The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a global plan of action “for people, planet and prosperity”, encompassing both social and environmental concerns. Participation of all members of society is central to meeting and monitoring the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The landscapes of higher education have been changing rapidly, with enormous growths in participation rates in many countries across the world and major developments and changes within institutions. The language needed to conceptualise and understand these changes have not been keeping pace. This seminar will address these issues and consider how we can move to a better understanding of the changing nature of higher education.
CR&DALL Core members, Muir Houston and Catherine Lido together with Professor Keith Kintrea of Urban Studies have been successful in securing funding from Skills Development Scotland and the SGSSS-Doctoral Training Programme (DTP), for a co-funded postgraduate 'industry strategy’ studentship under the aegis of National Productivity Investment Fund.
Congratulations to Professor Michael Osborne and Dr Katarzyna Borkowska of the School of Education, University of Glasgow, on having "A European lens upon adult and lifelong learning in Asia" published in Asia Pacific Education Review. As part of the Springer Nature SharedIt initiative, a full-text version of this paper is now publicly shareable through the link below.
In this week's news, check out the implications of recent Federal and state budgets for refugees, mature aged workers and apprentices, celebrations of Neighbourhood House Week and international news on the British Labour Party's commitment to lifelong learning and adult education. We've also included updates on our not-to-be-missed national conference on the transformative power of lifelong learning which coincides with MONA's winter festival Dark Mofo.
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