Formation Continue du Supérieur

Qualification systems across the globe are generally well equipped to deal with learning acquired in institutional settings. However, one of the greatest challenges is how to recognise learning that occurs outside the formal education sector. 
UIL’s new book, Linking Recognition Practices and National Qualifications Frameworks, edited by Madhu Singh and Ruud Duvekot, tackles this challenge. The recognition, validation and accreditation (RVA) of learning in formal, non-formal, and informal settings is examined within a variety of national and regional contexts. Download: Linking Recognition Practices and National Qualifications Frameworks. More...

By Graeme Paton. The National Audit Office warns that the total university student loans bill will balloon to £200bn within 30 years as it emerges that thousands of EU students are avoiding repayments. 
Almost half of students from mainland Europe may be failing to repay taxpayer-backed loans amid warnings of a £5 billion black hole in the public finances. 
A report by the National Audit Office found that around 18,000 students from EU member states who took out Government loans for English university courses are in arrears or failing to provide earnings information. More...

In light of the growing number of concepts in the field of youth and adult education, policy-makers and practitioners should have at their disposal a guidebook that summarizes all the major discussions in this area of study. UIL and the Organization of Iberoamerican States (OEI) have taken steps in this direction with the collaborative publication “Conceptual Contributions on Youth and Adult Education: Towards the Construction of Shared Meanings in Diversity.” 
The initiative was born in a follow-up meeting to the Sixth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI) in 2011, and was developed in 2012 in a joint effort between specialists and programme leaders from the region. 
According to the second Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (GRALE II), the diversity of concepts in the field of adult learning and education hinders the collection of comparable data, as well as the development and implementation of policies. In response to this, this policy-making tool aims to bring together shared concepts in the field, as well as to reflect the diversity of the region. More...

On the initiative of the National Institute for Lifelong Education (NILE), the Republic of Korea hosted the Regional CONFINTEA VI Follow-up meeting for Asia and the Pacific on 18 – 19 October 2013, which UIL organized in cooperation with UNESCO Regional Office in Bangkok.
Bringing together around 50 representatives of 20 Member States and regional stakeholders, the meeting, entitled “Four years after: Tacking stock of progress”, provided a forum to share good practices and to build capacities for developing effective policies and high-quality programmes. More...

This study maps and analyses key data, the sources, the mechanisms of funding approaches and relevant recent developments.

The rapid emergence and expansion of digital distance learning tools such as Open Educational Resources and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) offers considerable opportunities: properly exploited, these new resources can broaden access to education by enabling teaching and learning to take place virtually anywhere, thus increasing cost-efficiency and, by their very nature, fostering innovation in education.

Erasmus +, the European Commission’s new programme education, training, youth and sport for 2014-2020 has been adopted by the European Parliament on 19 November. 
Erasmus+, due to begin in January, is aimed at boosting skills, employability and supporting the modernisation of education, training and youth systems. 
The seven-year programme will have a budget of €14.7 billion1 - 40% higher than current levels. More than 4 million people will receive support to study, train, work or volunteer abroad, including 2 million higher education students, 650 000 vocational training students and apprentices, as well as more than 500000 going on youth exchanges or volunteering abroad.