Lifelong Learning

Education in Gaza Through Siege & War - Public Seminar Tuesday 23 June 5.30pm

Posted June 22, 2015 - 07:42 by Lauren Roberts
Jun 23 2015 17:30
Europe/London
Sir Charles Wilson Lecture Theatre
University of Glasgow, 1 University Avenue
Glasgow

The Researching Multilingually at the Borders of Language, the Body, Law and the State ("RM Borders") project is delighted to have with us (at very short notice) our esteemed colleague Nazmi Al-Masri who will present the research and teaching his university has been doing with the AHRC RM Borders project.  This seminar will look at creativity and language in situations of extreme humanitarian need.  We can guarantee some very positive stories.

Festschrift in honour of Heribert Hinzen published

Posted June 18, 2015 - 07:10 by Mike Osborne

DVV International under the editorship of Uwe Gartenschlaeger and Esther Hirsch have just published a Festschrift in honour of Heribert Hinzen, who amongst many things is one of our PASCAL Associates. Many colleagues in PASCAL have made contributions and you will find the PDF file of the publication featured below and attached.

Education and Lifelong Learning as a Sustainable Development Goal: The Policy Challenges - EU Centre, RMIT, 5 May 2015

Posted May 1, 2015 - 09:43 by Bruce Wilson
May 5 2015 17:00
May 5 2015 19:30
Australia/Melbourne
RMIT City Campus, Kaleide Theatre
360 Swanston Street
Melbourne

“A good education” is the world’s #1 priority for the post-2015 development agenda, according to the nearly 1.5 million people from 194 countries who responded to the United Nations’ MY World online global survey.

Financial Literacy at the Scottish Economic Society Annual Conference 2015

Posted April 21, 2015 - 14:46 by Catherine Lido

On the 15th of April, 2015, at the annual Scottish Economics Society (held in Perth, Scotland), Professor Robert Wright (University of Strathclyde) and Urban Big Data Centre researcher Dr Catherine Lido (University of Glasgow) presented a paper series, including the work of UBDC Co-I Professor Mike Osborne (University of Glasgow) and Dr Georgios Panos (University of Glasgow), regarding financial literacy.

UCL Institute of Education Workshop, 28 April: International Comparisons of Inequalities in Education and Skills

Posted April 21, 2015 - 08:49 by Richard Arnold
Apr 28 2015 10:30
Europe/London
Elvin Hall, UCL Institute of Education
20 Bedford Way
London

Persistent inequality in education and skills causes widespread concern, not least because it is seen to contribute to rising income inequality and also to declines in social mobility in some countries. Yet, as the proliferating evidence from international skills surveys shows, countries vary considerably in degrees of skills inequality both amongst young people and adults.

Nextwork Forum - Bucharest, 15-16 May

Posted April 7, 2015 - 09:17 by Ettore Ruggiero
May 15 2015
May 16 2015
Europe/Bucharest
The National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (NUPSPA)
Noul sediu–SNSPA–Bd. Expoziţiei, nr. 30 A
Bucharest

Nextwork is a 2-day meeting aimed at furnishing methodology and skills to be successful in the complex world of education and research, skills development and European project management.

LETAE - Second Case Study

Posted March 31, 2015 - 18:47 by Laureano Jiméne...

From analysis of national policies and institutional practice across Europe, this Eurydice Brief shows that:

Ripples - Autumn 2015 Newsletter of the Australian Learning Communities Network

Posted March 28, 2015 - 07:23 by Jim Saleeba

Please find featured below and attached the Autumn 2015 issue of the newsletter Ripples, from the Australian Learning Communities Network:

The Heribert Hinzen collection

Posted March 24, 2015 - 19:04 by Mike Osborne

Our good colleague, Heribert Hinzen, who has just left the DVV South-East Asia office has completed a volume of his writings, speeches, reflections and reports during his time here in the region.  These are featured below as a complete collection and also available for download at this link.

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