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Talloires Network Launches Faculty and Staff Professional Development (FSPD) Program

Posted March 29, 2013 - 10:20

Innovations in Civic Participation (ICP) is launching a two-year Faculty and Staff Professional Development (FSPD) Program for the Talloires Network, an international association of civically engaged universities housed at Tufts University. This new initiative, funded by the Pearson Foundation, aims to enhance capacity for member universities to build institutional frameworks focused on civic engagement.

Quality: a requirement for generating trust in qualifications (Cedefop Briefing Note)

Posted March 29, 2013 - 09:11

We are pleased to announce Cedefop's latest Briefing Note “Quality: a requirement for generating trust in qualifications” for you to download in your preferred language (Spanish, German, Greek, English, French, Italian, Polish and Portuguese) and format (Pdf or eBook optimised for tablets and smartphones). [The English PDF version is featured below]

Please find below direct links to our three previous Briefing Notes:

Interview: Imagining Land Grants 50 Years in the Future (Scott Peters)

Posted March 27, 2013 - 14:43

The following interview is with Scott Peters, a professor in the School of Education at Syracuse University and co-director of "Imagining America."  Peters is a well-known scholar of the history of land-grant universities and, in this interview, discusses the current mission of land-grant universities and explains how their role will evolve in 50 years’ time.

Transforming Cities and Minds Through the Scholarship of Engagement: Economy, Equity and Environment

Posted March 22, 2013 - 14:19

The Talloires Network Secretariat is pleased to announce the release of a new book, entitled Transforming Cities and Minds Through the Scholarship of Engagement: Economy, Equity and Environment, edited by its Director of Programs and Research, Dr. Lorlene Hoyt. 

Synergy between Education and Culture

Posted March 20, 2013 - 04:54

It is with great pleasure that I attach a position paper on synergy between education and culture which is co-produced by the European Platform för Lifelong Learning (EUCIS-LLL), the European Platform for Access to Culture (ACP) and Culture Action Europe.

 

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