The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) has just revamped its global Adult Learning Documentation and Information Network (ALADIN) web platform. Since 1997, this cooperative initiative has facilitated networking, information sharing and capacity-building between libraries, documentation centres and information services in the area of adult learning. More...
It is against this background that the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) established an action research project to measure the learning outcomes of participants in literacy programmes, known as RAMAA. The project is now in its second phase of implementation in 12 African countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, Morocco, Niger, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Chad, and Togo. More...
The Prevalence of Insecure Employment at Australia's Universities: An Examination of Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) University Staffing Profiles
The paper reveals that when the number of people without permanent jobs (casual plus contract) are added together there are total of 136,699 employees (of whom 93,001 are casuals), accounting for about 65% of the total workforce. In other words only about one in three (35%) of all university employees have secure jobs. More...
Members of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) at James Cook University (JCU) will rally alongside staff, students and the broader community on Friday, 27 April 2018, protesting the university’s recently-announced plan to cut 32 staff. More...
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has today notified a dispute with James Cook University (JCU) management over its plan to cut 32 staff. More...
A dispute is brewing at the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) over plans to outsource security to a contractor. The safety of staff and students at the university is under the spotlight. More...
The university’s vice-chancellor pay increased by more than 3 per cent to at least $975,000. Two other executives got no less than $810,000 and $570,000 each. Their bonuses could be as much as 15 per cent on top of this, but the annual report fails to state what bonuses were paid. More...
On the occasion of the Pearson Annual General Meeting (AGM), at 12 noon on Friday 4 May 2018, EI with the support of the Kenyan National Union of Teachers (KNUT), the National Education Union UK (NEU) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) will be demonstrating both outside and inside the Pearson AGM at IET London, 2 Savoy Place, London WC2R. More...
Arguably, it has always been the case that gender and sexuality are much more complex than two, clearly defined, heterosexual poles. Still – although I’m not a gender and sexuality expert – I’ll go out on a limb and say that many (most?) cultures have traditionally discouraged more complex and fluid understandings of these matters. Times seem to be changing, though. More...
If it wasn't for my sophomore theatre professor, I may have never thought about studying abroad during college. Having never been out of the USA before, the idea of taking classes in a different country always seemed elusive and rather unattainable to me. Many of my peers already knew where they wanted to go abroad, having traveled with their families to places I had never been and only seen in movies or read about in books. More...
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