In addition to reducing recidivism rates and the financial and social costs of reoffending, education in prison equips prisoners with an opportunity to overcome disadvantage by improving their learning outcomes and building on new or improved skills in order to contribute more fully to society...
The multidimensional nature of the COVID-19 pandemic has left an indelible mark on the world’s cities, raising fundamental questions about sustainable social, cultural, economic, and environmental urban development.
In an attempt to answer some of these questions, the...
COVID-19 has disrupted education worldwide in an unprecedented way. Millions of students have not been able to continue learning in schools, universities, vocational training institutions and adult learning programmes. Many governments responded to the pressing need to provide school children...
On 17 June 2020, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), together with the PASCAL Observatory, hosted the first webinar of the series entitled “Learning Cities’ COVID-19 recovery: from research to practice”. This session focused on The challenge of inclusion in learning cities,...
A new UNESCO issue note , produced by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), aims to support education policy-makers and planners in ensuring open and distance learning to support youth and adult learning in the context...
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) has launched the data collection process for the fifth UNESCO Global Report on Adult Learning and Education ( GRALE 5 ). UNESCO National Commissions...
To conclude its series for members of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC), the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) hosted a webinar on 10 June on human and civic rights during COVID-19. Presentations were given by representatives of UN Habitat; the City of Ioannina in...
According to the latest UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report (GEMR), Inclusion and education – All means all , which is published today, 14 per cent of adults worldwide lack basic reading and writing skills. The...
As part of its ongoing series for members of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC), the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) hosted a webinar on 3 June to exchange views on culture and education during the COVID-19 pandemic. An introduction to the topic was provided by the...
