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Prof Mike Osborne with former ambassador Ivan Grdesic

European and National policy: Future of Democracy and Education for Democracy

CR&DALL Deputy Director Leping Mou attended the recent Democrat project conference in Barcelona (20-21 November), where former Director Prof Mike Osborne acted as the conference Rapporteur. The conference was an immense success, bringing together leading figures from European democracy as well as academics and practitioners in the space of Education for Democract and Civic Engagement. Mike has kindly shared his conference report which we publish below.

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Sunday, 30 November, 2025

Exhibition and launch event: Weaving the Web of Peace: Common Threads Between Us

<p>CRADALL is delighted to share news of an exhibition taking place in the St Andrews Building (Level 5 Gallery Space) at the University of Glasgow, from 31/10/2025 to 14/11/2025.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong><big>Weaving the Web of Peace: Common Threads Between Us</big></strong></p>

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Wednesday, 22 October, 2025

Conference on Education for Democracy

The conference on Education for Democracy aims to contribute to the debate about the role of civic education, and in particular democratic education, in fostering the resilience of the EU model of democracy. For more information see below and attached flyer.

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Monday, 4 August, 2025

UIC Barcelona Seminar - The new longevity: challenge and oppotunity

Marking the 35th Anniversary of the European Federation of Older Students (EFOS), this seminar seeks to disseminate and promote new initiatives to give new social meaning to older people in later years.

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Tuesday, 8 July, 2025

Josef Konvitz: in memory

We are sad to share news of the death of our valued colleague, Prof Josef W Konvitz. We are grateful to Prof Mike Osborne for sharing this piece written to honour the significant contributions made by Prof Konvitz.

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Wednesday, 2 July, 2025

CR&DALL Seminar: Examining the Impact of Liberal Arts Education on Cultivating Civic and Democratic Citizenship: Causes and Consequences

In association with the School of Education Quantitative Methods Special Interest Group, CR&DALL is hosting a joint presentation by Dr Radomir Ray Mitic, William & Mary College, USA and Dr Leping Mou, University of Glasgow on their joint work on he impact of liberal arts education on civic and democratic citizenship. See below for more details.

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Monday, 16 June, 2025

PASCAL International Observatory Conference 2025

The PASCAL International Observatory announces its 19th Conference, Towards Lifelong Learning Ecosystems for a Sustainable Future. 

The conference will be held from 10-12 November 2025 at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Calicut, India.

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Tuesday, 25 March, 2025

PASCAL Briefing Paper on Learning Neighbourhoods

We are pleased to post another Briefing Paper from the PASCAL Observatory, number 31 in the series, this time with a focus on Learning Neighbourhoods. It is likely to be of interest to many working in the fields of adult, lifelong and community learning.

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Tuesday, 25 March, 2025
Cherry trees in bloom outside the St Andrews Building of the University of Glasgow

Keith Hammond: in memory

It is with sadness that we note the passing away of former CR&DALL and University of Glasgow colleague, Keith Hammond.

Keith and his contributions to adult and lifelong learning are remembered in this piece by his colleagues Robert Hamilton and Mike Osborne.

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Monday, 24 March, 2025

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