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National Youth Service in Sub-Saharan Africa: Strengthening NYS as a Strategy for Youth Employability

Posted January 19, 2014 - 15:35 by Susan Stroud

Innovations in Civic Participation (ICP) and Volunteer Service Enquiry South Africa (VOSESA), with support from The MasterCard Foundation, announce the release of a research study that assesses how National Youth Service (NYS) programs in Sub-Saharan Africa might better prepare young people for the 21st Century workforce.

"If you could do one thing..." Nine local actions to reduce health inequalities

Posted January 18, 2014 - 16:51 by Mike Osborne

A new British Academy publication, "If you could do one thing..." Nine local actions to reduce health inequalities (featured below), collates opinion pieces on health inequalities from leading social scientists. Each of the authors has written an article, drawing on the evidence base for their particular area of expertise, identifying one policy intervention  that they think local authorities could introduce to improve the health of the local population and reduce health inequalities.

Working in the Middle - Knowledge Mobilisation UK Forum 2014

Posted January 17, 2014 - 09:15 by John Tibbitt

The ever pressing impact agenda in higher education is encouraging more attention to be paid to the ideas and processes of knowledge mobilisation.  Well established particularly in Canada, the first UK Forum on KMb is taking place in London on 3-4th February 2014.

Innovations in Civic Participation and Silatech Launch University Civic Engagement Initiative

Posted January 15, 2014 - 16:21 by Susan Stroud

Innovations in Civic Participation (ICP) has launched a new University Civic Engagement Initiative in partnership with Silatech. The initiative is designed to provide the support and resources necessary to build and expand university civic engagement among students in the Arab world.

Search for New Forms of Governance of Science Policy in Europe - Engage 2020

Posted January 15, 2014 - 09:21 by Budd Hall

Engage 2020 has been created to provide practical advice to the European Scientific Research Agenda (Horizon 2020). They note the following:

Adult Education in Universities. Local and Regional Perspectives - Iasi, Romania

Posted January 14, 2014 - 12:28 by Mike Osborne

PASCAL is pleased to announce that it has agreed to be a sponsor of the Fourth International Conference on Adult Education - Adult Education in Universities. Local and Regional Perspectives from Sunday 27th – Wednesday 30th April 2014 in Iasi, Romania (see also the event details here on PASCAL).

Curriculum globALE - global framework curriculum for teaching and learning of adults.

Posted January 14, 2014 - 12:03 by Tania Czerwinski

Curriculum globALE was developed jointly by the German Institute for Adult Education (DIE) and DVV International. In five modules, it describes the relevant skills needed to lead successful courses and provides guidance on their practical implementation. Curriculum globALE is aimed at educational institutions that offer training for continuing education.

Visiting Service-Learning Tutorship Scheme is now open!

Posted January 9, 2014 - 08:33 by Carol Ma

The Visiting Service-Learning Tutorship Scheme aims to promote Service-Learning at Lingnan University, Hong Kong, in a new way by stimulating students through experience sharing from the graduates who have experience in practicing Service-Learning.

General Requirements: Successful applicants should have a degree in any discipline; have fruitful experiences on doing Service-Learning programs and have a particular interest in Asia in general and Hong Kong in particular.

Introducing the new ASEMagazine!

Posted January 8, 2014 - 07:46 by Anders Martinsen

We have the pleasure of sending you a link to the online version of the fourth ASEMagazine titled “Lifelong Learning & the Force of Comparison”, which can now be found on the ASEM LL Hub website.

Applications due Feb 10 for Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) Annual Award

Posted January 7, 2014 - 07:20 by Sarena Seifer

Applications are due Feb 10, 2014 for the Community-Campus Partnerships  for Health Annual Award! Exemplary partnerships from anywhere in the  world that are striving to overcome the root causes of health, social,  environmental and economic inequalities are invited to apply for the  award, presented at the 13th international CCPH conference, April  30-May 3, 2014 in Chicago.

For more information about the award, please visit  https://ccph.memberclicks.net/annual-award

 

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