The British Council, in consortium with CaT Europe, Ecorys Turkey and PASCAL/CR&DALL at the University of Glasgow, has been shortlisted for the EU-funded Promoting Life Long Learning II in Turkey project.

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:

In their introduction to the report, On the way to 2020: data for vocational education and training policies. Country statistical overviews 2014 update, CEDEFOP poses the following questions:

The latest Issue of Journal of Adult and Continuing Education edited by guest editor, Hans Schuetze has been dedicated to the work of Jarl Bengtsson.

It contains articles from many of his close colleagues in PASCAL and within the OECD, including Hans himself, Chris Duke, Peter Kearns, Steve Garlick, Catherine Odora Hoppers, Bruce Wilson, Muir Houston and myself.

Applications are invited for one of three PhD studentships to commence in October 2015. The studentship is funded by the University of Glasgow and will be based within the Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC). It offers an excellent opportunity for outstanding candidates to join a world-leading interdisciplinary research group.