There is no magic trick for reaching the most vulnerable learners
Speaker's Corner. Basic skills training for low skilled adults requires diverse approaches, forms and tools, Ivana Studená writes.
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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.
Profile. Kate Rawles is a lecturer turned activist who cycled 8,000 miles to raise awareness about the loss of biodiversity.
Feature. Walking in the city is about much more than just getting from A to B.
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.
Editorial. Technology alone cannot solve the big challenges of the coming decades. Soft skills are needed more and more, but do we understand what learning these skills requires in the digital world?
Feature. Empathy is a necessary skill in the future, when humankind is solving more and more complex global problems together. Increasing empathy in societies has become a more prominent issue.
Three Voices. A PhD student, education specialist and professor share how Paulo Freire has affected their thinking and approach to work.
Feature. Statistics are used for clarifying big data and making it more comprehensible. They can also be used in misleading ways, either by accident or in order to influence us. Do we actually underst...
Reportage. The job of teaching in a refugee community is full of challenges. The Lebanon-based Syrian organisation Multi Aid Programs trains both children and adults to cope with daily life but also p...
News story. Both elderly people and migrants are at risk of becoming isolated in many societies. With the right training, seniors can use their life experience and help newcomers to integrate into the...