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Cities Learning Together - Local Communities in the Sustainable and Healthy Learning City - 11th PASCAL International Observatory Conference

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Organised by The EU Centre at RMIT and hosted by The Hong Kong Institute of Education, the 11th PASCAL International Observatory Conference will take place in Hong Kong, 18-20 November 2013 with fieldwork to test approaches in different Hong Kong settings on 19 November.

Conference: Interrogating Sustainability in Adult Learning Policy - 1st Call for proposals

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The ESREA Network in Policy Studies on Adult Education is happy to announce its II Conference: Interrogating Sustainability in Adult Learning Policy: European and Global Perspectives. The Conference will be hosted at Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark on 18-20 June 2014. Scholars from all countries are invited to submit proposals. Proposals may relate to any part of the world, and to any topic related to policy in adult education and lifelong learning. The following themes are intended to inspire, rather than to set boundaries.

Adult learning in a distance education context: theoretical and methodological challenges

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The seminar reports the findings of a recent research study aspiring  to unveil and illuminate some of the adult learning processes as well as the ‘fine-grained’ processes that are at work during the organization and delivery of the courses at the Open University, with the aim to underline the factors influencing these processes.  It has as its main units of analysis adult learners’ and their educators’ experiences and perceptions of adult learning in a distance education context and rests profoundly on a research framework that views certain programme elements as being vital in unveiling t

Generating an Economic Legacy from Glasgow 2014 - Commonwealth Games: Learning Points and Future Actions

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Achieving a lasting economic legacy from hosting the 2014 Commonwealth Games is important to the city of Glasgow and its citizens: in training and employment, attracting tourism, generating future sporting events, assisting to regenerate communities, and developing new collaboration and partnerships. The city has also set out ambitious plans for economic development through the Economic Leadership, with key sectors being identified as priorities.

Higher Education Academy Mike Baker Doctoral Studentship

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The University of Glasgow's Learning and Teaching Centre and the School of Education are delighted to announce that we have received funding from the Higher Education Academy for a three year full-time PhD studentship focused on 'evaluating the impact of student-staff co-created curricula in higher education'. The successful applicant will be supervised by Dr Catherine Bovill from the Learning & Teaching Centre and Professor Vivienne Baumfield from the School of Education.

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