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HER2020 postponed until March 2021

Posted March 26, 2020 - 09:13 by Muir Houston

In the light of escalating restrictions in the UK and abroad because of the global pandemic and the uncertainty in terms of when any restrictions will be lifted, we have taken the decision to postpone HER2020.

Child Sensitive Social Policies International Conference 2014 Harare, Zimbabwe

Posted February 26, 2014 - 09:56 by Muir Houston

The Department of Child Sensitive Social Policies at the Women’s University in Africa in collaboration with UNICEF Zimbabwe hosted the inaugural Child Sensitive Social Policies Conference. The main conference theme ‘Towards a Child Sensitive Society on Africa’ sought to explore the centrality of children in African contexts.

Honeymoon period for private sector providers in Eastern Europe comes to an end

Posted December 16, 2013 - 11:56 by Muir Houston

Despite the post-communist (or post state socialist) boom in private higher education provision  it appears that it is coming to an end with delining numbers and claims of dubious quality:

The extent of student tuition debt in South Africa

Posted December 16, 2013 - 11:52 by Muir Houston

An interesting look at tuition debt in South Africa in the International New York Times:

World Access Congress, Montreal 7-10 October 2013 Connecting the Unconnected

Posted October 9, 2013 - 16:25 by Muir Houston

I am currently in Montreal in Canada to deliver a presentation on Access and Local Collaborations. The inaugural World Congress brings delegates from around the world to share practice and to disseminate research and initiatives on the issues of access to higher education. The Congress is an intiative of the European Access Network (EAN) and PASCAL is proud to be one of its sponsors.

The conference features a mix of keynotes, plenaries and themed parallel sessions.

There are seven key themes which guide the parallele sessions are

World Congress on Access to Postsecondary Education Montreal 7-10 October 2013

Posted August 12, 2013 - 11:27 by Muir Houston

Join practitioners, policy-makers, community leaders and activists, students and many others from over 40 countries to re-think strategies for broadening access to higher education with a global view:

Competence Oriented Learning and Teaching in Adult Education Courses

Posted June 4, 2013 - 10:38 by Muir Houston

GINCO T & T News June 2013 - Competence Oriented Learning and Teaching  in Adult Education Courses - the latest Newsletter from the GINCO Network takes a look at how with the challenges facing both individuals and organisations in a changing Europe, adult education should embrace moves towards competence oriented learning and teaching...

The BBC yet again presents a right wing think-tank’s work as objective research

Posted March 5, 2013 - 13:50 by Muir Houston

So says Open Democracy reader Mel Kelly on a report featured on BBC News Scotland

She goes further:

It looks like a public body. It sounds like a public body. But Scotland's Commission on School Reform is the child of a privately-funded right wing think-tank. Why does the BBC play along?

GINCO Quality Awards Ceremony video

Posted October 29, 2012 - 15:51 by Muir Houston

The recent presentation of the inaugural GINCO Quality Awards 2012 is now avaliable to view below and also on YouTube.

Awards were presented to Grundtvig Course Organisers in three categories:

  • Innovative use of ICT in all aspects of course delivery;
  • Excellence in validating outcomes for participants;
  • Quality of course content and pedagogy.

 

Presentation from GINCO Information/Training Day: Glasgow, June 2012

Posted July 3, 2012 - 11:51 by Muir Houston

The GINCO Network recently held a successful Information and Training Day on Grundtvig IST (In-Service Training) provision.

The day was opened by Guy Tilkin from Landcommanderie Alden Biesen, in Belgium, and the Co-ordinator of the GINCO Network, who delivered a presentation on Validation of professional development in Adult Education.

 

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