Events

Brexit and Freedom of Movement: A Continental Perspective on the Post-Industrial Society - Policy Scotland Lecture Series 2016-17

Posted November 1, 2016 - 01:46 by Frances Gaughan
Nov 7 2016 13:00
Europe/London
Wolfson Medical Building, Yudowitz Seminar Room
University Ave, Glasgow G12, UK
Glasgow

Freedom of movement, which embodies a humanistic ideal about the potential of individuals to learn and take initiative, is essential in a knowledge-based, post-industrial society.  The debate over freedom of movement highlights the flaws in BREXIT based on a fundamental misunderstanding of “laissez-faire” which Walter Lippmann, in The Great Society, exposed in 1937.

CAUCE Conference 2017 Call for Papers: Share your perspectives on change in continuing education

Posted October 31, 2016 - 11:20 by Lucy Bate
May 24 2017
May 26 2017
Canada/Pacific
Four Seasons Hotel
791 W Georgia St
Vancouver

Would you like to share your responsive and innovative practices in education at CAUCE 2017?

UALL Response - UUK Working in Partnership: Enabling Social Mobility in Higher Education

Posted October 17, 2016 - 04:33 by Lucy Bate

As you may know, UUK have recently published the report Working in Partnership: Enabling Social Mobility in Higher Education, which is featured below and attached.

Between Global and Local: Adult Learning and Communities - ESREA Network 2017

Posted October 13, 2016 - 16:20 by Emilio Lucio-Vi...
May 25 2017
May 27 2017
Europe/Warsaw
University of Lower Silesia
Wagonowa 9
53-609 Wrocław

In 2017 the 9th ESREA Conference of the Network Between Global and Local: Adult Learning and Communities (BGL-ALC) will meet at the University of Lower Silesia (ULS) in Wrocław, Poland. The conference theme will be: “Adult learning & communities in a world on the move: between national tensions and transnational challenges”. The conference will take place from Thursday 25th to Saturday 27th of May, 2017.

The 6th Annual Access to Higher Education and Student Success Summit

Posted October 10, 2016 - 10:38 by Rachel Firth
Nov 9 2016
Europe/London
Woburn House Conference Centre
20 Tavistock Square, Kings Cross
London

The 6th Annual Access to Higher Education and Student Success gives the opportunity to learn about and discuss the ‘state of the nation’ with regard to access, participation and student success issues in HE; including a unique opportunity to hear and discuss the findings, analysis, and recommendations made by the cross sector Social Mobility Advisory Group invited by government to explore what universities are doing that works and address what more needs to be done.

Knowledge Cities World Summit - Register Now

Posted September 27, 2016 - 13:52 by Francisco Javie...
Oct 12 2016
Oct 13 2016
Europe/London
KWCS 2016
Vienna

The 9th Knowledge Cities World Summit 2016 (KCWS-2016) will be held in Vienna, Austria, which has received the Most Admired Knowledge Cities (MAKCi) Award in 2015. Francisco Javier Carrillo of The World Capital Institute, Tec de Monterrey and PASCAL will be one of the Keynote Speakers.

Re-energising Cities forum in Quito

Posted September 26, 2016 - 14:10 by Heather Peirce
Oct 18 2016
Etc/GMT-5
Escuela Politecnica Nacional
Av. Toledo, N23-55 y Madrid
Quito

Meeting every 20 years, the Habitat Conference will reinvigorate the global commitment to sustainable urbanisation, focusing on the implementation of a New Urban Agenda. Within this context and for the first time ever, the Conference will discuss the proliferation of renewable energy as a means to achieve a sustainable urban future and combat climate change.

Going Global 2017: Call for speaker proposals now open

Posted September 25, 2016 - 13:09 by John Briggs
May 22 2017
May 24 2017
Europe/London
British Council
London

Share your ideas and insights with more than 1,200 senior education leaders from across 80 countries

Going Global is a unique forum for world education leaders to debate issues surrounding global higher and further education and to discuss collaborative solutions.

EcCoWell event durung Urban October – Celebrating Cork City Centre's Public Spaces

Posted September 16, 2016 - 12:00 by Denis Barrett

This October the public is invited to look at Cork City Centre through fresh eyes – to see its advantages and attractions, to celebrate what it already has to offer, and to imagine how it could be improved.

IFIN 2016 - 1st International Workshop on the Internet for Financial Collective Awareness & Intelligence

Posted August 24, 2016 - 13:49 by Anna Satsiou
Sep 12 2016 13:00
Europe/Rome
University of Florence
Firenze (Florence)

You can check the program of the 1st PROFIT workshop titled “1st International Workshop on the Internet for Financial Collective Awareness and Intelligence” here: http://ifin-workshop.iti.gr/program.html

Registrations are open! Although participation in the workshop is free, early registration is recommended. Please register following this link.

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