We have extended the deadline for the submission of abstracts for SCUTREA's 2016 Conference 'Adult Education in Austere Times' to be held from 5-7 July at the University of Leicester's College Court Conference Centre. The deadline for abstracts is now Friday 29 January 2016.

We are looking for papers that explore the tensions between the politics of austerity and the positive impacts and benefits of adult education. Our keynote speaker will be Dr Jim Crowther, Senior Lecturer in Community Education in the School of Education, University of Edinburgh.

Submissions should be in a Word document to [email protected]. Further information can be found via http://www.le.ac.uk/scutrea, including full details of the call.

Gillian

Dr Gillian Cowell
Visiting Affiliated Scholar
School of Education
University of Stirling
Stirling FK9 4LA
http://stir.academia.edu/GillianCowell
Twitter: @Gillian_Cowell

Communications Officer for SCUTREA (Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults)
SCUTREA Twitter: @SCUTREA14  and #SCUTREA2016 for our 2016 conference 'Adult Education in Austere Times' at the University of Leicester. Keep up-to-date via www.scutrea.ac.uk.