Adult, Vocational and Community-based Learning

Seminar - Revisiting adult education: the challenge of change 40 years on - Edinburgh

An event for practitioners, policy makers and others interested in the future of adult education in Edinburgh.

Adult Education: The Challenge of Change – often referred to as the Alexander Report – was the foundational document for the development across Scotland of Community Education Services. Forty years on is perhaps an apt time to take stock of what it achieved for adult education, and its legacy.

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Sunday, 14 February, 2016

Holiday Greetings and Community Development Events for 2016

I would like to thank all of our subscribers for their support for CR&DALL during the last year and hope you all had a restful and enjoyable Holiday break. If you follow our Digest newsletters you will see that it was a busy year with some very notable successes that we hope will enhance the quality of research in adult education and improve opportunities for adults and their teachers.

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Thursday, 7 January, 2016

Adult Learning in a time of austerity

The Higher Vocational Education and Pedagogy in England (HIVE-PED) research seminar series map out the research territory, report research findings, facilitate debate, and make research-based proposals relating to the field of higher vocational education and pedagogic research.

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Wednesday, 16 December, 2015

European Journal of Education - VOLUME 50

We are very pleased to announce that the all four issues of the celebratory Volume 50 of the European Journal of Education (EJE) are now online.

March 2015, Issue1: What is learning for?  Guest editors: Roberto Carneiro, Richard Desjardins, Jean Gordon and Janet Looney

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Wednesday, 16 December, 2015

The Call for Papers is now open for SCUTREA's 2016 Conference, 'Adult Education in Austere Times'

We're delighted to let you know that the Call for Papers is now open for SCUTREA's 2016 Conference, 'Adult Education in Austere Times', which is being organised in collaboration with the Vaughan Centre for Lifelong Learning, University of Leicester. The conference will take place at the University of Leicester's College Court Conference Centre from Tuesday 5th until Thursday 7th July 2016.

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Tuesday, 8 December, 2015

Active ageing: from tradition to change

Alina KhaletskaAs in other countries Ukraine has persistent ageing stereotypes, with old age associated with wealth reduction, financial instability and social exclusion. To shift these negative attitudes requires systematic challenge. However, is Ukrainian society ready to change?  Let’s examine the evidence.

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Friday, 4 December, 2015

Global Citizenship Education – DVV publishes new issue of “Adult Education and Development”

Issue 82/2015 of the international journal Adult Education and Development (AED) explores the topic of global citizenship education.

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Thursday, 3 December, 2015

CR&DALL director joins Scientific Committee of RED

We are pleased to announce that CR&DALL director, Professor Michael Osborne has agreed to become a member of the Scientific Committee of Revista de Educación a Distancia (RED).

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Wednesday, 2 December, 2015

New English Newsletter from Céreq

As a professional researcher or expert on Vocational Education and Training, you might be interested in our new English newsletter which reports on Céreq ongoing studies and recent publications.

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Wednesday, 11 November, 2015

Vocational training counteracts and helps prevent early leaving from education and training

Vocational education and training (VET) can help attract young people with different abilities and learning backgrounds to education. It also plays a decisive role in retaining them in the education system or reintegrating them after a drop-out experience.

Recent datasets contain a wealth of qualitative information on young school leavers’ and returners’ trajectories and their individual motives: What type of education/training programme have they left, and why? How many of them return to education? How many choose VET pathways? And how many graduate eventually?

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Friday, 16 October, 2015

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