As jobs and ways of working transform, so does the emphasis on skills and learning, said Cedefop Executive Director Jürgen Siebel in a keynote speech at the European vocational skills week (EVSW) 2019. Read about this, together with other Cedefop activities, in their latest newsletter:

From the 1^st to the 3^rd of October, the city of Medellin hosted the bi-annual International Conference on Learning Cities, with a focus on inclusion. More than 400 delegates were welcomed from approximately 150 countries to discuss the role of lifelong learning in meeting the 2030 goals for Sustainable Development. 

Two of the four background papers for the conference were chosen from PASCAL International Observatory associates, working at the University of Glasgow School of Education.

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.

Derivations of words throw up some significant curiosities.  I knew that a pedagogue was originally someone who led a child around, including to school.  The term then took a professional turn, to refer to the specialised function of instructing children. But I had never noticed the – to me now rather obvious – etymological similarity between pedagogue and synagogue.