CRADALL, together with the University of Glasgow's GLACIER network, is delighted to host the first of two seminars focusing on VET These seminars bring together scholars engaged in vocational education, skills formation, and comparative education research. All welcome. See below and attached for moe information. Our second session features Dr Johannes Schmees (University of Derby) who will talk about the use of vocational biographis in comparing international VET contexts and experiences.
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CRADALL, together with the University of Glasgow's GLACIER network, is delighted to host the first of two seminars focusing on VET These seminars bring together scholars engaged in vocational education, skills formation, and comparative education research. All welcome. See below and attached for moe information. Our first session features Dr Xinmiao Song (Lingnan University) who will talk about ambition versus reality in vocational educatoin in China.
The Symposium Universities as Change Agents in Sustainable Development, which will be held in Tallinn in March 2026, is founded on the belief that the academic sector needs to move beyond siloed initiatives and theoretical discourse to become integrated, proactive, and measurable change agents. The event will provide a platform for forging new partnerships and co-creating actionable strategies that harness the full potential of universities to address the most pressing ecological, social, and economic challenges of our time.
As part of the Festival of Social Science, CR&DALL members Geng Wang and Joyceline Alla-Mensah are organising an event focusing on young people's choices about training and upskilling in the informal sector.
Please join us at 12.30 BST on 2nd October, in person or online, for this seminar, presented in collaboration with the University of Glasgow Initial Teacher Education Research Network:
Towards a Pedagogy of Higher Education – On Teaching Beyond the Banality of Constructive Alignment
by guest speakers Gunnlaugur Magnússon, Uppsala University and Johannes Rytzler, Mälardalen University, Sweden
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