It is regretful that instead of having this conference on Rhodes or Kos Islands to meet the local Turkish community, to see how they live, how they develop, we have to have it in Izmir – said FUEN President Loránt Vincze in his keynote speech at the International Symposium on the Turkish Identity in Rhodes and Kos on November 22 in Izmir, Turkey. More...
From 26 to 28 November 2018, the second annual meeting of the minorities without a kin-state is going to take place in Berlin. The meeting will address the topics "Media and Digitisation", and also highlight the culture, languages and institutions of the German Sinti and Roma. More...
UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Fernand de Varennes visited Transylvania, Romania between 4-6 December 2018 to take part in the conference Hungarian Minority Communities: Struggles and Opportunities, on the invitation of the FUEN – Federal Union of European Nationalities and the MACISZESZ Transylvanian Alliance of Hungarian NGOs. More...
The 5th Annual Meeting of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) Working Group (TAG) of Turkic Minorities/Communities took place on 15-18 November 2018 hosted by Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia affiliated to Republic of Moldova. From Balkans to Caucasus, thirteen Turkish minorities or communities participated at the meeting held in Comrat, capital of Gagauzia. More...
The Report highlights countries’ achievements and shortcomings in ensuring the right of migrant and refugee children to benefit from quality education, a right that serves the interests of both learners and the communities they live in. More...
The biannual resolution entitled “Literacy for life: sharping future agenda” was adopted at the 44th plenary meeting of the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) of the General Assembly’s 73rd Session on 6 November 2018. The resolution also followed a consultation on literacy and eduction for democracy in October 2018. Traditionally introduced by Mongolia, this resolution was co-sponsored by a significant number of 102 Member States. More...
Peter Jarvis, leading adult educator and pioneer of adult education scholarship, has passed away.
Peter was a gifted teacher and scholar whose numerous published works are among the most cited in the field of lifelong learning. He was also an enthusiastic promoter of scholarship and, among other things, initiated the CONFINTEA scholarship programme at the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), proposing the scheme during a visit to UIL in 2012. More...
Flinders University’s far-reaching academic restructure risks “valuable research programs and researchers”, the National Tertiary Education Union has warned in a blistering statement. More...Murdoch University has failed spectacularly in an attempt to obtain urgent court orders muzzling the NTEU from communicating with its members about the treatment of international students and staff at the University. More...At the Annual Dinner of the Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce (ACCI) in Canberra on Wednesday 28 November, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that the Government has commissioned a “review of our vocational education sector in Australia” which would be “conducted very promptly and quickly” by Steven Joyce, former New Zealand Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment who admits that his understanding of the sector in Australia "is not long or detailed". More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
