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NEW ESREA BOOK. Researching and Transforming Adult Learning and Communities The Local/Global Context

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Can adult education and learning be understood without reference to community and people’s daily lives? The response to be found in the chapters of this volume say emphatically no, they cannot. Adult learning can be best understood if we look at the social life of people in communities, and this book is an attempt to recover this view.

Young Adults transitions from education to work - new ARC project

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One of the speakers at the Engaging Young People in Lifelong Learning conference previously posted is Professor Johanna Wyn of the University of Melbourne. We are very pleased to report that Professor Wyn has been awarded an Australian Research Council Grant on Young Adults transitions from education to work. The project which will be undertaken over a three year period is led by University of Melbourne.

Interim Report - Commission on Widening Access to HE in Scotland

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The interim report of the Commission on Widening Access to HE in Scotland has recently been published together with a summary of evidence submitted. I am a little surprised to find no reference to adult learning and second chance education in the report, though pleased to see that some of the issues that I raised are documented in the summary of evidence. I attach the report, the summary of evidence, and my own submission on behalf of CR&DALL.

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