Lesbos Municipality, which is working to provide learning opportunities for all its residents, has joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC). The Municipality is one of an increasing number of thriving learning cities in Greece. More...
Three major events on developing learning cities in China took place in April 2016. These events, which were held in Beijing, Hangzhou and Shanghai respectively, focused on identifying future directions for learning cities. As the coordinating body of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC), the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) has been observing the development of learning cities in China with keen interest. UIL representatives provided input to all three of these recent events. More...
A webinar on ‘Empowering Girls and Women through Literacy and Secondary Education’. took place on 29 June 2016. More...
San José, a city characterized by colonial architecture and the Talamanca mountains that surround it, has set a milestone in the development of learning cities in Costa Rica by becoming the first city in the country to join the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities. More...
Melitopol is the first city in Ukraine to join the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities. By being the first to join the Network, the city aspires to lead the further understanding of the concept of learning cities among policy makers and local governments in Ukraine. More...
By Paul Kniest. The NTEU drew upon latest Departmental staffing data to illustrate the scale of insecure employment and the overreliance upon short -term research contracts. In the Health AOU, more than half of academic staff by FTE are employed on an insecure basis. More...
By Paul Kniest. This morning’s Kudelka cartoon on Scott Morrison’s obsevation that the selection of sucessful ARC grants should somehow pass the “pub test”. More...
By Paul Kniest. As part of the National Innovation and Science Agenda announced in December 2015, the government agreed to adopt the recommendations of the Watt Review of Research Policy and Funding Arrangements. More...
By Jeannie Rea. Scholars at Risk, the international network dedicated to protecting scholars and the freedom to think, question and share ideas, is gravely concerned about the sweeping actions taken against Turkey’s higher education sector since the July 15th coup attempt. More...
By Jeannie Rea. NTEU branches are seeking clarification of their Vice Chancellors’ and University Councils’ positions. Subsequent to the failure of the Coalition to get their unfair and unsustainable higher education package through the Senate, universities have expressed a variety of opinions on undergraduate domestic fee deregulation. However, outright opposition is a firmer stance. More...
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