Adult, Vocational and Community-based Learning

New Book Resisting Neoliberalism in Education Local, National and Transnational Perspectives Edited by Lyn Tett and Mary Hamilton

Neoliberalism has been widely criticised because of its role in prioritising ‘free markets’ as the optimum way of solving problems and organising society. In the field of education, this leads to an emphasis on the knowledge economy that can reduce both persons and education to economic actors and be detrimental to wider social and ethical goals.

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Wednesday, 4 September, 2019

Vocational education and training (VET): an underused route to a good job in Greece

Education in Greece at the upper secondary level is dominated by the Panhellenic exams; they will decide to which university a student will go and what they will study. Little thought is given to upper secondary vocational education and training (VET) for 16 to 18 year-olds, even though it can offer better job prospects than general education.

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Thursday, 1 August, 2019

#ALW2019 – What are you waiting for? – Register your events early to win

Adult Learners’ Week is celebrated at the beginning of Spring with hundreds of events and activities promoting the benefits of learning. There are so many opportunities to learn available across Australia.

Adult Learners’ Week is a UNESCO initiative supported in Australia by the Commonwealth Department of Education and Training and coordinated by Adult Learning Australia. Adult Learners’ Week runs from 1–8 September and incorporates International Literacy Day, which is celebrated annually on September 8.

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Thursday, 4 July, 2019

ALADIN Online Alert 27

The ALADIN Online Alert is a joint ALADIN initiative, produced bimonthly by the UIL Library and CDÉACF, with input from additional ALADIN members from all over the world. Its goal is to share recent online and full-text information and documents in the area of adult and lifelong learning.

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Monday, 1 July, 2019

Cedefop newsletter No 91 - June 2019

Here is the latest Cedefop newsletter with the main story Green skills in focus at ILO forum with Cedefop contribution, together with information about other news and events.

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Saturday, 29 June, 2019

BALID - Bilingual Literacy for Life, 4 July 2019

After a fascinating seminar about The Philippines last Monday - ‘Taking hold’ and ‘losing grip’ of bureaucratic literacies: Insights from local volunteering in the Philippines - our BALID Informal Literacy Discussions (ILDs) programme moves to Mexico, when Lorena Sanchez Tyson of UCL Institute of Education leads a discussion on Bilingual Literacy for Life: an indigenous language literacy programme in Mexico.

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Friday, 28 June, 2019

Cedefop newsletter No 89 - April 2019

Here is the latest Cedefop newsletter with the main story Vocational education and training systems in Europe at a glance together with information about other news and events.

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Saturday, 4 May, 2019

100 Years and Beyond: Re-framing Radical Adult Education for the Contemporary World

Our 2019 annual RWF residential weekend will examine the contemporary status of adult education, through the lens of the Ministry of Reconstruction’s seminal 1919 Report on Adult Education.

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Monday, 8 April, 2019

51st eucen Conference

In the 51st eucen Conference you will find out in a joyful, comfortable and sustainable way, why Lifelong Learning (LLL) / Continuing Education (CE) strengthen university collaboration with Society and Communities.

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Monday, 1 April, 2019

Cedefop newsletter No 88 - March 2019

Here is the latest Cedefop newsletter with the main story Vocational education and training systems in Europe at a glance together with information about other news and events.

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Friday, 29 March, 2019

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