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ESREA Access, Learning Careers & Identities Conference call for papers

ESREA Access, Learning Careers and Identifies Conference, 28-30 November, Sweden

Please find attached the second Call for Papers for the above Conference.

For further information, please contact Barbara Merrill(link sends e-mail).

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Thursday, 30 May, 2013

Call for contributions to the next edition of the L&W Newsletter

You are invited to submit information to be included in the next edition of the Newsletter for European Research in Learning and Work(link is external) [L&W], due to appear at the beginning of  June 2013.

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Wednesday, 22 May, 2013

1st World Access Congress - 2nd round call for proposals

Please find below the 2nd round call for proposals for for activities within the programme of the 1st World Access Congress(link is external) in Montreal from 7-10 October 2013.

The call for proposals will remain open until 15th June 2013. Enquiries should be addressed to info@eanworldcongress.org(link sends e-mail)

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Tuesday, 21 May, 2013

RELA - Calls for Papers

Please find attached two call for papers for RELA(link is external) (The European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults). The first is a CFP for a thematic issue on migration and the education and learning of adults; deadline of submission is October 15. The second is an open call for papers; deadline: anytime.

I'm also happy to tell you that the number of unique visitors to the RELA webpage is constantly increasing soon reaching 2000 unique visitors/month. 

Best wishes

Andreas Fejes

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Tuesday, 21 May, 2013

ASEM LLL Hub News May 2013

Dear ASEM Colleagues

Thank you for your positive feedback on the ASEM LLL News- March 2013(link is external) which contained up-to-date information about the ASEM LLL Hub’s research and the latest news items on lifelong learning policies and practices in ASEM countries.

Highlights of this issue, ASEM LLL News – May 2013, are:

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Monday, 13 May, 2013

22nd EAN annual conference - The Evolution of Access: Adapt to Survive? New Challenges and Opportunities in Widening Participation in Higher Education

Globally, participation in higher education has risen substantially. According to the OECD ( Education at a Glance 2012) entry rates to university level programmes in OECD countries grew on average by nearly 25 percentage points between 1995 and 2010. Consequently, more than a third of today’s young people have higher level qualifications than their parents and around 62% of young adults are expected to enter university - level programmes over their lifetimes.

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Sunday, 12 May, 2013

National Adult Education Conference Summary Report

Newbattle Abbey College hosted the National Adult Education Conference on 20 March 2013.  Eighty delegates from a wide range of settings (including Community Learning and Development (CLD), Local Authorities, Higher Education, Further Education, Trade Unions, Learners’ Groups and Adult Education Networks) gathered to discuss the current state of affairs in Adult Education in Scotland, and to create an action plan. 

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Tuesday, 7 May, 2013

Community-based Adult Education - "Tales from the Field"

This one-day participative event is presented by the University of Edinburgh and the University of Warwick. The aim is to generate discussion and debate on the key and important issue of community engagement and community-based adult education from a comparative perspective by drawing on theory and practice from Scotland, Canada and England.
 

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Wednesday, 1 May, 2013

Global Report on Adult Learning and Education - 15 May 2013

In this research seminar, Arne Carlsen will present the Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (GRALE I),  the first report of its kind. GRALE I draws on 154 national reports which were submitted by UNESCO member states to the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), on the state of adult learning and education. He will also comment on GRALE II, which is expected to be published in the coming months, and which will report on progress in the field of adult education since 2009.

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Monday, 22 April, 2013

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