What role can adult and community education play in improving community health and wellbeing? What partnerships can we develop to better participate in mental health reform? These are just some of the issues covered in this week's news round up.

The Concept Journal offers a lively independent forum for critical debate in contemporary Community Education. Community Education is seen in the broadest sense to include community work, adult education and youth work and takes place in a range of settings and agencies.

Upskilling, re-skiling and employing refugees is a one day experts’ forum which is co-organised by Cedefop and OECD and will take place on Monday, 3 October 2016 in Rome. The forum will examine the role of VET and VET-related skill development strategies as part of pre-arrival (transition countries) and national solutions (host countries) aimed at early labour market integration of the current wave of adult people in clear need of international protection.

Using practice in Uganda as a case study, the workshop will examine a range of themes including:

• Community  Development  and  the  lived  reality
• Community  Development  and  sustainability
• Popular Education and Community Organising

Presenter: Dr Peter Westoby, University of Queensland

Date: Tuesday 24th May, 1pm to 3pm