Conference Themes

This conference will bring together the sometimes disparate and often closely integrated themes of access, diversity and participation in a bid to explore how these elements contribute to or possibly detract from a new agenda for lifelong learning.

Keynote Speakers

Professor Stephen Gorard-Chair in Education Research University of Birmingham and principle author  of Overcoming the Barriers to Higher Education.
Professor Christine King-Vice Chancellor Staffordshire University and leader of the DIUS commissioned report on part-time study
Professor Mike Osborne- Director of the Centre for Research and Development in Adult and Lifelong Learning <http://www.gla.ac.uk/centres/cradall/index.shtml> , University of Glasgow and Co-director of the PASCAL Observatory <http://www.obs-pascal.com/>

Further details of the conference content, timetable and packages available can be found at
http://www.f-a-c-e.org.uk/conference2009.html

Call for Papers

Submission of Abstracts and Workshop Proposals

Papers and workshop presentations are sought on any or all of the conference themes. Papers and workshops should address the over-arching theme of a new agenda for lifelong learning. Given the inter-relation of access, diversity and participation some papers will inevitably cover aspects of more than one of these and often other agendas as well. Papers and workshops that attempt to place the lifelong learning agenda within theoretical and policy contexts are particularly welcome as are practitioner and case study based submissions.

Abstracts and workshop proposals can be submitted using the form at www.staffs.ac.uk/faceconf/submissionform/ <http://www.staffs.ac.uk/faceconf/submissionform/>  
Registration can be made online using the form at www.staffs.ac.uk/faceconf/bookingform/ <http://www.staffs.ac.uk/faceconf/bookingform/>

For further information please contact the conference organisor,

Peter Jones Tel: 01782 294941 Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>

Early Bird Bookings All bookings made prior to the 28th February 2009 will receive a free copy of 'Marginality and Difference in Education and Beyond' edited by Michael Reiss, Renee Depalma & Elizabeth Atkinson published by Trentham books at £18.99