Behind the Door: access needs support to be opportunity
Spot on. Discourse around opportunity and access often overshadows the realities of educational policies and structures in Europe, David Kazamias writes.
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Spot on. Discourse around opportunity and access often overshadows the realities of educational policies and structures in Europe, David Kazamias writes.
Speaker's Corner. Basic skills training for low skilled adults requires diverse approaches, forms and tools, Ivana Studená writes.
Feature. Urban gardening has exploded in popularity during the past year. Particularly for people from immigrant backgrounds, community gardens can offer an important space for participation.
Three Quick Ones. How can higher education providers best support entrepreneurs? More flexibility and co-creation are essential, says Dr Marjaana Mäkelä, who works in vocational pedagogy.
Three Quick Ones. For the future of lifelong learning, one key challenge is to recognise and showcase learning wherever it happens. Cities of Learning Programme aims to do just this.
Spot on. By opening up technology education to more students, we would make society fairer but also foster creative solutions to global challenges, argues Roberta Sgarliglia.
Reportage. As the far right gains ground in Portugal, anti-racist education is one of the ways of fighting against it.
Feature. Zimbabweans are learning to utilise social media to speak about their repressive government and fight for better policies.
Three Quick Ones. A programme addressing the under-representation of women in politics in rural Ireland demystifies local politics and helps creating tangible change in society.
Spot on. The task of critical and democratic adult education is to address awkward questions, including those about the adult education sector, writes Lisa Maria Reilly.
Interview. Ksenija Nikić talks about tensions with state authorities, fighting GONGO organisations and the other challenges she faces in her job at Civic Initiatives.
Initially created to benefit technical universities in Finland, the Design Book for Online Learning has found a larger audience – thanks to open access and active citizenship.