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ALADIN Online Alert 11

Posted August 11, 2016 - 10:44 by Arne Carlsen

The ALADIN Online Alert is a joint ALADIN initiative, produced bimonthly by the UIL Library and CDÉACF, with input from additional ALADIN members from all over the world. Its goal is to share recent online and full-text information and documents in the area of adult and lifelong learning.

NEXUS April – June 2016 - the Newsletter of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL)

Posted August 10, 2016 - 10:41 by Arne Carlsen

Please find featured below the latest issue of Nexus, the quarterly newsletter of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL).

Back to the future? Strategic relations between UK, EU and NATO with Russia

Posted August 9, 2016 - 10:03 by Franny Martens
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Europe is coming to terms with the outcome of BREXIT result. Back in May, speaking at the Wold Economic Forum at the Mansion House then British Prime Minister David Cameron noted, “It is worth asking the question: who would be happy if we left? Putin might be happy. I suspect [Isis leader] al-Baghdadi would be happy.”

PASCAL 2016 Conference report:Building entrepreneurial and economically engaged learning cities

Posted August 5, 2016 - 09:27 by Judith James

Judith James has written the third of the Strand Reports from the PASCAL 2016 Conference in Glasgow on the subject of building entrepreneurial and economically engaged learning cities. This subject is one of growing importance for learning cities in the context of integrating social and economic aspects of learning city development, an area where much remains to be done.

UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) Newsletter Vol. 3, No. 2: Apr to Jun 2016

Posted August 5, 2016 - 08:22 by Raul Valdes-Cotera

We are pleased to share the second issue of our newsletter for 2016. This has been an exciting quarter of the year for the expansion of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC). We have not only had the pleasure to welcome almost 50 members from 22 countries to the Network, we have also opened the UNESCO Learning City Award 2017 for applications and are now cordially inviting UNESCO GNLC members to apply.

Exploring the intersection of faith, spirituality, and learning cities - New York, 29 July 2016

Posted August 2, 2016 - 05:19 by Rob Mark

On July 29, 2016, Drs. Maria Liu Wong and Connie Watson (LearnLong Institute for Education and Learning Research) hosted a gathering of local scholars and practitioners from diverse faith traditions and cultural backgrounds (eg. Hindu monk interested in mindfulness and AI, Colombian Catholic missionary in the Bronx, Indian Pentecostal pastor / scholar, African-American neighborhood chaplain from Harlem, Japanese/Filipino-American Vineyard church planter, Jewish-American psychology professor and adult learning scholar from Philadelphia, etc.) at City Seminary of New York, with special guest Dr. Rob Mark (Director, PASCAL Learning Cities Networks).

Apply to use our Free Data Services: UBDC Call for Expressions of Interest - Apply by 9/9!

Posted July 29, 2016 - 13:06 by Hana Ros

Would you like to investigate an urban policy, planning, or research problem using big, complex, or administrative data?

If so, the Urban Big Data Centre is here to help.

Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC) Training Courses: August 2016 - Register Now

Posted July 27, 2016 - 12:19 by Piyushimita Tha...

The Urban Big Data Centre at the University of Glasgow is pleased to announce a summer training programme for this August 2016. There are eight short training courses to choose from offering an opportunity for skills development in key areas of data analytics, methods, and data management.

Latest global development news, jobs, events and funding opportunities

Posted July 26, 2016 - 09:55 by David Wright

Links to material within the latest newsletter of the UK Collaborative on Development Sciences is found below and may be of interest.

New UALL Community Research and Engagement Network

Posted July 25, 2016 - 10:08 by Lucy Bate

We are pleased to send you advance notice for the establishment of a new Network.  The main aims of the Community Research and Engagement Network are to:

  • Deliver a network which gives focus on community, participant based research
  • Develop a repository which captures and holds the breadth of such work
  • Acknowledge the innovative models of engagement which start with the diverse needs of participants – not educational providers or funders.

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