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...
United Nations General Assembly reaffirms UNESCO’s leading role in promoting literacy
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: A pioneer of adult education
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...
NTEU warns of 200 job losses in ‘reckless’ Flinders restructure
NTEU condemns Murdoch University’s use of public funds that threatened the union and would have impeded freedom of speech
New Zealander to Review Australian Vocational Education and Training (VET) Sector
A new tax on higher education
The Bills introduce a new charge (technically a tax) on higher education providers to recover the costs the Commonwealth incurs in administering various components of Higher Education Loans Program (HELP). More...
