Widening Access to Education

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

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?

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Monday, 24 February, 2014

Men can learn too: engaging excluded men in non-formal learning

This seminar jointly organised by the University of Strathclyde Centre for Lifelong Learning and CR&DALL is being held on 21 February 2014 from 2.00pm-4.00pm with light refreshments available from 1.30pm.

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Friday, 14 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

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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.

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Tuesday, 28 January, 2014

Epistemic Access, Powerful Knowledge and the Role of Higher Education Policy

What do we mean by ‘epistemic access’? How important is access to ‘powerful knowledge’ in the context of policies to widen participation, enhance graduate employment and increase social mobility?

This seminar will explore these issues.

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Monday, 13 January, 2014

Part-time and mature study - increasing participation and improving retention

Delegates at this seminar will assess the challenges for universities and colleges in expanding part-time and mature student recruitment, following the dramatic drop in applications last year, as well as looking at issues affecting such students throughout their time at university.

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Wednesday, 11 December, 2013

Access Summit Meeting at the University of Glasgow - 31 March, 2014

In co-operation with FOCUS West and the Forum for Access and Continuing Education, CR&DALL will be running a major event on 31 March 2014. The Access Summit Meeting in Scotland is entitled ‘A Socially Mobile Scotland? Social Mobility and Widening Access to Higher Education in Scotland: Policy, Practice and Research’ and will be hosted by the University of Glasgow. More details will follow shortly.

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Saturday, 7 December, 2013

Journal of Adult and Continuing Education (JACE) Autumn 2013 now available online

The Journal of Adult and Continuing Education (JACE), now published by the Manchester University Press, is essential reading for keeping in touch with the field of post-compulsory education. Published twice a year, it provides a forum for rigorous theoretical and practical work in the broad fields of lifelong learning and adult, community and continuing education.

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Monday, 18 November, 2013

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