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John Curtice - Educating Scotland after May 2015 - 4 June 2015, 1800, Glasgow

Posted June 1, 2015 - 14:13 by Mike Osborne

The implications for post-school education in Scotland of the election results of May 7th, 2015 and the rise of the SNP are discussed at a seminar sponsored by the Scottish Retired Members Branch of Universities and Colleges Union (UCU) and University of Glasgow UCU.

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The Social Genome Project

Posted May 29, 2015 - 12:01 by Mike Osborne

I've just been looking at the Social Genome Project, work from the Brookings Institute in the US that is "exploring pathways to the American Dream".

The methodology of the work is interesting since it is based on a quasi-longitudinal model using significant datasets. However, the findings will surprise few:

Bowling Together - Lifelong Learning as a Collective Challenge in the North and the South

Posted May 13, 2015 - 13:24 by Jacques Zeelen

I am very pleased to attach for subscribers of PASCAL, a copy of my inaugural address as Professor in Lifelong Learning and Social Intervention within Globalisation Studies Groningen (GSG), Faculty of Arts, University of Groningen. I welcome your comments. The title of my address was Bowling Together - Lifelong Learning as a Collective Challenge in the North and the South.

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New Draft of UNESCO Recommendation on the Development of Adult Education

Posted May 13, 2015 - 10:47 by Balázs Németh

A recent process of international consultation have come to a phase for UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) to provide a Draft text of a New Recommendation on the Development of Adult Education to follow the very well-known 1976 Nairobi Recommendation.

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Financial Literacy at the Scottish Economic Society Annual Conference 2015

Posted April 21, 2015 - 14:46 by Catherine Lido

On the 15th of April, 2015, at the annual Scottish Economics Society (held in Perth, Scotland), Professor Robert Wright (University of Strathclyde) and Urban Big Data Centre researcher Dr Catherine Lido (University of Glasgow) presented a paper series, including the work of UBDC Co-I Professor Mike Osborne (University of Glasgow) and Dr Georgios Panos (University of Glasgow), regarding financial literacy.