Personal Information

Biography

 

Name:

• Norman Longworth

 

 Nationality:

• British

 

 

Recent Positions:

• Hon Professor of Lifelong Learning, Stirling University        
• Managing Director of Longlearn Limited

 

Areas and Length of Expertise:

• Project Management in Lifelong Learning and Learning City/Region Matters
• Development and application of Tools and Audits for implementing Learning City/Region Policies
• Development and application of Learning Materials for Local and Regional Authorities on Learning City/Region Topics

 

Recent research, development and consultancy and organisations:

 European Commission projects Management

• TELS (Towards a European Learning Society) Audit Tool for 80 Learning Cities
• LILLIPUT, development of 200 hours of learning materials in 14 modules
• PALLACE, Linking Learning Cities and Regions in 4 continents
• INDICATORS – developing Stakeholder Audits for Transforming Local Authorities, Schools, Universities, SMEs and Adult LILARA (Learning in Local and Regional Authorities), developing Audit Tools to find Learning Needs of local and regional authority personnel and their stakeholders.
• PENR3L (Pascal European Network) Workshops and Conference to establish European Network of Academics and Practitioners in Learning Cities/Regions

 

Qualifications, Recognitions, Positions, Memberships:

• Former President of European Lifelong Learning Initiative
• Vice-President of World Initiative on Lifelong Learning (presently inactive)
• Fellow of Royal Society of Arts and Manufactures
• Former holder of IBM/UNESCO chair in learning and education technology
• Former manager of IBM European external educational programmes
• Consultancy work for OECD, European Commission, UNESCO etc

 

Selected Publications:

• ‘Lifelong Learning- new vision, new implications, new roles’ (Kogan Page (now Taylor and Francis) 1996)
• ‘Lifelong Learning at Work: Learning Cities for a Learning Century’ (Kogan Page (now Taylor and Francis) 1999)
• European Policy paper on the Local and Regional Dimension of Lifelong Learning (DG EaC 2001)
• ‘Lifelong Learning in Action – Transforming Education in the 21^st century’ (Kogan Page (now Taylor and Francis 2003)
• ‘Learning Cities, Learning Regions, Learning Communities – Lifelong Learning and Local Government’ (Taylor and Francis 2006)
• plus 100+ keynote and refereed conference papers, and chapters in other books

History

Member for

1 year 9 weeks