Pupils from the ’t Vestje primary school in Lier first set up a social network on which teachers and pupils from across Flanders could post poems, then they published the poems in two volumes: one for children and one for adults. Students from the Paters Jozefieten college in Melle invented the Stekker-Trekker, a device that allows the elderly and infirm to pull a plug from a electrical socket without bending over. The project was praised for a realistic approach to real-world problems.

Finally, five students studying for a Master’s in business engineering at the University of Antwerp are responsible for setting up CapitAnt, a stock market platform for students that offers useful advice for budding stock traders and investors. The platform will now be adopted for lessons in the Applied Economic Science curriculum of the University.