Widening Access to Education

Adult learning in a distance education context: theoretical and methodological challenges

The seminar reports the findings of a recent research study aspiring  to unveil and illuminate some of the adult learning processes as well as the ‘fine-grained’ processes that are at work during the organization and delivery of the courses at the Open University, with the aim to underline the factors influencing these processes.  It has as its main units of analysis adult learners’ and their educators’ experiences and perceptions of adult learning in a distance education context and rests profoundly on a research framework that views certain programme elements as being vital in unveiling t

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Thursday, 11 April, 2013

OBSERVAL‐Net Validation Prize 2013

OBSERVAL‐Net invites you to submit case studies on Validation of non‐formal and informal learning, in three different categories:

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Tuesday, 9 April, 2013

Social Effectiveness of Tertiary Lifelong Learning

Just published at the THEMP site, this book explores the theoretical underpinning of the Tertiary Higher Education for People in Mid-Life project, part-funded by the European Commission within the KA1 strand of the Lifelong Learning Programme.

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Monday, 8 April, 2013

1st Call for proposals: Interrogating Sustainability in Adult Learning Policy: European and Global Perspectives

The ESREA Network in Policy Studies on Adult Education is happy to announce its II Conference: Interrogating Sustainability in Adult Learning Policy: European and Global Perspectives. The Conference will be hosted at Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark on 18-20 June 2014. The 1st Call for proposals is featured below and attached.

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Monday, 8 April, 2013

Building Lifelong Learning in conditions of closure and siege

Professor Elaydi will outline the specific conditions of Gaza, which are unique. Gaza is already a learning society with a range of formal provision in family and kindergarten projects, NGOs, schools and universities. Informal provision includes unions, religious institutions and local government learning centers. Yet the learning resources are grossly over stretched. Gaza has a dense population and few natural resources, outside of the people of Gaza who attend 27 institutions of Higher Education.

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Monday, 8 April, 2013

World Congress on Access to Post-Secondary Education, Montreal Oct. 7-10/13

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1st World Access Congress

Please find below an invitation and  call for proposals for for activities within the programme of the 1st World Access Congress in Montreal from 7-10 October 2013. The conference is organised in stands, including one on the theme of Learning labs ­ Linking social and economic development to access strategies in cities and regions that is co-organised by Pascal and colleagues at George Brown University.

Details of this and other strands, and the requirements for proposals are also attached below.

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Friday, 29 March, 2013

Professionalisation of Adult Educators - International and Comparative Perspectives

In many regions, professionalisation in adult and continuing education is brought into the focus of educational policy. The professionalisation approaches and strategies are diverse and vary due to the corresponding key actors and cooperations, national cultures and historical particularities.

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Wednesday, 27 March, 2013

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