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CR&DALL visits Ethiopia

Submitted by Rod Purcell on

In early September Rod Purcell and Dave Beck from CR&DALL visited the University of Jimma in Ethiopia.

The University of Jimma is rated as the No 1 public university in Ethiopia and 39th in Africa. It has 42,000 students and offers a full spectrum of course provision including Medical and Agricultural Schools. The city of Jimma has a population of around 120,000 and is a major regional centre in the south west of of Ethiopia.

What makes Jimma unusual is its extensive and well developed commitment to community engagement. This is reflected in the university strap line: ‘we are in the community’. The university runs the local hospital, health centres, has a free legal aid centre, and establishes local social enterprises. Without doubt the university is a major contributor to the economic and social development within its local region.

Students across all undergraduate and post graduate programmes are organised into inter-disciplinary teams, undertake training courses and are then located in the community. The students work with local leaders and organisations on problem solving schemes including schooling, health, housing, and transport provision. The students receive academic credit for this work.

Rod and Dave held a series of meetings with the President of the University and members of his senior management team. Under discussion were  possible joint research and development initiatives with CR&DALL around community engagement, the role of schools in the community and the contribution to social justice from the community engagement programme.

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JOINT SEMINAR - "Learning in later life: Concepts, exemplars and contemporary issues"

We are happy to announce the continuation of our collaboration with the Centre for Lifelong Learning at the University of Strathclyde through a joint seminar to be given by Professor Brian Findsen of the University of Waikato, New Zealand (and a weel-kent face in Glasgow, being former Head of DACE at the University of Glasgow). Brian's seminar will take place on the 22nd of August and full details of location and time are given on the attached flyer.

PLEASE NOTE: to book a place reply to the contact given on the flyer NOT to CR&DALL.

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Wednesday, 16 July, 2014

Actions of Lifelong Learning addressing Multicultural Education and Tolerance in Russia

We are pleased to announce a new collaborative project involving EU partners and a number of Russian universities, to support higher education modernisation in Russia, and the development of HEIs as lifelong learning centres. The project is being led at the University of Bologna, and at the University of Glasgow, the Principal Investigator is Dr Stephen McKinney, Head of the Research and Teaching Group in Creativity, Culture and Faith.

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Friday, 30 May, 2014

International Event on Promoting the Age Friendly University

As Scotland’s population grows older, many universities are now looking at how they can respond to the challenges of increasing numbers of people in older age groups.

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Thursday, 22 May, 2014

UNESCO Experts Prioritize Global Justice in Post-2015 Agenda

The group of experts gathered by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in collaboration with the International Social Science Council (ISSC) to prepare part of UNESCO's inputs into the process of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) concurred that ensuring that the voices of the excluded are heard and included should be the guiding principle in designing the post-2015 development agenda.

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Tuesday, 20 May, 2014

Radical Community Work

A new journal devoted to exploring radical community work practice will be launched later in the year. 

In the run up to the launch the editors are looking for active participation from the field (practitioners, activists, academics). There are three things you may wish to contribute:

1. We are looking for the first papers for the Journal and we are particularly interested in people writing about effective practice.  If you have an idea you want to discuss email: [email protected]

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Wednesday, 23 April, 2014

Scotland-Malawi Partnership: "Global Gathering"

An international evening of dinner and stories from Africa and India. Win great raffle prizes and find out more about our development projects in Malawi and India and how to get involved!

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Tuesday, 22 April, 2014

Lifelong Learning Inclusion and Pathways Conference, Frankston, 1 May

This event at Frankston City in Victoria, Australia is for practitioners and community members with an interest in lifelong learning, community education, training and community development

It brings together international, national and regional speakers and projects. According to the website, 'this may be the best value conference you’ll ever attend!'

I hope that the speakers can live up to expectations. 

The event will be officially opened by the Nick Wakeling MP,  Minister for Higher Education & Skills.

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Thursday, 10 April, 2014

Book Launch - Higher Education in the World 5 - Knowledge, Engagement & Higher Education: Contributing to Social Change

An important publication as part of the GUNi Series on the Social Commitment of Universities, this Palgrave Global University Network for Innovation publication is launched by an eminent group of speakers in a seminar chaired by Professor John Briggs, Vice-Principal (Senate Office), University of Glasgow. Refreshments, discount flyers and an inspection copy will be available at the meeting. All welcome. No fee but prior registration required.

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Thursday, 3 April, 2014

Call for proposals for "Third Edition of the Social Innovation Tournament"

The EIB Institute is organising the third edition of its Social Innovation Tournament, a flagship initiative of its Social Programme.

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Wednesday, 2 April, 2014

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