Lifelong Learning

We are recruiting for a new Chair to lead and new members to join our Board of Trustees

  • Are you, or someone you know, interested in becoming an integral part of the UK’s leading authority on the impact of longevity on society?
  • More information is available on our website: ILC Chair and ILC Trustees.
  • The deadline for applications is 9.00am, Monday 9 September 2024

PIMA Webinar and Bulletin planned on the Role of Higher Eucation supporting Adult Learning and Education

At the last PIMA committee meeting we discussed plans for the years 2024/25, which transpired through the group discussion in the Annual General Meeting. One area to work on with PIMA members and friends will be the role of Higher Education (HE) supporting Adult  Learning and Education (ALE). It seems to be close to the heart and interest of colleagues, and at the same time an important area that needs follow-up after the UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education as well as CONFINTEA VII.

Australian Learning Communities Network (ALCN) Annual Report 2023/2024

The ALCN Annual Report summarizes the work of our place-based learning communities and learning cities over the period from May 2023 until May 2024, including our professional development series of learning forums and Webinars.

Scottish Educational Research Association (SERA) - 'Education in a Fragile World: Past, Present, Future' at the University of Dundee from the 27-29 November 2024

Nov 27 2024
Nov 29 2024
Europe/London
University of Dundee
Scotland  Scotland

This is a special year for for the Scottish Educational Research Association (SERA), we turn 50. This is reflected in our theme as we discuss 'Education in a Fragile World: Past, Present, Future' at the University of Dundee from the 27th -29th November 2024. For further details please follow this link, where you will find a call for papers, also attached here for convenience.

How Can Urban Studies Enrich Urban Education in the U.S.? | The Urban Lens Newsletter

Last week Bill Bowen discussed the fact that the topic of K-12 education in low-income urban areas is almost never addressed by researchers who identify themselves as urban studies scholars.  Even though the field of urban studies is broadly conceived and interdisciplinary, when he and several colleagues conducted in-depth interviews several years ago with leading urban researchers and examined the content of the most frequently used urban studies textbooks, they found little overlap with the topic of urban education.

DECODE Project - a call for case studies

The UNESCO Chair in Community-Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education in collaboration with the Knowledge for Change Consortium are pleased to share information on a new and exciting project designed to generate evidence of the impact on policy or practice of community and Indigenous-led research.

Call for Papers | Special Edition: Australian Journal of Adult Learning Power, policies, and practices in adult literacies

This Special Issue of the Australian Journal of Adult Learning (AJAL) will explore various trends developing at the forefront of literacies in adult education, to consider ways that literacies are being defined and enacted in current times in research and practice. We encourage submissions from around the globe about literacies that relate to these four fields:

  • Critical literacy
  • New literacy studies
  • Multiliteracies
  • Sociocultural approaches to additional language learning in adult education

Impact – Playing the Long Game | Briefing Paper 21, published in collaboration with the Centre for Research in Adult and Lifelong Learning, University of Glasgow

The impact of research has been growing ever more important not only in its own right, but as a factor that feeds into funding decisions at both institutional and individual levels. We are therefore pleased to present a Working Paper written by the Director of PASCAL and CR&DALL, Professor Mike Osborne, in which he assesses the cumulative impact of research that assesses the cumulative effect of research that has systematically measured, mapped and analysed learning provision at urban/regional level, contributing internationally to developing learning cities over decades.

New book "Adult Education and Social Justice: International Perspectives" in honour of Professor Lalage Bown

A new book "Adult Education and Social Justice: International Perspectives" was published just before Xmas 2023 in honour of the adult educator par excellence, Professor Lalage Bown, who died just over two years ago. Edited by Maria Slowey, Heribert Hinzen, Michael Omolewa and myself, it contains contributions from many esteemed adult educators, many from the core CR&DALL team and others beyond, particularly those with connections to Africa.

Call for Papers Special Edition: Australian Journal of Adult Learning Power, policies, and practices in adult literacies

This Special Issue of the Australian Journal of Adult Learning (AJAL) will explore various trends developing at the forefront of literacies in adult education, to consider ways that literacies are being defined and enacted in current times in research and practice.

Click the image to visit site

Syndicate content
X