Community Development

First call for papers, ESREA BGL Ljubljana, June 2015

We kindly invite you to participate at the international conference 'Perspectives on Community Practices – Living and Learning in Community' that will be held from 18th to 20th of June 2015 in Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts.

Conference participants will address and discuss the following subtopics:

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Wednesday, 10 December, 2014

CR&DALL Events for Community Development

Revised programme for the lunchtime seminars.

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Saturday, 29 November, 2014

Adam Smith Research Foundation Research Programme 2014-16 - Social Precarity

We are pleased to announce the establishment of the Adam Smith Research Foundation’s Research Programme for 2014-16, which concerns the theme of Social Precarity.

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Thursday, 20 November, 2014

Event - Improving basic skills: An international perspective on a UK dilemma

The UK is treading water when it comes to international comparisons of adult basic skills, according to the OECD Survey of Adult Skills. Join us for a BIS-sponsored event to reflect on what we can learn from the OECD survey and other relevant research, and determine what actions might best be taken in future, drawing on international practice.

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Thursday, 13 November, 2014

UNESCO CONFINTEA Follow-up Bulletin No.8

Please find featured below and attached the eighth issue of the CONFINTEA VI Follow-up News Bulletin in English, French and Spanish, covering the period July to October 2014.

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Thursday, 13 November, 2014

Urban Big Data Centre Info Session for Education Groups

Please join us for refreshments at 4:00pm on Tuesday, 25th November to learn more about the Urban Big Data Centre.  Prof Vonu Thakuriah, Prof Mike Osborne and Dr Catherine Lido of the UBDC will present, followed by an open discussion around collaborative ideas for data use.

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Wednesday, 12 November, 2014

'Migration and Intimate Life' GRAMNet Workshop

The second interdisciplinary one-day workshop will take place at the University of Glasgow on 21 November 2014. Attendance is open to researchers (academic and non-academic) and practitioners/volunteers from the voluntary and public sectors. The initiative is funded by the University of Glasgow’s New Initiatives Fund and Robertson Bequest.

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Monday, 10 November, 2014

SCUTREA co-host event 'Researching In, By and For Communities: A Conversation on Knowledge, Social Movements and Really Big Change'

This event has been inspired by the recent referendum campaign in Scotland, which motivated many different groups and individuals to engage in debating issues affecting their lives. Thus, the event aims to build on this grassroots-level mobilisation of knowledge creation in order to debate new ways to foster community-university partnerships.

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Saturday, 8 November, 2014

Forthcoming seminars on Community Development: November 2014 to May 2015

The following seminars to be held at the University of Glasgow will be of interest to academics, policy makers and practictioners from a variety of areas including community development, youth work, adult education, housing and regneration.

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Wednesday, 29 October, 2014

Scotland and Malawi: an old partnership, a new approach?

Scotland and Malawi have a shared history dating back more than 155 years to the travels of Dr Livingstone. Today, it is estimated more than 94,000 Scots are involved in a people-to-people link with Malawi, and 46% personally know someone working with Malawi. This is a unique national effort defined and underpinned by a spirit of dignified two-way partnership, in which the government is working in synergy with civic society, mobilising support and engagement from communities across Scotland.

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Friday, 24 October, 2014

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