We are delighted to announce that our International Panel will now include Professor Shirley Walters.   Professor Walters is a leading figure in adult and continuing education in South Africa and has been recognized internationally for her pioneering work. She was the first woman professor of adult education in the country and was the founding director of the Centre for Adult and Continuing Education at the University of the Western Cape, a black university at the forefront of anti-apartheid activities.
Professor Walters was closely involved in anti-apartheid campaigns, and after the end of apartheid was a leader in developing adult education policies in South Africa, including gender and anti-racism policy and practice for which she has a worldwide reputation. In recognition of her work she was an educational consultant to the President Nelson Mandela.
Details of the UALL 2014 Annual Conference (9-11 April), London can be found by clicking here. Read more...

By Eva Suba. Encouraged by the successful experiences gained from last October's Synergy Workshop, EDEN is following up its newest collaboration initiative and offers you another highly inspirational event. We would appreciate to welcome you again at our most popular and highly reputable conference and offer even more visibility to your projects. The next Synergy Strand will be organised in the frames of the EDEN Annual Conference (10-13 June 2014 in Zagreb, Croatia). By engaging the conference audience in highly interactive working group activities during dedicated parallel sessions, the Strand will facilitate the sharing of practices, project activities, outputs and research findings. More...

Registration for the EUA Annual Conference 2014 will be open until 21 March 2014. This year’s event, taking place at the Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, from 3 to 4 April is titled “Changing Landscapes in Learning and Teaching”.
European higher education has been in constant flux for well over a decade. However, some voices are predicting that the real revolution still lies ahead, with MOOCs, growth in private for-profit providers and increased global competition given as evidence that disruptive change is already underway. Which trends are transforming learning and teaching, and how should European universities respond? EUA’s 2014 Annual Conference will explore innovative teaching approaches, and consider their implications for the organisation of learning and teaching processes in the years to come. More...

Transforming pedagogy? Flexible learning, teaching and innovation in the 21^st century
9-11 April at University of London, Senate House
The updated Conference Programme with the Workshop Seminars is now available.  We are delighted to have such a full and varied programme, which I hope you agree offers a fascinating range of approaches to our theme.
We have international interest in the Conference, and a number of delegates already confirmed, including from our sister associations UPCEA (USA) and CAUCE (Canada). Following the success of 2013 we have arranged another International Panel for Friday morning. Our keynote speakers are now confirmed: Professor Diana Laurillard, and Professor Penny Jane Burke, and Dr Alison Le Cornu from the Higher Education Academy (HEA). The HEA are, incidentally, interested in working with UALL on the lifelong learning dimensions of flexible pedagogy.
We have two book launches at the Conference on the Wednesday and Thursday evenings.  The Drinks Reception and Conference Dinner will be held at The Grand Connaught Rooms on the Thursday evening. We have also been offered their top menu - engagingly known as the 'Titanic Menu'. At the Dinner there will also be the 'UALL Awards Ceremony' where we make the UALL Award for 2014.  We have an excellent shortlist of submissions for the Award.
Please book your place and return the Registration Form as soon as possible.
If you require further information, please contact Lucy Bate.

Please join The Clute Institute for our International Academic Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada from October 5-8, 2014 featuring tracks in Arts & Humanities, Business & Economics, Education, Engineering Education, Energy Policy, and Health Sciences.
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We would like to invite you to submit an abstract as a contribution to this important conference. This year the conference takes place in the University of Glasgow, making it the first time the conference has been held in Scotland. The key theme of this year’s conference is: “The politics of education studies: pedagogy, curriculum, policy”
Some of the suggested topics for papers are the following:
• Alternative voices in Education Studies
• Innovations in Education Studies
• Education Studies: Contemporary debates
• Researching Education Studies: critical issues
• Student perspectives on Education Studies
Please note this list is not exhaustive. More...

The Forum is organized by the Institute for Global Social Responsibility at the Seul National University, UNESCO Bangkok, the UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsability and GUNi. It will be held in Seul on March 24-25. 
Higher Education of the 21st Century has been faced with various shifts in political, economic, social and environmental landscape. Among these salient shifts is the rise of the knowledge society which emphasizes the university’s relationship with the society. With the recognition of an interrelated and interconnected world, universities are now challenged to be globally-competitive at the same time, being challenged to reinvent itself in being socially relevant and responsible by addressing the needs of the greater society. See more...

The conference will advance the global movement of civic engagement and social responsibility in higher education.
The 2014 Talloires Network Leaders Conference will take place in Cape Town, South Africa, from December 2 through December 4, 2014 . Co-sponsored by the South African Higher Education Community Engagement Forum (SAHECEF) and hosted in partnership with the Cape Higher Education Consortium (CHEC), the conference will advance the global movement of civic engagement and social responsibility in higher education ation; strengthen TN members’ civic engagement programs; elevate public awareness of, and support for, the global movement; contribute to and highlight TN programs; and reinforce local and regional leadership in civic engagement and social responsibility. See more...

The Conference is hosted by the University of Victoria in Canada
CUVIC 2014 is a 3-day conference focused on the growing global effort to deepen community engagement as universities seek to enhance their potential to contribute to the public good.  The conference will take place in Victoria, Canada, on May 20-22, 2014. It will offer a variety of keynote presentations, workshops, field trips and social networking opportunities. See more...

Going Global delivers a global forum for world leaders of international education to debate the role the international arena plays in global tertiary education policy.
Going Global International Educational conferences attract more than 1,000 leaders of international education from over 80 countries across the globe. See more...