Our earlier ACE Lifelong Learning seminars in this series have set a foundation and context in which to consider the “challenges” Professor Power will outline in acknowledging that “quality education” needs to be “directed at the full development of the human personality” across all life stages, ages and levels.

Adult Education Policy and the European Union: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives, Edited by Marcella Milana and John Holford (Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, 2014). The open access ebook is featured below...

Gender-role stereotypes are barriers to women trying to access education, choosing the course they want to study (for example, nursing versus engineering) and participating in lifelong learning. And in the job market, salaries, promotion opportunities and professional development all reflect gender inequalities.

The present publication is one of the outcomes of the OBSERVAL-NET project (follow-up of the OBSERVAL project). The main aim of OBSERVAL-NET was to set up a stakeholder-centric network of organisations supporting the validation of non-formal and informal learning in Europe based on the formation of national working groups in the 8 participating countries of the project. Each national working group worked towards bringing together key stakeholders in VNIL and political decision-makers at national level in order to coordinate policy implementation in the field.