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Learning shops on the High Street | JOHN TIBBITT from Policies for Places

Posted October 24, 2023 - 05:59

Recently I attended a seminar at Glasgow Caledonian University, organized in memory of the late Professor Jim Gallacher, formerly Professor of Lifelong Learning at the University. Professor Gallacher’s main interests on which he published widely were in the fields of widening access to higher education, the role of colleges of further education and the transition from further to higher education.  The seminar heard from several speakers who offered up-to-date perspectives on these issues and particularly on efforts to recognize the benefits of pathways to higher education through further education.

Community Placemaking Grants: Applications Now Open | Placemaking Round-Up

Posted October 23, 2023 - 08:30

This round-up from the Project for Public Spaces connects people who share a passion for public spaces to ideas and issues, news, quotes, places, and events from the placemaking movement.

New Museums and Heritage Masters Programme Organise Symposium in Glasgow

Posted September 21, 2023 - 17:12

The first group of students to participate in the new Master’s in Education in Museums and Heritage (EDUMaH) were given a warm welcome last week in Glasgow. The programme, which is funded through the Erasmus Mundus international programme, has students participating  from all over the world. It involves a consortium of universities from Tartu in Estonia, Valetta in Malta, Radboud in the Netherlands, Dublin and Cork in Ireland, Mexico City and the European Museum Academy.

Should US Cities Make Happiness a Policy Priority?

Posted August 30, 2023 - 12:20

Conventional wisdom seems to say that the growth of cities is beneficial for the happiness and well-being of people who move into and live in them.  The underlying assumption, as I understand it, is that larger, growing cities offer greater access to opportunities for employment, career advancement, higher income potential, and a sense of financial security and personal achievement. 

Marketing Cities for Investment hosted by Prof Zhechev

Posted August 29, 2023 - 11:04

Prof Zhechev visited the University of Johannesburg and PASCAL (Africa) from the 21 to the 26 of August 2023.

Prof Vladimir Zhechev has earned his Ph.D. in Marketing (Brand Management) and currently holds the position of Head of the Department of Marketing and Erasmus+ institutional coordinator at UE-Varna (Bulgaria). He has worked as a consultant at GMSE (General Motors Southeast Europe) and has successfully completed over 10 European projects in the fields of: higher education, hospitality management, branding, marketing, student mobility, and others.

ALCN Ripples - August 2023

Posted August 29, 2023 - 09:49

This ALCN newsletter features Adult Learners Week, Wyndham and Melton Learning Festivals and several online webinars - lifelong learning for work and life; stories from UNESCO learning cities in Australia and Thailand, and reflections on community engagement.  

Enjoy reading and please send me more of your incredible stories of hope to share with others.

With my best wishes.

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