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Towards a Global Knowledge Movement: Can Communities, Social Movements and Universities Learn a New Dance?

Posted September 28, 2010 - 07:49

The purpose of this paper is to explore some of the discourses and trends in Higher Education Institutions expressed by such concepts such as engaged scholarship (Boyer, 2006), community-based research (Strand et al, 2003), community-university research partnerships (Hall, 2009, Hart et al 2007), community-university engagement (Watson, 2006), civic engagement (University of Victoria strategic plan), or knowledge mobilization and knowledge impact (Levesque, 2008)?  What are the driving forces behind or within these trends?

Cultural Learning & Literacies at the University of Glasgow, 21 Sept, 2018

Posted September 21, 2010 - 21:51

The presentation featured below was part of the seminar Cultural Learning & Literacies at the University of Glasgow, 21 Sept, 2018.

European InfoNet Adult Education

Posted July 23, 2010 - 19:38

A project funded by the European Commission within the aegis of the Lifelong Learning Programme provides some interesting resources in the field of adult education and lifelong learning.

European InfoNet Adult Education, co-ordinated by Catholic Federal Association for Adult Education (Katholische Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft für Erwachsenenbildung), Germany provides information about some current developments in adult education in European countries and at the EU level.

It aims to:

PASCAL to Assist Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Wisconsin-Illinois Auto Region

Posted June 23, 2010 - 16:28

The Economic Development Administration (EDA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce announced today a 5.9 million dollar grant to the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater for a multi-year, collaborative initiative that will support innovation and entrepreneurship in a six-county region in Wisconsin and Illinois.

The initiative builds on strong collaborations that have emerged among six colleges and universities, regional economic development agencies, local authorities, and both state governments.

Universities and regions: engagement for regional development

Posted June 15, 2010 - 14:07

Issues of policy and practice arising from the PASCAL PURE programme.

This paper highlights issues of policy and practice for securing effective engagement between regional authorities and universities to enhance regional development.  It draws particularly on experience reported in the 17 regions in different parts of the world taking part in the Pascal PURE programme to offer practical suggestions for regions and universities to apply within the particular contexts in which they find themselves.

Journal of Adult and Continuing Education: ‘Lifelong Learning, Culture and Creativity’

Posted February 22, 2010 - 13:29

Darlene Clover from the University of Victoria, Canada is the guest editor of a special edition of the Journal of Adult and Continuing Education to be published in Autumn 2010 by the new publishers of JACE, Manchester University Press.

The broad theme of this special issue is  ‘lifelong learning, culture and creativity’. Papers will focus on (but are not limited to) the following areas:

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