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Call for Editors for the 2020 Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education

Every ten years, AAACE publishes a Handbook on the state of research and practice in the field. They are now seeking proposals from individuals interested in editing the 2020 Handbook. Proposals are due by 1 October 2016 - please find featured below and attached more detail and contact Amy Rose(link sends e-mail) if you have any questions.

Learning in Womanist Ways: Narratives of first-generation African Caribbean women

Learning in Womanist Ways explores the benefits of lifelong learning for black Caribbean women who came to Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. The book features interviews of these women about their experiences of formal and informal learning, uniquely set out as dramatic scenes that reveal the women’s authentic voices as they are in their communities.

Better Learning for a Better World through People Centred Smart Learning Ecosystems - Timisoara Declaration

We are happy to inform that the Timisoara Declaration - “Better Learning for a Better World through People Centred Smart Learning Ecosystems” signed on 19th of May in Timisoara by ASLERD, EADTU, EATEL, EDEN, IAFeS is featured below and is also available for download(link is external).

Professional practice, learning and education: social and material entanglements

The 3rd ProPEL International Conference will be held June 14-16, 2017. The conference will be hosted by Linköping University, Sweden, and organised in collaboration with the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Both institutions are members of the ProPEL International Research Network, based at the School of Education, University of Stirling. The ProPEL Network promotes leading edge research and knowledge exchange in issues of professional and vocational learning, practice and education.

Opportunity for early career researchers in the UK and Brazil

Dr Mathieu Turgeon and I are organising a workshop that will bring together Early Career Researchers who are studying affirmative action policies in Brazil. The workshop will take place from 6-9 December in Brasilia. Thanks to the generous support of the British Council Newton Fund, we will be able to cover reasonable travel, accommodation, and subsistence expenses for a number of scholars from both the UK and Brazil. ECRs are defined as being within 10 years of their PhD, not including career breaks.

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