Latest News & Events

The purpose of this section is to provide a guide to CR&DALL events and activities and to provide information on these and on events and issues relevant to the field of lifelong learning and adult and continuing education in general. This latter service is provided to assist exchange of information and discussion of issues amongst colleagues in the field; it does not purport to be an exhaustive reference to the canon. Please note also that CR&DALL cannot be responsible for the accuracy of information provided to us by outside bodies. Further information about the event or activity should be sought from the contacts given in that section as this is likely to be the sum total of information provided to us.
Sunday, 30 November, 2025 - 12:35

CR&DALL Deputy Director Leping Mou attended the recent Democrat project conference in Barcelona (20-21 November), where former Director Prof Mike Osborne acted as the conference Rapporteur. The conference was an immense success, bringing together leading figures from European democracy as well as academics and practitioners in the space of Education for Democract and Civic Engagement. Mike has kindly shared his conference report which we publish below.

Friday, 12 December, 2025 - 10:00 to 11:00

CR&DALL welcomes Dr Johannes Schmees for a seminar on the Ecole Polytechnique, theories through the concept of Bildung. The seminar will take place in the School of Education on 12th December. 

All are welcome. See below and attached for more information.

Friday, 28 November, 2025 - 12:00 to 13:00

We welcome Professor Gerlese Akerlind, Professor Emerita at the Australian National University, who will speak about both phenomenology as a research method and the insights into learning that it can provide.

Friday, 31 October, 2025 - 16:00 to Friday, 14 November, 2025 - 17:00

<p>CRADALL is delighted to share news of an exhibition taking place in the St Andrews Building (Level 5 Gallery Space) at the University of Glasgow, from 31/10/2025 to 14/11/2025.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong><big>Weaving the Web of Peace: Common Threads Between Us</big></strong></p>

Thursday, 11 December, 2025 - 11:00 to 12:00

CRADALL, together with the University of Glasgow's GLACIER network, is delighted to host the first of two seminars focusing on VET  These seminars bring together scholars engaged in vocational education, skills formation, and comparative education research. All welcome. See below and attached for moe information. Our second session features Dr Johannes Schmees (University of Derby) who will talk about the use of vocational biographis in comparing international VET contexts and experiences.

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