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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.

Teaching Inclusively: Changing Pedagogical Spaces

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Developing inclusive teaching and learning practices in higher education is a key component of widening participation (WP) strategy. Pedagogies in higher education have the potential to contribute to creating inclusive spaces where all students can develop a sense of belonging and fitting in. This is strongly emphasised in the recent HEFCE/OFFA interim report, and is anticipated to form a central dimension of the national strategy for widening participation.

Sheherazade Pilots: Introducing storytelling for inclusion

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Sheherazade is a Grundtvig Multilateral Project that wants to introduce storytelling and the use of storytelling techniques as an educational strategy and a pedagogical tool in formal and non-formal adult learning. The project focuses on the linguistic, interactive, performing, social and cultural aspects of stories and storytelling and will help adult learners gain communication skills, develop imagination and creativity, improve intercultural understanding and build competences for inclusion.

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