Workplace Learning

The history of adult education in Europe from 1850 to 1950: A comparative approach – ESRALE webinar

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This webinar will analyse the evolution of institurions and organisations of adult education in Europe by focusing on impacts of bourgeioise/civil society developments, working class movements, the role of the nation-state in schooling/education and cultural developments and ont he influence of industrialisation.

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Thursday, 19 May, 2016

FACE Conference 2016: Widening participation within the context of economic and social change

The 23rd Annual Forum for Access and Continuing Education (FACE) Conference will take place on 29th June – 1st July 2016 at the Queen’s University Belfast campus.

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Friday, 15 April, 2016

Reproducing the British Empire through citation patterns in education research

This presentation is based on an ongoing research project on the bibliometrics of education research. As a case study, we have focused on five ”international" adult education and workplace learning journals, identifying who is citing who.

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Thursday, 24 March, 2016

Intergenerational Workplace Learning: Who learns what? - ESRALE Course of Lectures, Sixth Session

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The importance of intergenerational learning has recently been emphasized by many factors: population ageing, increasing chances of healthy old age, and prolonged job careers create opportunities for several generations meeting in the workplace; knowledge in its turn economy increases the need for creating, expanding and sharing knowledge; etc.

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Thursday, 11 February, 2016

Latest news on European research in learning and work [L&W] - February 2016

Particularly worth noting in this edition are calls for papers relating to the EUCEN conference in Dublin (see Conferences), the Journal of Vocational Education and Training: Special Issue on VET and race/ ethnicity, and the Journal of International Mobility: Issue No 4 on mobility and skills (see Publications), and an update on the Competence 2016 conference in Wageningen (see Conferences).

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Monday, 1 February, 2016

International Volunteering as a Workplace Learning Opportunity - ESRALE Course of Lectures, Fifth Session

This is an online event

Volunteering in general has been long seen as vital component of democratic societies, namely of the social capital which is deemed of utter importance for the cohesion of the society as such. Numerous researches show the interconnection of volunteering activities with a healthy social capital of the society, therefore bringing the volunteering into the limelight in the context of social cohesion.

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Tuesday, 19 January, 2016

(Virtual) Communities of practice for lifelong learning – Approaches, success stories and challenges - Webinar - 16 December

The DISCUSS project we will be hold a webinar next week, and below you will find a short description of the topic and how to register. The topic I hope may be of interest, but also the experience of seeing how a webinar works may be of interest and something that you might want to incorporate into your practice.

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Wednesday, 9 December, 2015

Latest news on European research in learning and work [L&W] - December 2015

Particularly worth noting in this edition are calls for papers relating to the following international conferences: Action Learning at Ashridge Business School, UFHRD 2016 in Manchester, SCUTREA 2016 in Leicester, EGOS "Activity Theory and Organizations" in Naples and Competence 2016 at Wageningen University (see Conferences).

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Tuesday, 1 December, 2015

Intergenerational Learning: Workplace Learning, Community Learning and Learning within the Family

Intergenerational learning naturally accompanies us through all stages of life. Consequently, it is relevant to inquire under which conditions and circumstances intergenerational learning takes place and what its benefits are.

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Friday, 2 October, 2015

Work & Learning: Innovation, Evaluation and Dissemination within the Workplace & the University

The conference welcomes papers, workshops and roundtable discussions which contribute to research, theory, policy and practice in work and learning. Conference themes may cover all or some of the following:

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Friday, 12 June, 2015

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