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Wed, 29/05/2013
Transferring Knowledge in a Globalised World: a ULLL Responsibility

University of Geneva (off Geneva in Charmey), Switzerland. 29-31 May 2013...

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16/05/2013
The European Union recognizes SpeakApps as an innovative project

The EU has recognised the potential of SpeakApps, the platform for oral language learning, a European R+D+I project coordinated by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and headed by Christine Appel, a professor at the University's School of...
02/05/2013
20th Anniversary of FACE: celebrate it at their next conference

The Forum for Access and Continuing Education (FACE) will celebrate its 20th anniversary this year during its conference in Plymouth (UK), 03-05 July 2013. The conference title for this unique event is ‘Learner Journeys-Origins, Experiences...

26/04/2013
NEW Book: "Compétences durables et transférables, clés pour l’employabilité" by Jean-Marie DUJARDIN (University Liege, BE)

Our colleague Jean-Marie DUJARDIN from University of Liège (Belgium) has just published a book about sustainable competences and employability.

Title: Compétences durables et transférables, clés pour l’employabilité...

23/04/2013
ESREA research network: Call for Papers

ESREA has launched a call for papers for their 2014 conference "Work life and Learning". The conference will be at University of Osnabrück (Germany), 31 March to 2 April 2014.

The conference brings together researchers from different...

19/04/2013
Global Economic Crisis and its consequences on the national educational systems: Can online education contribute to overcoming the crisis?

The GUIDE Association - Global Universities in Distance Education - is organising their 6th international conference in Athens (GR), 3-4 October 2013).

The Conference will be divided along the following broad themes:

Reforming...

18/04/2013
Australian and European universities involved in developing the first joint master oriented to social entrepreneurs

The International MBA Social Entrepreneurship - IMBASE Project, developed by UOC (Spain), ESC Rennes (France), UNE (Australia), and UWS (Australia), aims to link future entrepreneurs with the creation of sustainable social value. The IMBASE Project is...

04/04/2013
EUCEN Informs - March 2013

The March 2013 EUCEN newsletter is now available on-line. You can read four articles:

Validation Prize 2013 - European Observatory on VNIL issues

Deadline extension for submission of contributions to the Charmey conference "...

02/04/2013
The e-journal RUSC marks its 10th anniversary with a dossier on the informalization of education

Information and communication technology (ICT) has led to the creation of new scenarios that go beyond the limits of “formal” and “institutional” education and open new paths towards a more collaborative transmission of knowledge. In this issue,...

02/04/2013
Ready for a SMARTer World? New edition of Open Thoughts blog from UOC

How can technology help find solutions to the challenges of today's world? Are we prepared to handle the large amount of data that surround us? Can ICT and Internet help us for being more sustainable and more competitive? To coincide with the Mobile...

25/03/2013
9th Hungarian National and International LLL Conference (18-19 April, University of Szeged, Hungary)

The modern higher education institutional networks following the global tendencies must be directly and proactively committed towards society. Hungarian higher education institutions contribute diversely to the development of society and economy: on...