Progrès technologique, mais aussi vieillissement de la population et globalisation, tous ces facteurs entretiennent le besoin de formation tout au long de la vie. Plus...
L’OCDE appelle à développer la formation des adultes
Séminaire de contact "adultes vulnérables sur le plan social et éducatif"

Are Adult Learning Systems Future-Ready?
Posted by . Adult learning systems are under pressure. Automation is expected to change skills needs within existing jobs, while making certain jobs disappear altogether. New technologies and changes in work organisation are creating new jobs with very different skill needs from the ones they are replacing. More...
Cedefop Projects - Adult refugee legal mobility
The overall aim of the project is to expand protection and solution opportunities through complementary pathways of admission to Europe and legal intra-EU mobility. For this purpose, the project will design a VET, skills and qualifications supported complementary pathway mechanism; such a mechanism takes from the beginning VET, skills and qualifications into account as a way to support legal mobility of refugees and has the potential of increasing labour market integration possibilities in the medium to long run. More...
Cedefop Projects - Adult learning
Adult learning covers the entire spectrum of what we learn after leaving initial education and training. This includes work- and career-oriented learning, obtaining new qualifications, up-skilling or re-skilling for employment, but also learning for personal development and active citizenship. More...
Cedefop Developing lifelong learning - Adult training
The adult training project monitors and reviews adult learning trends and policy developments. The focus is on how work-based learning help people develop the skills that give them greater chances of finding jobs and improving their careers. More...
Upskilling Pathways - New opportunities for adults
Close to 70 million Europeans struggle with
- basic reading and writing
- calculation
- using digital tools in everyday life
Without these skills they are at higher risk of unemployment, poverty and social exclusion. More...
Purdue U’s access to adult learners
By the time the ink was dry on Purdue University’s acquisition of for-profit Kaplan University, the higher ed sector was entrenched in two distinct camps: those who thought the deal unfairly let a for-profit college operate under the guise of a nonprofit, and those who argued the move was critical for the public land-grant university to compete in the growing online education realm. For $1, Purdue got Kaplan’s some 30,000 students and 2,500 instructors, forming the basis of its online college, Purdue University Global. More...
Mackenzie School of English moves into adult market
By Viggo Stacey. Mackenzie School of English in Edinburgh has moved to a new location in the Scottish capital and will begin targeting adult learners. More...
Global trends in adult learning and education
The fourth UNESCO Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (GRALE 4) will be published in 2019. A record 160 UNESCO Member States provided their insights on developments in adult learning and education. The information received will help to assess the current state of adult learning and education in the world. More...