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The purpose of this section is to provide a guide to CR&DALL events and activities and to provide information on these and on events and issues relevant to the field of lifelong learning and adult and continuing education in general. This latter service is provided to assist exchange of information and discussion of issues amongst colleagues in the field; it does not purport to be an exhaustive reference to the canon. Please note also that CR&DALL cannot be responsible for the accuracy of information provided to us by outside bodies. Further information about the event or activity should be sought from the contacts given in that section as this is likely to be the sum total of information provided to us.

Joint CR&DALL and Waste Stories Briefing Paper | Waste Literacies

Monday, 29 April, 2024 - 17:05

This joint CR&DALL and Waste Stories Briefing Paper argues that we need to cultivate waste literacies – capacities to read and make meaning from signs and symbols relating to waste – if we are to navigate a path out of the current Waste Age. It puts forward three different ways that literacies allow learning and meaning-making, and gives examples of what waste literacies might look like in practice.

Using arts-based methods to engage with youth and other vulnerable populations

Monday, 29 April, 2024 - 17:45

Qualitative research has increasingly been utilising visual methods such as drawing to collect richer insights from participants of all ages and backgrounds, including vulnerable populations. In this presentation, Dr Sarah Anderson and Dr Yulia Nesterova (University of Glasgow) demonstrate the methodological potential of a structured arts-based workshop and reflect on its effectiveness in collecting rich data with young people.

Invitation to Symposium on Gender Social Norms: University of Cambridge - 29 May, 2024

Wednesday, 29 May, 2024 - 11:00 to 15:30

We would like to warmly invite you to our upcoming event: Transformative Education: Shifting Gender Social Norms In and Through Education. This will be held on Wednesday 29 May from 11:00-15:30 at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge (with the option to join online).

Professor Joachim Knoll has died

Monday, 29 April, 2024 - 20:05

All of us close to UNESCO and CONFINTEA will have met or known Prof. Knoll in person, or at least through his writings. In preparation for CONFINTEA VI in Bélem, Brasil he wrote a review on the history of the first five CONFINTEAs, on the political contexts, and the personalities involved. When CONFINTEA V was in Hamburg in 1997 he invited colleagues to his roof top on a higher building overseeing the harbour - and I will never forget the wonderful evening amidst Lalage Bown, Alex Charters or Paul Belanger, and many others.