Persistent inequality in education and skills causes widespread concern, not least because it is seen to contribute to rising income inequality and also to declines in social mobility in some countries.
For the second year running I had the pleasure of attending the Cork Lifelong Learning Festival. Because of a previous appointment, I had missed the UNESCO Growing Learning in Cork event and had only the Thursday and the Friday to enjoy the proceedings, being picked up at the airport on a wet and miserable Wednesday night by Willie McAuliffe (Chair of the Festival Organising Committee) after a 14 hour journey.
Please find attached the CfP for the annual conference DGfE, section adult education, which is hosted by us this year. We are looking forward to welcoming you in Hannover.
The University of Würzburg is offering in the next winter term (October 2015 till February 2016) an Exchange Programme in Adult and Continuing Education (see the attached file). The exchange programme for master‘s and doctoral students in adult and continuing education & lifelong learning is dedicated to bringing together students and scholars from around the world in Würzburg, Germany. They will study and teach together with the colleagues and students from the Institute for Education at Julius-Maximilian-University Würzburg.
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