Annica Isacsson, Research Manager/ Head of Research, Development and Innovation at the Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences/School of Vocational Teacher Education, Helsinki, Finland, stayed as a research scholar at the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) in January and February...
The February issue of the International Review of Education – Journal of Lifelong Learning (I RE ) explores the urgent need to reappraise the way in which we think about and value education and asks how we can widen...
The new issue of IRE considers whether instrumentalist estimations of the value of education are equal to the challenges the world faces
In a world increasingly globalized, multilingualism is becoming the norm rather than the exception. Supported by mother tongue-based multilingual education, linguistic diversity brings a number of benefits to the learners but also to society as a whole. Hence, growing evidence suggests that...
On 4 and 5 February 2020, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) hosted a high-level meeting, where the role of universities in promoting lifelong learning was discussed. During the meeting, experts from universities, university associations, along with UNESCO representatives...
In the latest entry to the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) blog Daniel Baril, Chair of the UIL Governing Board, writes: In matters of adult learning and education, we live in paradoxical times. On the one hand, learning needs are diversifying and adult education resources cover a...
In the latest entry to the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning blog Christiana Nikolitsa-Winter, UIL programme specialist, writes: Global citizenship education should be central to efforts to encourage people to take ownership of the Sustainable Development Goals and make the next 10 years a...
International Review of Education open access article
Author: István...
A recent member of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC), Wolverhampton, located in the West Midlands region of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, has recently been named...
‘Education has always been a top priority in Gdynia,’ explains its Deputy Mayor, Bartosz Bartoszewicz, which is why, he believes, the quality of life in this north-central Polish city ‘is one of the best in the entire country.’
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