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UIL Blog: Breaking through: Increasing women’s participation in ALE

In our latest blog entry, Samah Shalaby, Assistant Programme Specialist at the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, writes of the challenges women face - as well as the progess being made - in accessing adult learning and education opportunitie

Interview with the mayor of the UNESCO learning city of Mantes-la-Jolie, France

Located just 50 km east of Paris, France, Mantes-la-Jolie (‘Mantes the pretty’) borders the expansive Vexin Français Regional Nature Park.

The new issue of IRE considers whether instrumentalist estimations of the value of education are equal to the challenges the world faces

The February issue of the International Review of Education – Journal of Lifelong Learning (IRE) explores the urgent need to reappraise the way in which we think about an

POSTPONED: Hamburg Education Talk: Empowering female migrants and refugees through adult education
Hamburg, Germany
26 March 2020

Interview with the mayor of the UNESCO learning city of Mantes-la-Jolie, France

  • Who: Le Maire Raphaël Cognet et Pierre Bédier, Président du Conseil départemental des Yvelines, Ville de Mantes-La-Jolie

Located just 50 km east of Paris, France, Mantes-la-Jolie (‘Mantes the pretty’) borders the expansive Vexin Français Regional Nature Park. Eager to develop new paths to opportunities for its residents, the city joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) in 2017. Here, Mayor Raphaël Cognet and Pierre Bédier, president of the local council, Yvelines, share their learning city vision.

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February issue of the International Review of Education out now

The new issue of IRE considers whether instrumentalist estimations of the value of education are equal to the challenges the world faces

UIL Blog: 'Multilingualism - The language of sustainable development' by David Atchoarena

In a world increasingly globalized, multilingualism is becoming the norm rather than the exception.

Universities are key to lifelong learning, concludes UIL workshop

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.

Developing an adult education master’s programme in Morocco and Tunisia

On 16 January 2020, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) hosted a high-level seminar on developing a master’s programme on adult education in Morocco, against the background of a similar initiative in Tunisia.

Canadian adult educator Daniel Baril elected Chair of UIL Governing Board

Mr Daniel Baril, Director General of the Canadian Institute for Cooperation in Adult Education (ICAE), has been elected Chair of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) Governing Board.