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What you didn’t know about being a mature age student
Toolkit. Mature age students often experience trepidation when taking on adult learning courses. Here are a few reasons why one should face their fears and do it anyway.
Dare to Learn – the melting pot for educationists in Helsinki
News story. The second Dare to Learn event showcased the best conventions and the brightest new ideas on education and learning.
“Erasmus programme needs to be designed more inclusively”
Interview. In order to create a unified European area of education, all member states should agree on common educational goals, including a fixed amount they will contribute to education, says Petra Kammerevert.
Can games really help adults learn better?
News story. The US-based Institute of Play wants to unlock the power of games and play to transform 21st century education.
Finland aspires to lead the adult education export market
News story. Finnish education export company Edunation plans to attract 150 000 students from Asia to Finland to study robotics, automation and many other subjects relevant today.
First generation of Danish “entrepreneurial natives” emerging
News story: The EU ranks Denmark as one of the pioneers in bringing entrepreneurial values to education. Accordingly, Denmark has seen a remarkable cultural change: the current status of entrepreneurship is comparable to rock-stardom and new segments of students are getting more motivated in learnin...
Lack of a common language still a barrier in research communities
Essay. The French education system does not adequately prepare students for intercultural dynamic and multilingual skills, creating a gap between francophone and anglophone researchers in humanities and social sciences, writes researcher Mihaela-Viorica Ruşitoru.
Online guide helps to see the world behind news
Better awareness of global development issues encourage journalists and public to challenge their world view and be more critical towards news.

LATEST ISSUE

Adult Education and Health 4/2018

The complex connection between education and health

Feature. There is a two-way relationship between education and health. Lifelong learning opportunities are key to better health and social equality.

In Lisbon “old is the new young”

Feature. Grandma Came to Work is a project with a wide scope: the participants are elderly women who create design objects, break stereotypes and have fun - and gain health benefits as a side product.

A move to improve health literacy for the ageing population

Interview. Research study on the ability to understand health issues, communicate about health and take decisions about health has had a successful continuum.

Better than well?

Interview. It’s not healthy to tell healthy people that they are sick when they are not, says Canadian non-fiction author Alan Cassels. In his books and research, he calls for better medical literac...

How can the health benefits of adult education be promoted?

Toolkit. The Danish Adult Education Association is working on this question and will now share some of the observations it has made so far.

Latest theme issues

4/2018

Adult Education and Health

Studies show that education has many health benefits. But could adult education also help to fight harmful health beliefs?

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3/2018

Adult Education and Media Literacy

What is (digital) media literacy? Whose responsibility should it be that adults are media literate?

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2/2018

Adult Education and the EU

What should an adult education professional know about the EU?

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