News story. Increased competitiveness and more visibility in society. These requirements have become familiar to universities in recent years. How to make them a reality? A study from Finland offers o...
Editorial. The pace of change in the world is already so fast that nobody can avoid lifelong learning.
Feature. An increasingly vocal section of Europeans believe in themselves or their neighbour more than they do researchers. Why does talking from experience outdo scientific knowledge?
World of Research. Solving wicked problems such as the climate crisis requires changes to lifestyle, technology and political decision-making. In addition we need to develop our fundamental ways of th...
Toolkit. While teaching primary school children requires a qualification, in many countries virtually anyone can declare themselves to be an adult educator. The GRETA project in Germany is trying to f...
Feature. Art should belong to everyone in the same way as health services. Nonetheless, adults inspired by music, for example, are easily excluded from art education.
News story. To fight climate change, an alternative to selfish "homo economicus" is needed.
Editorial. Education seems to have many benefits for health – and being able to make better decisions about whom to resort to in times of sickness might be one of them.
Interview. Research study on the ability to understand health issues, communicate about health and take decisions about health has had a successful continuum.
Interview. Education in itself does not seem to make life more satisfying, but to lead a happy life, one must be well-informed, says Ruut Veenhoven, Professor Emeritus of social conditions for human h...
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...
Feature. There is a two-way relationship between education and health. Lifelong learning opportunities are key to better health and social equality.
Essay. The increasing occurrence of internet-related addictions must not be addressed in medicine alone but should be discussed broadly in society and politics - and in the educational sector.
Feature. A European project called FinALE aimed at untangling the complex systems of adult education funding and identifying good practices, until its funding was reduced.
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...
News story. The past 100 years have seen many changes in the teaching of the narrative of the Finnish Civil War. Adult education and independent studying are ways of receiving an up-to-date history le...
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 a...
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.
Interview. Celia Skaarup from the Danish Adult Education Association explains the findings of a study of the barriers and the good practice of integrating migrants and refugees into Danish adult educa...
Video. Two Finnish EU experts debate about the state of the EU in 2017.
Editorial. Mental health problems continue as one of the major public health problems in Europe. The good news is that adult educators stand on the side of a solution.
Interview. Social environmental conditions may play a significant part in the treatment of severe mental illness.
Liberal adult education has multiple benefits to our well-being and mental health.
Climate change is the biggest learning challenge of our time - and perhaps also a chance to ask again what kind of life we want.
Using intelligent intuition may be a game-changing tool in solving wicked problems such as climate change. Intuition is a learnable skill, argues researcher Asta Raami, and it enables us to tap into o...
Interview. Adult education should help us live the rest of mankind's time with dignity, says Professor Anja Heikkinen.
After an unprecedented low, the future of Portugal's cork industry now looks bright. Much of it is due to the Portuguese Cork Association's campaigning, centered around the growing demand for ecologic...
World of research. Active citizens, participation, social activities! This vision of active citizenship is impossible for some groups of people. Vulnerable learners may lack basic skills to be able to...
World of research. The level of education is already so high in Finland that career security cannot be achieved through education the way it once was. Nevertheless, one must constantly be better, says...
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...
