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SUEUAA team shares insights with City of Harare officials

Posted May 13, 2019 - 22:33 by Charles Nherera

In advance of the SUEUAA conference hosted by the University of Zimbabwe which took place 9-10 May, the team involved in the research were delighted to explore their findings with Eng. Hosiah Chisango, Town Clerk of the City of Harare.

ALADIN Online Alert 26

Posted May 5, 2019 - 04:42 by Lisa Krolak

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.

XVIth PASCAL Conference, 16-19 October - Revised Call for Papers

Posted April 30, 2019 - 06:33 by Seamus O’Tuama

PLEASE NOTE: CALL FOR PAPERS REVISED ON 25 APRIL, 2019

The 2019 PASCAL XVIth Conference from 16-19 October 2019, will have a focus on adult/lifelong learning place-making and cohesion. This three-day international conference will bring together scholars and practitioners who develop learning opportunities in community settings.

News from PASCAL Africa

Posted April 30, 2019 - 06:11 by Marius Venter

The Centre for Local Economic Development (CENLED) is a centre in the School of Economics (SE) within the College of Business and Economics (CBE) at the University of Johannesburg (UJ). CENLED was established in 2008, primarily for capacity building in the local economic development (LED) fields. CENLED also hosts the PASCAL International Observatory (Africa) headquarters.

Special call for applications from early career access/widening participation practitioners and researchers - FACE 2019

Posted April 29, 2019 - 07:52 by John Storan

FACE is now delighted to invite applications for a sponsored place at the 26th FACE Annual Conference hosted by Sheffield Hallam University, 3rd -5th July 2019.

NEXUS January - March 2019 - the Newsletter of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL)

Posted April 17, 2019 - 10:55 by Mike Osborne

Please find featured below the latest issue of Nexus, the quarterly newsletter of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL). Aso featured is an easily-accessible copy of the "UIL in 2018" Annual Report.

International Interdisciplinary Conference on Strengthening Urban Engagement of Universities in Africa and Asia

Posted April 16, 2019 - 11:03 by Charles Nherera

This final event of SUEUAA presents cases of engagement from our six countries as well as selected other papers from Africa and Asia, and will be of interest to academics, policy-makers and officials in cities and students from around the world.

Being human in the era of the fourth industrial revolution and AI

Posted April 16, 2019 - 10:19 by Peter Kearns

The recent PASCAL and PIMA report on Good Active Ageing, which I edited with Denise Reghenzani Kearns, discussed the implications of the convergence of the demographic and technological revolutions. The demographic revolution with ageing populations is occurring at a time when revolutionary changes in digital technologies associated with artificial intelligence, robotics and biotechnologies are impacting on society with this impact certain to increase. How soon superintelligence arrives is a matter of lively discussion.

UIL Lifelong Learning Alert No 5 - 9 April 2019

Posted April 11, 2019 - 09:35 by Susan Kelly

What is happening around lifelong learning these days? How are countries making lifelong learning a reality? What are the latest developments in policy and practice? This is issue No 5, 9 April 2019, of the UIL Lifelong Learning Alert.

PIMA Bulletin 23

Posted April 9, 2019 - 08:30 by Chris Duke

The PIMA Bulletin Number 23 for March 2019 can now be read in full below.

This issue of the Bulletin continues discussion started in Suwon, Korea of the idea and meaning of life-deep learning. At this time hype and fake news cause ever more widespread concern, corrupting words and draining them of meaning. Lifelong learning (LLL) is one such term; used loosely and vaguely it is sprayed surface-deep on many policies like a smell-good perfume.

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