Blogs by Theme - Lifelong Learning

Finnish Results in PIAAC

Posted December 14, 2013 - 21:17 by Mike Osborne

Staff from the Institute for Educational Research at University of Jyväskylä, the Ministry of Employment and the Economy, the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Finnish National Board of Education have summarised Finland's acheivements in PIAAC. Here are the highlights:

EU Development Days, 26/27 November 2013 - Lifelong Learning and Development

Posted December 1, 2013 - 13:58 by Mike Osborne

As part of EU Development days in Brussels on 26 and 27 November, our colleagues in ICAE, ASPBAE, EAEA and DVV have reported that their combined contribution in the area of lifelong learning and development was very successful. For details of the event see the attached.

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Challenging the 'European Area of Lifelong Learning'

Posted November 30, 2013 - 18:07 by George Zarifis

Challenging the 'European Area of Lifelong Learning' critically reflects on the context in which lifelong learning policies and practices are organized in Europe with contributions of researchers and policy makers in the field, including a number of colleagues associated with the PASCAL Observatory and CR&DALL. This includes a chapter entitled 'The Rise and Fall and Rise again of Learning Cities' by Lynette Jordan, Norman Longworth and Michael Osborne.

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The Wellcome Trust and Public Engagement

Posted September 1, 2013 - 11:51 by Mike Osborne

The Wellcome Trust produces a range of reports concerned with public engagement in relation to health matters. These consist of literature reviews, research and conferences conducted or commissioned by the Trust to explore different groups' attitudes to a variety of issues related to biomedical science.

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Adult and Continuing Education in Europe

Posted July 24, 2013 - 22:22 by Roberta Piazza

The attached report written by Paolo Federighi, Professor of Adult Education at the University of Florence (Italy) is based on the review of several EU funded research projects under the 6^th and 7^th Framework Programmes for Research.

Referring to the work of institutions such as CEDEFOP, Eurofund, Eurostat and OECD related to lifelong leaning, as well as research by academics in the area, it proposes a number of policy and research priorities to support adult and continuing education.