Wif Stenger
Wif Stenger is a US-born journalist, editor and translator based in Finland. Alongside work for the Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle), he freelances for Songlines, Monocle, Scandinavian Review, This is Finland and others. Contact: wif.stenger(at)gmail.com
ICAE’s Guevara: Flexibility and partnering needed in adult education policy
“Given the diverse nature of post-schooling education, we need flexibility in adult education policy, not rigid structures,” argues Robbie Guevara, President of International Council for Adult Education and Associate Professor at RMIT University in Melbourne.
Uwe Gartenschlaeger: Adult education is essential to tackle societal challenges
“If we want to live in peace and democracy, if we want to give everybody a fair chance not to be left behind, we need lifelong learning and adult learning,” says Uwe Gartenschlaeger, President of the EAEA.
António Dias de Figueiredo: “If people stop exercising their minds, they may lose their ability to reason”
In ELM’s interview, António Dias de Figueiredo, retired professor of Information Systems at the University of Coimbra in Portugal, points to specific benefits and potential dangers of using AI in adult learning – and offers a gloomy assessment of the prospects for equality in digital learning across Europe.
Nordic view: Peace as a prerequisite to gender equality and human rights
Polarisation is an obstacle to peace and equality, but lifelong learning can play a key role in reducing it, says Prof. Ólafur Páll Jónsson of the University of Iceland’s School of Education.
