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Shoulder to Shoulder; Broadening the Men's Shed Movement

New Men's Shed book

Subscribers may wish to consider this new book, Shoulder to Shoulder; Broadening the Men's Shed Movement.

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Tuesday, 5 October, 2021
21st International Conference on Education Research

21st International Conference on Education Research

The Education Research Institute at Seoul National University and the Institute for Innovation and Coexistence Education Research (BK21 FOUR) is holding the ICER (International Conference on Education Research) which will take place online on October 21-22, 2021. The theme of the conference is “Reconceptualizing Education in Times of Global Crisis”.

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Tuesday, 28 September, 2021
Sherwan Ameen arrested in Iraq

Sherwan Ameen, University of Glasgow Master’s in Teaching Adults alumnus imprisoned without trial in Iraq

Sherwan's predicament is part of what has been described by Amnesty International as human rights abuse in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. According to investigations by Amnesty International, ‘In mid-August 2020, widespread protests erupted in the KR-I, mainly in Sulaimaniyah, Duhok and Erbil, demanding an end to corruption, better public services, and the payment of overdue salaries of government employees'.

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Thursday, 23 September, 2021
How good are you at spotting fake news, photos and videos? Bugs, Bees, Plants and the Great Outdoors

How good are you at spotting fake news, photos and videos? Bugs, Bees, Plants and the Great Outdoors.

Explorathon, the Scottish arm of European Researchers’ Night is now running, with online events for all ages. The full programme can be found at this link, and features many events led by the University of Glasgow community, including members of CR&DALL.

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Friday, 17 September, 2021
Gender, Learning and Teaching in Conditions of Precarity in HE

Gender, Learning and Teaching in Conditions of Precarity in HE

We are seeking abstracts on this theme for a proposed Special Issue of Learning and Teaching: the International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences. Despite widespread concern about the impacts of precarity in higher education, the casualisation of academic staff involved in teaching continues apace in many International contexts.

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Thursday, 16 September, 2021
Webinar | Prison education in Latin America (in Spanish)

Webinar | Prison education in Latin America (in Spanish)

I would like to draw your attention to a two-day prison education webinar being offered by the University of Guadalajara on 22 September 2021 at 1700 (CDMX)(GMT -5) with some of the best prison education professors and investigators in Latin America.

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Monday, 13 September, 2021
Open-Access Book: Advances on Global Education and Research Vol 4

Open-Access Book: Advances on Global Education and Research Vol 4

We are proud to announce that the fourth volume of Advances in Global Education and Research, an open-access textbook has been published. The chapters in this book are peer-reviewed as part of the 4th Global Conference on Education and Research (GLOCER).

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Monday, 13 September, 2021
Lectureship in Adult Education - University of Glasgow

Lectureship in Adult Education - University of Glasgow

The School of Education invites applications for the position of Lecturer in Adult Education (Research & Teaching Track) at University of Glasgow. The School of Education is one of the leading Schools of Education globally, ranked No 38 in the QS for Education and Training (2021). We are a large and dynamic unit which brings together academics and researchers with expertise across all sectors of education: formal and non-formal, pre-school through to higher, adult and community education.

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Thursday, 22 July, 2021
Workshop: Civil Society and Adult Education

Workshop: Civil Society and Adult Education

May I call your attention to the workshop entitled "Civil Society and Adult Education". The workshop is organized by Professor Katarina Popovic within her DAAD visiting professorship at University of Würzburg.

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Monday, 17 May, 2021
Data Poverty in Scotland and Wales

Data Poverty in Scotland and Wales

We are pleased to share a report published today, called Data Poverty in Scotland and Wales . The research is the first we are aware of that tries to understand the scale and depth of data poverty in Wales and Scotland.

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Thursday, 22 April, 2021

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