On 24-25 May this year the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, UIL, will be celebrating the 60th anniversary of UNESCO’s presence in Hamburg.The anniversary celebration will highlight the Institute’s impact on education policy and programmes throughout the 60 years of its work focussing on lifelong learning, adult learning and education, and adult literacy in all world regions.
The ERANET-MUNDUS project, funded by the European Commission, aims to establish strong ties and mobility flows between Russian and European universities. The project is coordinated by the University of Barcelona and involves 10 European institutions (including the University of Glasgow and other International Research Universities Network (IRUN) partners), 8 Russian institutions and associates partners.The principal objectives are:
Readers may be interested in this recent article in the Glasgow Herald about the Activate programme, which provides a route for volunteers to enter the University of Glasgow to take a degree in Community Development.
I have just received information from Peter Mayo about a new book by Brian Findsen and Marvin Formosa - Lifelong Learning in Later Life : A Handbook on Older Adult Learning* (here on Amazon).
*Selections from the opening chapters are featured below.