Feature. Prostitution is an age-old industry. Nevertheless, having a background in sex work qualifies the individual for nothing. Getting a proper vocation that pays a living wage backed by educationa...
Speakers' Corner. It is time to take a new look at the digital competence of adult educators. We need to agree on what they need to know, and make sure they all have the necessary time, resources and ...
Editorial. How do you prove that you have a certain skill? This is the question on everyone’s lips in the field of non-formal or liberal adult education. My question was, do I really have to?
Feature. The modern world of open borders, workforce mobility and ever more digital and non-formal learning opportunities pose a validation challenge: a need to establish up-to-date methods for recogn...
Three quick-ones. Skills-based badges not only recognise a learner’s achievements but also boost their self-esteem and motivation.
Toolkit. The Danish Adult Education Association is working on this question and will now share some of the observations it has made so far.
News story: The EU ranks Denmark as one of the pioneers in bringing entrepreneurial values to education. Accordingly, Denmark has seen a remarkable cultural change: the current status of entrepreneurs...
Toolkit. Behind difficulties in job searching for immigrants, there is often a lack of knowledge about the rules of local working life. In Finnish mentoring projects, the problems are solved together ...
Reportage. Hundreds of thousands of refugees struggle with their daily lives in their new home land. Studying a part-time skills course or learning a local language can create a sense of belonging, bo...
Feature. Japan is slowly waking up to women’s importance in contributing to the country’s growth. Adult education can help support women’s careers as they seek better opportunities at workplace.
Interview. Sometimes the good efforts of starting a dialogue between opposing counterparts lead to the fact that more fuel is poured on an already inflamed situation. That is where the knowledge of th...
Better awareness of global development issues encourage journalists and public to challenge their world view and be more critical towards news.
Three voices. Academic qualification has become more attainable due to the development of open learning programmes. As an increasing number of students pursue education through open universities, qual...
Feature. Therapy is a journey of self-discovery for the patient, but before this can happen the therapist will have learned to use the central tool of the trade - his or her own psyche.
Reportage. India’s adult education system is focused on the skilled workers offering little or no help to those who have dropped out of education early. However, NGOs step in where the state fails ...
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...
Feature. Does our society impose such severe pressures of self-development and competition on its citizens that, to be successful, they need to resort to psychotherapy?
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...
Our best bet in equipping ourselves for the future is to retain a curious, learning mind.
Reportage. Is transformative education the path to active citizenship, both old and new, for people in English and Welsh prisons?
Video. Flying and music are the pillars of Samuli Kovanen's life. Through adult learning, he lives both the pilot's and the musician's life.
Three quick ones A local refugee integration model combining language and vocational training with work placements gives promising results in Italy.
Debate. As director of Workers Adult Education in Denmark, John Meinert Jacobsen had “extremely strong reservations” against “Heavenly Days”, a debate festival organised by chu...
Three voices. What are the biggest trends in social media today? And tomorrow? Let’s ask three social media consultants from around Europe.
Interview. Using social media as a learning platform could be an outreach strategy for low-skilled adults.
Despite approximately equal numerical involvement by gender in formal and non-formal education and training in most European countries (Eurostat, 2009), other data confirm that older men in most natio...
Five European learners with different backgrounds discuss what work skills mean for them.
The secrets behind Singapore’s low youth unemployment are its ability-driven education, centrally planned manpower and social benefits tied to employment. But can it last under the pressure of a...
This report documents the status quo of youth unemployment in 18 European countries in 2013.
Employee-driven innovation is an underexplored opportunity for sustainable development in many organizations. EDI-practices triggers learning processes which result in a general interest for improveme...
