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Devolution and geographies of education: the use of the Millennium Cohort Study for 'home international' comparisons across the UK

This seminar will be presented by Professor Chris Taylor, Cardiff University

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Tuesday, 24 September, 2013

SHRE Research Awards 2013

See attached flyer for details and contact information

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Monday, 15 July, 2013

Joint University of Edinburgh/LSE afternoon seminar

 

"Educational attainment and inequality in Scotland:
How does Scotland compare with the rest of the UK?"

Date: Wednesday 28th August 2013

Venue:  G.21 Paterson’s Land, Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh

 

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Monday, 15 July, 2013

Competition and diversity in UK Higher Education

Competition and diversity in UK Higher Education – online learning models, alternative providers and the changing shape of the sector

 

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Professor Martin Bean, Vice-Chancellor, The Open University; Dr Stephen Jackson, Director of Reviews, QAA; Gordon McKenzie, Deputy Director, Higher Education Structure and Shape, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and Andy Westwood, Chief Executive, GuildHE

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Thursday, 4 July, 2013

The future of adult and community learning

Westminster Employment Forum Keynote Seminar

The future of adult and community learning

 

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Tuesday, 2 July, 2013

World Congress on Access to Post-Secondary Education

Montreal 2013 is the first global event of the World Congress on Access to Post-Secondary Education. It is also the first step on our journey to build and enact an agenda for change that will ensure more participation also means wider participation and success.

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Wednesday, 19 June, 2013

Co-operative Education Against the Crises

ESRI and the Co-operative College are co-hosting an event that will bring together academics and practitioners to explore and develop the potential of the Co-operative school movement.

The day will feature keynote presentations from world-renowned critical educational scholar Prof. Mike Apple (University of Madison-Wisconsin) and Mervyn Wilson (Principal, Co-operative College), workshops from a range of Co‑operative educational providers, and discussions focused on the practical tasks for supporting the emergence of the Co-operative school movement.

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Friday, 31 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

Call for Submissions: Special Issue of the Compare Forum - Post-2015 Education and Development Agenda

Post-2015 Education and Development Agenda - Deadline 30 June 2013

A Special Edition of the Compare Forum is planned for the last edition of this year (43:6) focusing on the Post 2015 education and development agenda.

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Thursday, 25 April, 2013

Conference: Interrogating Sustainability in Adult Learning Policy - 1st Call for proposals

The ESREA Network in Policy Studies on Adult Education is happy to announce its II Conference: Interrogating Sustainability in Adult Learning Policy: European and Global Perspectives. The Conference will be hosted at Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark on 18-20 June 2014. Scholars from all countries are invited to submit proposals. Proposals may relate to any part of the world, and to any topic related to policy in adult education and lifelong learning. The following themes are intended to inspire, rather than to set boundaries.

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Thursday, 11 April, 2013

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