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Japanese development as a “Super-aged Society”

Some important resources on Ageing

The International Longevity Centre in London holds an annual conference on The Future of Ageing. The 2021 conference will be held on 3 December. The UK Minister for Care and Mental Health, Gillian Keegan, will give the keynote address. These annual Future of Ageing conferences are very useful in updating developments in the transition towards a longevity society.

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Friday, 12 November, 2021
For partners reference and action | ASEF Invitation to Pitching Event for Tech Solutions

For partners reference and action: ASEF Invitation

For partners reference and action | ASEF Invitation to Pitching Event for Tech Solutions: 23rd ASEF Summer University on Sustainable Urbanisation. Please find featured below and attached an important update related to the 23rd ASEF Summer University (ASEFSU23), a virtual Hackathon on “Liveable Cities for a Sustainable Future”, which focuses on three of the most populated countries in ASEM: Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.

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Thursday, 11 November, 2021
UNESCO learning cities commit to boosting learning for health

UNESCO learning cities commit to boosting learning for health and call on national governments to make lifelong learning a priority

With the adoption of the Yeonsu Declaration [featured below] at the fifth International Conference on Learning Cities (ICLC), UNESCO learning cities from around the world pledged to place lifelong learning for health and the development of resilience at the centre of their agenda.

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Sunday, 31 October, 2021
IIEP Policy Forum on open government in education

IIEP Policy Forum on open government in education

From 16-18 November 2021, you are invited to join a virtual Policy Forum on open government in education. By bringing new research to the forefront, the Policy Forum – in English, French, and Spanish – will help policy-makers and programme implementers improve education service delivery and reduce corruption in education.

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Wednesday, 27 October, 2021
Symposium Invitation | Focus on Agency: Track & Trace, Unlock & Unblock

Symposium Invitation | Focus on Agency: Track & Trace, Unlock & Unblock

This symposium is occasioned by three remarkable PhD dissertations in the field of learning and development. All three concern strategies of fostering agency of those less heard: of school children and teachers in a local school in Groningen, of youth and their educators in vocational education in Uganda, and of lifelong learning practitioners in NGOs in Uganda. All three apply Action Research methods aimed at freeing, ‘unlocking’, the agency of participants and their communities.

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Saturday, 23 October, 2021
COP26 Panel Discussion - Building resilience with equity

COP26 Panel Discussion - Building resilience with equity - Perspectives from cities and neighbourhoods in the Global South

Most cities in the Global South have experienced rapid population and urbanization growth which have transformed urban spaces. It is projected that Africa and Asia will concentrate most of the world’s urban population in the next four decades. However, urban planning for more resilient and sustainable cities has so far failed to materialise. Our COP26 panel discussion will bring together researchers, policy makers and neighbourhood residents to explore innovative approaches to build resilience in cities and neighbourhoods in the Global South.

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Tuesday, 12 October, 2021
Educational Peacebuilding | Briefing Paper 5: Medellin's cultural transformation

Educational Peacebuilding | Briefing Paper 5: Medellin's cultural transformation

This briefing summarizes emergent findings from public policy analysis and interviews with 50 citizens of Medellin from a variety of sectors in 2020, many of whom had directly participated in the societal transformation that began during the 1980s. We aim to show that cultural inclusion, democratic and civic culture are crucial aspects of Medellin's cultural transformation.

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Friday, 8 October, 2021
21st International Conference on Education Research

21st International Conference on Education Research

The Education Research Institute at Seoul National University and the Institute for Innovation and Coexistence Education Research (BK21 FOUR) is holding the ICER (International Conference on Education Research) which will take place online on October 21-22, 2021. The theme of the conference is “Reconceptualizing Education in Times of Global Crisis”.

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Tuesday, 28 September, 2021
Sherwan Ameen arrested in Iraq

Sherwan Ameen, University of Glasgow Master’s in Teaching Adults alumnus imprisoned without trial in Iraq

Sherwan's predicament is part of what has been described by Amnesty International as human rights abuse in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. According to investigations by Amnesty International, ‘In mid-August 2020, widespread protests erupted in the KR-I, mainly in Sulaimaniyah, Duhok and Erbil, demanding an end to corruption, better public services, and the payment of overdue salaries of government employees'.

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Thursday, 23 September, 2021
How good are you at spotting fake news, photos and videos? Bugs, Bees, Plants and the Great Outdoors

How good are you at spotting fake news, photos and videos? Bugs, Bees, Plants and the Great Outdoors.

Explorathon, the Scottish arm of European Researchers’ Night is now running, with online events for all ages. The full programme can be found at this link, and features many events led by the University of Glasgow community, including members of CR&DALL.

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Friday, 17 September, 2021

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