachers and students.
Training Platform
Learn, apply and certify at your own pace.
- 7 interactive modules: Regulation of Emotion and Cognition, Coping, Adaptability and Flexibility, Meaningfulness and Purpose, Optimism, Self‑Efficacy, Resilience.
- Scenario‑based videos and reflection journals.
- Automatic certificate on completion.
Classroom Resources
Everything you need for tomorrow’s lesson.
- Teacher’s Guide for Resilience: a validated step‑by‑step framework.
- Printable Activity Pack: 32 worksheets across seven resilience domains.
- Free to download and share under CC BY‑SA 4.0.
Research & Evidence
See the science behind the tools.
- Research report on the pilot with 57 students in four schools in Germany and Greece.
- Mean resilience score up from 60.0 to 75.8 out of 100 for the 55 students with all three measurements.
- Open‑access preprint by the UCAM research team, under peer review.
Problem → Solution
Why Resilience Matters
One in five students in European schools has a migration background. While diversity enriches learning, many face barriers that affect well-being and academic attainment. Up-Res translates the best science on psychological resilience into practical classroom action.
Evidence-Based
Tested with 57 students in four schools in Germany and Greece.
Ready-to-Use
Plug-and-play lesson ideas, no extra prep time.
Completely Free
Co-funded by the European Union. Free and openly licensed.
News & Updates
Catch up on the latest updates, milestones and events from the project.
ESCAP President Shares UP-RES
Jörg M. Fegert, President of the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, shared the project's free resources for schools on LinkedIn.
Project Final Meeting
The partnership met at Mindeltal Schulen on 9 July 2026 to review the pilot trainings, the online platform, the research and the dissemination work.
Results and Achievements
What the UP-RES partnership completed: the research methodology, the e-learning portal, the piloting workshops in schools and the teacher guide.
About the Up-Res
Up-Res is a European initiative that gives educators the tools to build resilience in immigrant students. Evidence-based methods, interactive tools and a full training platform connect emotional well-being to academic success. It is part of the Erasmus+ programme.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Up-Res?
A European initiative that helps educators build resilience in immigrant students, through evidence-based methods, interactive tools and an online training platform.
How does the Up-Res project support teachers and educators?
Through a Teacher Guide and an online training platform: evidence-based exercises, training resources, and a framework for tracking students’ resilience over time.
What are the main objectives of the Up-Res project?
Four objectives: measure the resilience of immigrant students, support teachers in resilience-building activities, build an online platform of exercises, and raise awareness of resilience in education.
What tools and resources are included in the Up-Res project?
A Teacher Guide, an online training platform and a set of resilience-building exercises, all giving educators practical methods they can use in class.