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HE in FE: becoming established in the field?

The provision of higher education in further education colleges (HE in FE) is now an established part of a diversified system of HE in England. The suggestion in recent policy discussion is that participation in HE in FE should be encouraged as a high quality vocationally-oriented alternative to university HE.

Trans-Atlantic Platform for Social Sciences and the Humanities

I have recently been alerted to this opportunity by Budd Hall: The Trans-Atlantic Platform for Social Sciences and the Humanities appears to me to be a welcome development.

Half a million tonnes of food waste every year!

Scotland annually discards more than half a million tonnes of food waste every year, much of which would be edible. At the same time, food insecurity remains a short term problem and a long term strategic issue over the globe.

Don’t waste our Future!

Many congratulations to Alan Britton who has heard that a bid entitled "Don’t waste our Future! - Building a European alliance of youngsters against food waste and for new models of sustainable development and consumption in the EYD 2015” has been funded.

RELA - call for papers

There are currently three call for papers available for RELA. Please have a look to see if you could contribute with a paper to the journal, or if you have colleagues who would be interested. More info is available at: http://www.rela.ep.liu.se/call_for_papers.html

Non-traditional participants in adult education and learning - the (scientific) discipline as agent for change. Submission deadline: 30th November, 2014