European Conference on the Fostering and Development of Talent

Policy makers, stakeholders, academics and business leaders from across Europe recently attended an international conference in Bratislava, Slovakia. This conference was about the fostering and development of talent and was the key event in the field of education within the framework of the Slovak Presidency of the Council of the EU. 

UALL 2017 Annual Conference, York - Call for papers deadline 30 November 2016

Call for Papers – Deadline 30 November 2016

The Annual Conference is the high point of the UALL year, and we are pleased that the 2017 Conference will be held at the Monkbar Hotel, York between Wednesday, 5 and Friday, 7 April.

Call for papers: Adult education in the age of global mobility - 7th Nordic Conference

We are living in an era characterized by intense global mobility of people, artefacts, and ideas. During the last few years, with the current refuge situation, many adult educators in the Nordic countries have experienced how global interconnectedness affects their daily practices. Global migration, in general, triggers challenges and opens up new opportunities for adult learning.

Older workers, TAFE, apprentices — ACE news 14 Nov 2016

What effect is higher educationi having on apprenticeships? Why should employers be recrruiting older workers? What is the impact of rising TAFE fees? These are just some of the issues featured in our weekly news round up.

CONFINTEA Bulletin 14

Here is the CONFINTEA Follow-up Bulletin 14:

Support for part-time students - Open University campaign

The Open University has launched a Twitter campaign to draw Westminster government's attention to the significant decline in part-time student numbers. We are calling for government to lift the funding restriction in England stopping many adults from retraining with a second degree.

Pathways to work - ACE news 7 Nov 2016

I've just realised I had not sent out last week's news round up so here it is with my apologies. Even though it's a few days late I think you'll find plenty of interest.  Last week's news included stories about Tasmania's Training and Work Pathway Program, high youth unemployment figures and in the wake of the VET FEE-HELP saga, the lessons from privatising education.

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