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Call for Abstracts

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This is a Call for Abstracts for the Postgraduate-led conference entitled Food (In)Security Research Network: International and trans-disciplinary perspectives that will take place on World Food Day, October 16th, 2013 at the University of Warwick.

Call for Abstracts - Food (In)Security Research Network: International and trans-disciplinary perspectives

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Please see the attached call for papers for the postgraduate-led conference entitled Food (In)Security Research Network: International and trans-disciplinary perspectives that will take place on World Food Day, October 16th, 2013 at the University of Warwick. The conference will be the starting point for a new multi-disciplinary postgraduate community where members come together to discuss important issues and ideas related to their research on food security.

Abstracts due by 10 July 2013.

Confirmed speakers:

Seminar: Changing Inequalities and Access to a Differentiated Higher Education System

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The seminar will present the findings of a study of changing patterns of application and entry to higher education. Through analysing UCAS data, the researchers have investigated changes in the characteristics of applicants to HE between 1996 and 2010, and the ways in which universities have become more differentiated. The study compared England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland over the first full decade since devolution, and examined trends in cross-border movements.

La VITA è bella

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VITA is a European GRUNDTVIG project funded by the European Commission under the Lifelong Learning Programme and deals with validating social, personal and organisational competences that are essential for the challenges of the European service economy.

Westminster Employment Forum Keynote Seminar - The future of adult and community learning

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This seminar is timed to follow the release of the Commission on Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning's final report and will focus on the findings of the report, including best practice in community learning, improving links between colleges and businesses, the role of technology in supporting adult learning and improving the quality of teaching in the sector overall.

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