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Latest news on European research in learning and work [L&W] - February 2016

Particularly worth noting in this edition are calls for papers relating to the EUCEN conference in Dublin (see Conferences), the Journal of Vocational Education and Training: Special Issue on VET and race/ ethnicity, and the Journal of International Mobility: Issue No 4 on mobility and skills (see Publications), and an update on the Competence 2016 conference in Wageningen (see Conferences).

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Monday, 1 February, 2016

International Volunteering as a Workplace Learning Opportunity - ESRALE Course of Lectures, Fifth Session

This is an online event

Volunteering in general has been long seen as vital component of democratic societies, namely of the social capital which is deemed of utter importance for the cohesion of the society as such. Numerous researches show the interconnection of volunteering activities with a healthy social capital of the society, therefore bringing the volunteering into the limelight in the context of social cohesion.

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Tuesday, 19 January, 2016

(Virtual) Communities of practice for lifelong learning – Approaches, success stories and challenges - Webinar - 16 December

The DISCUSS project we will be hold a webinar next week, and below you will find a short description of the topic and how to register. The topic I hope may be of interest, but also the experience of seeing how a webinar works may be of interest and something that you might want to incorporate into your practice.

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Wednesday, 9 December, 2015

Latest news on European research in learning and work [L&W] - December 2015

Particularly worth noting in this edition are calls for papers relating to the following international conferences: Action Learning at Ashridge Business School, UFHRD 2016 in Manchester, SCUTREA 2016 in Leicester, EGOS "Activity Theory and Organizations" in Naples and Competence 2016 at Wageningen University (see Conferences).

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Tuesday, 1 December, 2015

Intergenerational Learning: Workplace Learning, Community Learning and Learning within the Family

Intergenerational learning naturally accompanies us through all stages of life. Consequently, it is relevant to inquire under which conditions and circumstances intergenerational learning takes place and what its benefits are.

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Friday, 2 October, 2015

Work & Learning: Innovation, Evaluation and Dissemination within the Workplace & the University

The conference welcomes papers, workshops and roundtable discussions which contribute to research, theory, policy and practice in work and learning. Conference themes may cover all or some of the following:

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Friday, 12 June, 2015

Cedefop call for tender: Learning cultures in organizations

The ultimate aim of this contract is to identify cultural patterns (values, beliefs and attitudes) within enterprises and across sectors in respect to the support of learning. By means of extensive case studies, a holistic overview about practices that support workplace learning within successful enterprises in selected sectors will be developed and analysed. It will be further inquired in what ways workplace learning supports business success. The information derived from the study will be processed and made available to different target groups (e.g.

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Wednesday, 29 April, 2015

Learning and catalytic dialogue in decision-making: The case of the Finnish Government

Finland is one of the most successful countries in the world in the field of public management of services, including in Education. The speakers at this seminar who are very experienced in advising national government will concentrate on how catalytic debate uncovers problems in the making of conclusions and recommendations that inform policy, with a focus on catalytic dialogue: forging of solutions beyond original issues and conflicts.

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Friday, 10 April, 2015

LETAE National Seminar

** A report on this seminar may be found here **

Work-based and work-related learning in higher education for adult learners is seen as crucial to address the predicted labour market skills gap identified in such communiques as: New Skills for New Jobs Anticipating and matching labour market and skills needs; and, An Agenda for new skills and jobs: A European contribution towards full employment as part of the Europe 2020 strategy.

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Tuesday, 17 March, 2015

Cedefop briefing note - Old roots for new routes

We are pleased to send you Cedefop's latest Briefing Note Old roots for new routes for you to download in your preferred language (Spanish, German, Greek, English, French, Italian, Latvian, Polish and Portuguese) and format (Pdf or eBook optimised for tablets and smartphones).

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Thursday, 12 February, 2015

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