Community Development

BA Community Development students reach new heights in New Delhi

After many months (and then some), at the end of March 2019, 18 staff and students left Glasgow and landed safely in New Delhi, India.

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Tuesday, 7 May, 2019

Be Part of Midlothian's First Ever Literary Event

Literally@Newbattle is a collaborative venture involving a range of partners – Midlothian Council, Queen Margaret University, Scottish Mining Museum, Newbattle Abbey College and local writers’ groups. We will focus on engaging with children, young people and families in Midlothian through a diverse two-day programme.

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Monday, 22 April, 2019

Towards good active ageing for all in a context of deep demographic change and dislocation - Peter Kearns

A growing number of countries are confronted by the challenge of demographic change and ageing populations.  These changes are most advanced in East Asia in Japan, Republic of Korea, China and Taiwan, so that the opportunities exist for other countries to learn from these experiences and responses.

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Wednesday, 12 December, 2018

Groundwork and preparation for a research study to adapt, develop and test the implementation effectiveness of ‘A Stop Smoking In Schools Trial’ (ASSIST) in LMIC settings

Congratulations to Kate Reid who is amongst the team who have been successful in winning a new grant, that is supported using funds supplied by the Scottish Funding Council for projects linked to the Global Challenges Research Programme.

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Tuesday, 11 September, 2018

Report on seminar in honour of Lalage Bown - 23 May 2018

CR&DALL was delighted to host a seminar in honour of Emerita Professor Lalage Bown on 23 May 2018 in the School of Education at the University of Glasgow to mark her continuing commitment to adult education and international development in her 10th decade.

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Wednesday, 18 July, 2018

Walk the Global Walk - Alan Britton secures new project

Alan Britton has been awarded a major new EU Development Education and Awareness Raising (DEAR) Fund grant. The research project is entitled ‘Walk the Global Walk’, which is a 3 year project, led jointly by Oxfam in Italy, and the Region of Tuscany.

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Monday, 30 April, 2018

UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships at the University of Glasgow - 7 years of potential funding

The College of Social Sciences at the University of Glasgow invites expressions of interest from external candidates wishing to apply for UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships.

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Friday, 20 April, 2018

Shanghai Municipal Institute for Lifelong Learning - Visit 15-18 March 2018

CR&DALL Director for Europe, Mike Osborne, and PASCAL Associate Director for Europe, Roberta Piazza, were delighted to be hosted by the Shanghai Municipal Institute for Lifelong Learning (SMILE) and its director Professor Jian Huang from 15-18 March 2018. During that time, they discussed a number of areas of potential collaboration including assessment of the regional engagement role of Technical and Vocational Education Colleges in Shanghai.

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Sunday, 25 March, 2018

The British Association for Literacy in Development events in March, April and May

The BALID committee has been very busy recently, and as a result we have three events for your delectation. ;-)

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Thursday, 8 March, 2018

SUEUAA team welcomes British Academy representative Professor Caroline Knowles

The Strengthening Urban Engagement of Universities in Asia and Africa (SUEUAA) project team were delighted to welcome Professor Caroline Knowles, Programme Director of the British Academy’s Cities and Infrastructure Programme, this week for a meeting in the School of Education at the University of Glasgow. This year, the British Academy’s Global Challenge Research Fund (Cities and Infrastructure) funded 17 projects across the UK, all of which looking at aspects of how to create and maintain sustainable and resilient cities in developing countries, of which SUEUAA is one*.

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Thursday, 25 January, 2018

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