Community Development

Men learning through life book recently released

Concerns about men’s attitudes to and involvement in lifelong and life-wide learning have recently emerged in many countries. There is a growing interest in finding ways to increase men’s participation and promote practices that will contribute to men’s learning and wellbeing, particularly in contexts and life stages for men beyond paid work.

Post date: 

Wednesday, 19 March, 2014
A panel discusion at the University of North Bengal in Siliguri

Strengthening Community Engagement in Higher Education Institutions in India

In Siliguri (West Bengal), Chandigarh (Punjab) and Delhi during the period 3-7 March 2014, PASCAL Director Mike Osborne was very pleased to be part of three events concerned with strengthening community engagement in HE in India.

Post date: 

Wednesday, 12 March, 2014

Financial Literacy: What Is It and Why Is It Important?

This timely workshop - of interest and significance to those in the general sphere of education as well as to those attempting to struggle directly with the machinations of modern-day economic survival - offers three separate approaches from thinkers in the field and then opens out the deliberations for discussion of the themes raised.

Post date: 

Wednesday, 5 March, 2014

4ème Forum Mondial du 2 au 4.12.2014 : Ouverture des Inscriptions

Cette grande idée, condition pour l’équité, la paix et le progrès, fait consensus. Cependant la réalité est loin de l’idéal. D’où viennent les écarts ? Quels sont les freins et les facteurs de réussite, quels sont les préalables ? Où sont les leviers? Qui peut quoi pour qui ? Quelles sont les grandes voies sur lesquelles nous avons à conjuguer les expériences et nos réflexions afin de dynamiser notre action vers un but commun, dans l’heureuse union de nos complémentarités?

Post date: 

Monday, 24 February, 2014

Call for papers - Higher Education and its Principal Mission: Preparing Students for Life, Work, and Civic Engagement

The 11th International Workshop on Higher Education Reform will take place from August 25 to 27, 2014 at Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland (Canada). As part of the ongoing discussion about changes in Higher Education (HE) and HE reform, the Workshop will focus on issues concerning the most important target group and resource of HE students.

Post date: 

Monday, 24 February, 2014

Call for Submissions: Canada International Conference on Education (CICE-2014)!

The CICE is an international refereed conference dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practices in education. The CICE promotes collaborative excellence between academicians and professionals from Education.

Post date: 

Monday, 24 February, 2014

CR&DALL Seminar - "Community Organizing: Global Perspectives, Local Change"

CR&DALL is delighted to invite you to this exciting seminar presented by Wade Rathke, Chief Organiser of ACORN International.

Post date: 

Friday, 14 February, 2014

International Student Mobility: Global and Commonwealth Perspectives

A Council for Education in the Commonwealth conference hosted by the University of Glasgow and CR&DALL.

Globally, international student mobility is growing fast, with 4 million students registered for advanced courses outside their home country.

Post date: 

Wednesday, 5 February, 2014

Knowledge, Engagement and Higher Education Contributing to Social Change

It is our wish to make you aware of the publication of World Report on Higher Education 5, Knowledge, Engagement and Higher Education Contributing to Social Change: Higher Education in the World 5 published by Palgrave MacMillan.

A Groundbreaking Publication

What kinds of knowledge, knowledge epistemologies and knowledge ecologies are required to transform the world into a place of peace, happiness, justice and equity for citizens of the world?

Rajesh Tandon, Guest Editor

Post date: 

Wednesday, 5 February, 2014

A Socially Mobile Scotland? Social Mobility and Widening Access to Higher Education in Scotland...

This Conference sought to establish where we were in Scotland with regard to social mobility and widening access to college and university and sought to make stronger connections amongst the practitioner, policy and research communities.

Post date: 

Tuesday, 28 January, 2014

Pages

Subscribe to Community Development