UNESCO and the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) continue to support Member States during this time of crisis to ensure that learning does not stop. During the past month, UNESCO learning cities have shared their experiences in facing current challenges through webinars on issues such as distance education, refugees and migrants, and health, as well as through video interviews.
On behalf of the Lifelong Learning Platform: European Civil Society for Education (LLLP), I would like to invite you to the online discussion Lifelong Learning for Sustainable Societies on 27 May at 14.00-15.30.
UK Higher Education is in turmoil. The system of tuition fee funding, unlimited student recruitment and market competition set up in 2010 is now exposing universities to the risk of market collapse, threatening bankruptcies and mergers, mass redundancies and the destruction of careers and lives. The irony is that this is happening at a time when Higher Education research is debated daily on TV news.
The work of the German Volkshochschulen as adult education centers suffers from the Corona pandemic. Most centers are closed, and to turn around and have all the face-to-face courses on-line in a short time is not possible. However, the number of on-line courses like for languages is growing.
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