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Sharing Heritage – but shaping whose identity?

World of research. 2018 is the year of European Cultural Heritage. However, the first research results also highlight questions of power and privilege. The question is: ‘whose’ European identity i...

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The Gulf countries’ diversity can help to create an environment of learning

Feature. The Gulf region’s strength is in its diversity. Adult education can help to deepen the understanding of different cultures but much needs to be done as lifelong learning in the region lacks...

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Remembering the heritage of the vanquished

Editorial. Lifelong learning is needed to make sure that the concept of European heritage includes all Europeans.

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“Peace is a long series of conflicts”

Editorial. If we wish to integrate all excluded individuals and minority groups in the society, we’d better be prepared to talk about awkward issues.

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“Common standards for migrants’ skills needed in the EU”

Interview. Adult educators need to make the benefits of adult education in integration visible to decision-makers, says MEP Sirpa Pietikäinen.

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War shadows education in Somalia

How to get the basic education for everyone from school children to adult learners in a war torn society with little resources at hand? This is a challenge Ministry for Education and higher Education ...

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Politics, parents and bug food

Three voices. Stopping climate change requires innovations from across all sectors of society. In this article, a growing business, a political party and a civil society initiative share their views o...

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Hope is the only alternative

Climate change is the biggest learning challenge of our time - and perhaps also a chance to ask again what kind of life we want.

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Refugees and migrants as a motor to renew democracy and adult education

More autonomy to adult educators on curriculum. More encounters between migrants and natives. More support for progressives within migrant communities. Bernd Käpplinger proposes ideas for adult educa...

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Freeing citizens’ energies: “Cooperative pacts” in Italy

Interview. In a time of general disaffection with institutions and political class, Italians are developing new forms of citizenship to create an authentic relationship with the state and public good...

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What does nationalism look like?

As narrow-minded, chauvinistic nationalism is rising in Europe, those who value an international world with freedoms and opportunities should probably start to worry a bit – and channel it into ...

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Golden Dawn is a dawn of an unwholesome state

Greek Educational System has played an important part in the recent popularity of Nationalism in Greece because the supporters where forged by the old-fashioned system, writes Angeliki Giannakopouloo...

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Adult education – everyone’s lover?

Balkan has been (and still is) a turbulent region, with periods marked by nationalism, conflicts, even wars. Was adult education an innocent accompanist of the events, with no power to change or to i...

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Feminist pedagogy may be radical – but it should be the norm

Teacher students are still educated in universities to serve the existing education system – not to question it, says Warda Ahmed, a school teacher student and the chairperson of the new Feminis...

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Validation of non-formal learning moves up a gear

A European project “AVA” seeks to improve national validation systems through a set of research-based recommendations. Project staff say validation is moving forward because of an increase...

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New hopes for adult education in Portugal

Portuguese adult educators pin their hopes on a new left-wing government which has pledged support for adult learning.

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Adult education is dangerous!

Interview. Adult education, with its potential for emancipation, is dangerous. That is why it is not a global priority, asserts professor Katarina Popovic.

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Planting a seed

Dear reader, The story of Elm starts here and now, with this issue. Elm is a new online magazine on lifelong learning and adult education. It is for the adult education professional: educators, advoca...

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Making sense of competences: E-learning boosts self-awareness

The EU prioritises competence building of its citizens, but competences are rarely assessed. E-learning and social media can help in the assessment.

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More theoretical tinkering, please!

Dear reader, this is the last "business as usual" theme issue of LLinE. The name of the new baby is European Lifelong Learning Magazine, Elm.

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Looking back to move forward: The MDGs and the road to post-2015

Meera Tiwari visits the status quo of the Millennum Development Goals -what have they achieved? How do we build on them?

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What a silly time we live in

Very soon, solemn statements will be penned, about finally extending education for all, about finally ending poverty.

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Second round perspectives – Slovenia prepares for PIAAC

Slovenia is one of the countries participating in the second round of the OECD’s PIAAC. This article deals with the expectations of Slovenian policy makers, education institutions and professionals....

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Youth unemployment – Now

This report documents the status quo of youth unemployment in 18 European countries in 2013.

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SUBJECTS

  • Advocacy (26)
  • Citizenship & society (79)
  • Culture (32)
  • Environment (13)
  • Formal learning (43)
  • Gender (16)
  • Good practices & innovation (53)
  • Media (25)
  • Migration (24)
  • Minorities (31)
  • Nonformal learning (78)
  • Pedagogy (26)
  • Policy (24)
  • Project (22)
  • Research (40)
  • Technology (8)
  • Third age (2)
  • Wellbeing (7)
  • Working life (24)
  • Youth (18)

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  • Formal learning
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  • Good practices & innovation
  • Media
  • Migration
  • Minorities
  • Nonformal learning
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  • Research
  • Technology
  • Third age
  • Wellbeing
  • Working life
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