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We are very pleased to announce a new project co-led by core CR&DALL member, Professor Mia Perry, funded by the Norwegian Funding Council. It concerns the prevention of rabies in Malawi. Mia co-leads a work package with Dr Nai Ru Chng that addresses the relationship between communities and community-based organisations and the experience, awareness and engagement with rabies control and prevention measures in the country.

We are offering a fully funded PhD studentship from the Economic and Social Research Council through the Scottish Graduate School of Social Science (SGSSS), entitled, Podcasting and pedagogy for the planet: Examining the nexus of art, entertainment, and education related to sustainability and climate change.

We are pleased to announce that the programme for the 17th PASCAL conference, New Challenges for Higher Education, Cities and Regions: Addressing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Changing Contexts, is now available, and attached to this posting. The conference runs from 4-6 July in Taipei.

Revised Submission Deadline for Abstracts (details also attached): 1 April 2024.

Over the last decade a number of innovative attempts in the field of adult learning and education, especially with a perspective of comparative adult education, were developed:

The EBSN (European Basic Skills Network) and its European partners have developed of series of MOOCs within the European Erasmus+ KA3 PDS4BST project for the professional development of teachers engaged in teaching basic skills.

Three animated videos have been created to describe the major foci of the project, its perspectives in relation to Microcredentials and a summary of MOOC6 on Facilitating Adult Learning.

These PDS videos can be accessed at the links below:

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