Social Cohesion and Inclusion

Are 'cultures of worklessness' passed down the generations?

 

This seminar in the Urban Studies series for Spring 2013 is being offered by CRADALL Affiliate, Andy Furlong (Professor, School of Education, University of Glasgow)

 

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Friday, 12 April, 2013

Conference: Interrogating Sustainability in Adult Learning Policy - 1st Call for proposals

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. Scholars from all countries are invited to submit proposals. Proposals may relate to any part of the world, and to any topic related to policy in adult education and lifelong learning. The following themes are intended to inspire, rather than to set boundaries.

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Thursday, 11 April, 2013

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

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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