Instanbul, Turkey

Bogazici University

Limerick, Ireland

University of Limerick

 Glasgow, United Kingdom

University of Glasgow

Montreal, Canada

University of Quebec,

Estonia

Tallinn University

Toowoomba, Australia

Washington, USA

Pretoria, South Africa

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Mexico City, Mexico

Thessaloniki, Greece

University of Macedonia

Call for Papers 

What does quality mean, and how can it be assessed in the context of educating the adult educator and trainer in Europe today?  This is the main theme of the inaugural network meeting.  Quality is considered as a prerequisite for sustainable development in our societies, because it upholds and conveys the ideals of a sustainable world, by taking into consideraton the social, economic and environmental context. 

Glasgow, United Kindom

Rhodes, Greece

Vienna, Austria

Glasgow, United Kingdom

University of Glasgow

The University of Glasgow's Department of Urban Studies is delighted to announce that it will host the 2009 ISA RC43 Housing conference. This conference was last held in Toronto in 2004 and will take place from 1-4 September 2009.

Milan, Italy

As part of the 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, the IFLA Education and Training Section is organising an open session on the role of libraries for lifelong learning using elearning tools.

London, United Kingdom,

University of London

This conference is the third to be held under the auspices of the International Centre for Education for Democratic Citizenship, a joint centre of Birkbeck College and the Institute of Education, both of the University of London. It will bring together national and international researchers, policy makers and education professionals from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines. Keynote speakers:

Worceser College, Oxford, United Kingdom

Call for Papers

The conference committee invites the submission of contributions for the Eighth JVET Conference. Contributions are sought on research into aspects of vocational and professional education and training.

These might include, but are not restricted to:

Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Staffordshire University

The Annual Forum for Access and Continuing Education (FACE) conference will be hosted by the Academic Development Institute and the Institute for Access Studies at Staffordshire University in Stoke-on-Trent .

Staffordshire University, United Kingdom

PASCAL Co-Director Professor Mike Osborne will be a Keynote Speaker at the FACE annual conference on 'Towards a New Agenda for Lifelong Learning: Access, Diversity and Participation'

Bergisch Gladbach, Germany

This conference will focus on teachers and trainers working in lifelong learning and on their professional development:  What competences are needed in future by people working in the field of life-long learning? What pathways of professionalisation are available to them in Europe and Asia?  Wahat are the actual efects of teacher training?  What are the specific responsibilities of ACE teachers and trainers?  At the conference, we inted to exchange and compare findings, current research results, best practice and views on the situation of the personnel working in Lifelong Learning in Asian and in European countries.

Stirling, UK
Stirling University

The purpose of the conference is to consider the role and significance of educational theory and how it has been understood and used within the field of lifelong learning.

• What theories are drawn upon?
• To what effects?
• How is theory development changing?
• What is the relationship between educational theory and theory development in other disciplines?
• Is there a distinctive educational theory?
• Does theory make a difference?
• What constitutes a good theory?

For more information on the conference please see attachments. 

For information on The Laboratory for Educational theory see:

http://www.ioe.stir.ac.uk/research/LaboratoryforEducationalTheory.php

Gdansk, Poland
University of Gdansk

Europe needs a strategic approach to boost its capacity for creativity, whilst establishing an environment where knowledge is successfully converted into innovative products and services. For a flexible, competitive and open economy, independent innovation as the main driver of development has been fully acknowledged.

New Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Social capital has been shown, by a large number of studies, to extend collective well-being in a variety of different and complex ways. The quality and quantity of social capital in a community plays a crucial role in the ability of its members to solve their problems, act for the future and participate in decision making.

Community resilience is now becoming recognised as an integral element in the wellbeing of communities.