Earlier details of one post were made available, but the University of Glasgow is currently advertising a large number of other posts, associated with the new ESRC-funded Urban Big Data Centre and the recently-launched MSc in Urban Transport. These posts are an opportunity to be based in a Centre at the forefront of the ‘big data’ movement, and include roles for social scientists and computer scientists. Here are links to all of the posts available.

The Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education (ASPBAE) celebrates its 50^th anniversary in 2014. Founded by a small group of passionate adult education practitioners on 30 January 1964 in a UNESCO regional workshop in Sydney, Australia, ASPBAE has grown to a more than 200 strong membership-based organisations, with members operating in 33 countries in the Asia Pacific region.

At election time, most political parties prepare manifestos defining their priorities if they get elected. Manifestos have become as much a part of democratic elections as banners, candidates and campaigns. In the largest democracy of the world, political parties have generally been very casual about their poll manifestos over the past decades.

This new publication from CEDEFOP, On the way to 2020: data for vocational education and training policies, will be of interest to many subscribers. We feature the English version below, translations are available from the CEDEFOP website.

In some parts of the world, today is April Fool’s Day; any action is suspect on this occasion. Another set of random reflections below, however, are authentic: