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Professor Mike Osborne

Join us for an event marking the contributions to research made by Emeritus Prof Mike Osborne through his leadership and support for the Centre for Research and Development in Adult and Lifelong Learning. The event includes lunch, a series of speakers and closing drinks. See below and in the attached flyer for more information.

While UNESCO has long promoted MIL, its application in adult learning has been underrepresented. To address this, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), in collaboration with UNESCO’s Media and Information Literacy and Digital Competencies Unit and with financial support from Shanghai Open University (SOU), has developed a comprehensive self-learning course for adult educators. This course equips adult educators to combat misinformation and harmful online content by fostering critical thinking and digital literacy, promoting informed and active digital citizenship. 

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This webinar is part of the webinar series: ‘Building green, inclusive and climate-resilient urban communities – the learning cities approach’ by the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities. For more information, click here.

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The University of Stirling is hosting an exploration of the ways in which work and life is increasingly entangled with data and AI. This event is geared towards workers and citizens interested in finding out more about the ways in which they are ‘surveilled’ and ‘surveilling’ in workplaces and society at large. AI expertise is not required! Insightful robust discussions across sectors may also give participants a way to spark similar informed debate in their own contexts as activism, advocacy, or professional learning. A resource package will be available post-event to facilitate this engagement. NB this is a hybrid event with both ace-to-face and online attendance options.

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To mark World Teachers' Day, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning and the UNESCO Section for Teacher Development are co-hosting a webinar exploring how teachers' voices can contribute to haping policies and practices of lifelong learning and how this, in turn, can promote lifelong learning among teachers and learners.

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International rankings place Russia close to the bottom of indices for both peacefulness and democracy, despite opinion polls and surveys showing that the general public embraces democratic ideals. Education at all levels from school to lifelong learning plays a key role in establishing norms and aspirations for peace, security and democracy. Join speakers Yulia Nesterova and Daria Khanolaine for an interactive seminar including presentation and discussion of key insights and reflections from a research project that focussed on education, peace, and security in Russia.

This event is supported by CR&DALL and the British Association for Comparative International Education. It is open to everyone and free of charge.

CR&DALL members and subscribers in the Glasgow area may be interested in the following seminar by Professor Jan Germen janmaat of UCL Institute of Education:

The Education for Democracy Index: Measuring and Assessing the Democratic Performance of Education Systems

This presentation introduces the Education for Democracy Index (EfDI), developed for most European countries using national data on system characteristics, policies, and practices. Unlike other indexes, the EfDI also evaluates the implementation of policies in schools. Read more about the presentation and speaker below.

This seminar is sponsored by the Democracy Under Threat: How Educaton Can Save It (DEMED) project at the University of Glasgow, the University of Strathclyde and the PASCAL Observatory. It is free to attend but registration is required. Find out more and register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/professor-jan-germen-janmaat-the-education-for-democracy-index-tickets-1014405864247

The University of Bucharest, in collaboration with CIVIS, CIVICA and King’s College London, is hosting an international conference Reflexivity in Higher Education: Liberation or Entrapment?

On 27th August, CR&DALL and the University of Glasgow School of Education were pleased to host students and staff from Visual Arts at New College Lanarkshire for an event celebrating artworks produced by students studying at the College in 2023/4.

20th Gender and Education Association (GEA) Conference, 2024  Charles Sturt University – Port Macqua

The 20th Gender and Education Association International Conference 2024. was hosted at Charles Sturt University's main campus in beautiful Port Macquarie, Australia from 17th-20th June 2024. It was organised by the Gender and Education Association (GEA), whose aim has always been to fight for gender equality within and through education.

Call for papers: The role of adult educators in older adults’ learning

This is a reminder to contribute the RELA special issue. Please find featured below and attached the Call for Papers "The role of adult educators in older adults’ learning: Theory, research, policy, and practice".

CR&DALL says thank you to outgoing Director Mike Osborne

This month sees a significant moment in CR&DALL’s history, with the retirement of Director Professor Mike Osborne.

Waste Stories from New College Lanarkshire Celebration Event

CR&DALL and the School of Education, University of Glasgow are hosting a celebration event marking the Waste Stories from New College Lanarkshire exhibition that is currently on show in the St Andrews Building.

Waste Stories from New Lanarkshire - art exhibition at the University of Glasgow

Waste Stories from New College Lanarkshire - an exhibition of art produced by students at New College Lanarkshire - is now open to the public in the School of Education, St Andrews Building, University of Glasgow.

Call for Papers: Conference in India in January 2025

The ASEM LLL Hub Regional Centre for South Asia is going to co-organise an exciting conference and release a Declaration on Lifelong Learning for South Asian Stakeholders in January 2025. The Conference: Lifelong Learning for a Sustainable Future: Environment. Economy. Society. 6-8 January 2025 at Kochi, Kerala, India, will be co-organised with the Adi Shankara Institute of Engineering & Technology, India and the Zayed International Foundation for the Environment, UAE.

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