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TRAINING: Campaigning and advocacy

Please make sure that your place at the training has been confirmed by email by Learning and Work Institute before you book your travel and accommodation.

Objectives

This capacity building event will support participants to develop their knowledge and understanding of campaigns, advocacy and communications activity to promote adult learning, drawing on insights from Lifelong Learning Week and the Festival of Learning in England, and Adult Learners’ Week and the Inspire! Awards in Wales.

Through attending this event, participants will:

– Understand the key elements of an effective campaign, and identify those that could be useful in their own setting
– Identify effective partnerships for campaigning and communications activity
– Identify strategies for press and media engagement, including use of local and regional press and media
– Understand the role of learning ambassadors and how they can add value to advocacy activity

Practical information

Format

This capacity building event will consist of a mixture of presentations, group discussions and collaborative activities. It will take place at City Lit, an adult education college located in Covent Garden, London. Participants will also have opportunity to take part in a tour of City Lit and learn more about its 100-year history, current provision and facilities.

Registration

To participate in the study visit, please complete the online registration form.

We will then contact you to confirm your place and liaise with you regarding any accessibility or dietary requirements and the practical arrangements for the event. We will also send you some information to read prior to 5 May.

Agenda

Timezone: GMT +1

Event venue

City Lit – Keeley Street, Covent Garden, London WC2B 4BA

Accommodation

Participants should book their own accomodation. We recommended choosing a hotel located in central London, with direct London Underground access to either Covent Garden (Picadilly Line) or Holborn (Picadilly and Central Lines).

 

 

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WEBINAR: Understanding the difference you make

Objectives

  • To develop an understanding of the role of evidence and evaluation in understanding the impact of adult learning.
  • To learn about the “Understanding the difference you make” evaluation toolkit, which is aimed at supporting providers of adult learning and career change programmes to conduct evaluations of their own programmes.
  • To hear the experiences of a range of stakeholders including providers who have used the evaluation toolkit.

Speakers and facilitators

Chair: Alex Stevenson, Head of Essential and Life Skills, Learning and Work Institute, UK

Welcome and introduction: Naomi Clayton, Deputy Director, Learning and Work Institute, UK

Understanding the difference you make – an evaluation toolkit: Corin Egglestone, Research Manager, Learning and Work Institute, UK

Provider perspective: Panel discussion, speaker names TBC

Practical information

Format

The webinar will take place on Zoom.

Registration

To participate in the webinar, please complete the registration form.

Agenda

Speaker biographies

Alex Stevenson, Head of Essential and Life Skills, Learning and Work Institute
Alex Stevenson is Head of Essential and Life Skills at L&W, leading the organisation’s programmes of research and development in adult basic skills, English for Speakers of Other Languages and community learning. At L&W, he has delivered numerous projects to support policy development and effective practice in adult basic skills for clients such as the Department for Education, the Greater London Authority and the Education and Training Foundation. Before joining L&W, Alex taught, managed and developed adult basic skills and ESOL provision for over 13 years, variously working in FE colleges, a local authority adult education service and for an independent training provider. He is currently an executive board member at the European Association for the Education of Adults and is an Executive Committee member at the European Basic Skills Network.


Naomi Clayton, Deputy Director, Learning and Work Institute, UK
Naomi Clayton is deputy director for research and development. Naomi has more than 14 years’ experience in policy and research with specialisms in employment, skills and labour market disadvantage issues. Prior to joining L&W, Naomi was deputy director at the What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth, and policy and research manager at Centre for Cities where she was responsible for developing and overseeing programmes to support effective policy and practice. She has worked with partners across the UK to support them to use of evidence and demonstrate impact through the implementation of skills strategies, youth employment support and in-work progression pilots, and the development of local industrial strategies.


Corin Egglestone, Research Manager, Learning and Work Institute, UK
Corin is a research manager in L&W’s new What Works Unit, involving the support and promotion of evidence use and generation across the employment and skills sector. He joined L&W as a researcher following completion of a PhD in Consumer Health Informatics. During his time at L&W, Corin has worked on a wide range of quantitative and qualitative research projects; for example, he led our recent evaluation of Welsh Government’s Traineeships programme and was an evaluation manager for the Nesta CareerTech Challenge Programme, which supported providers of innovative digital skills training to embed evaluation into their project design and delivery. Whilst at L&W, Corin has also led the design and analysis of our annual Adult Participation in Learning Survey.

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Webinar: Digitalisation of adult learning provision in Volkshochschulverband Baden-Württemberg

Objectives

The webinar will explore digital learning in ALE including hard- and software solutions, methodological approaches of digital learning, digital content of learning offers for different target groups (low-skilled adults,  parents, seniors etc.) and business models for digital and hybrid learning.

Practical information

Format

 

The webinar will take place online. Please note that the activity will be held live in Stuttgart, Germany, and will allow for remote participation.

 

Venue


The webinar will take place via Zoom.

 

Registration


To participate in the webinar, please complete the registration form.

Agenda

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TRAINING: Varaždin County on creating a collaborative lifelong learning community

Objectives

In Varaždin County an adult education is organized within vocational schools and centres of open colleges and implemented in three forms: job training, retraining and general improvement. During the study visit, we will present examples of good practice, namely vocational schools founded by Varaždin County that implement lifelong learning programs, Regional centres of competences and Centres of excellence. As Varaždin County pays great attention to lifelong education, providing specific training programmes in the area of giftedness and talent, an adult education
institution Public Institution European Talent Centre Croatia – Centres of Excellence of Varaždin County will also be presented via international conference on talent development.


Target: education providers, guidance and support staff and VET (Vocational Education and Training) teachers, education planners, practitioners, professionals in the field of gifted education and policymakers).

Format

The study visit and peer learning activity will consist of a mixture of meetings, study visits, conference, presentations, practical experiences and discussions with relevant stakeholders from the local and regional level and on-site visits at schools and education partners’ premises. Participants have an option to choose on-site visits according to their specific interests and on the 22nd they can choose lectures interested to them.

Practical information

Registration

Please register here.

Schedule

April 20th: 09:30 – 16:30
April 21th: 09:30 – 16:30
April 22th: 09:30 – 17:30

Venue

Varaždinska županija, Franjevački trg 7, Varaždin

Agenda and other information

Updated agenda and other information: please download here.

Getting to Varaždin

As a city located close to the capital city, but also close to the borders with Slovenia and Hungary, Varazdin is very well connected to multiple cities in Europe. By far the quickest way of getting to Croatia from other country’s is by air, via Zagreb airport. There is no direct bus from Zagreb Airport to Varaždin. However, there are services departing from Zagreb Airport and arriving at Varaždin via Zagreb. From Zagreb Airport every 30 minutes a bus goes to Zagreb driving to Zagreb Bus Station from where you have to take another bus for Varaždin. You can buy tickets for buses departing from Zagreb Bus Station on a website.


As Varaždin is located 80 km North of Zagreb, the best way to get there is by car. Cities are connected with the highway, so it’s a nice one hour drive from Croatia’s capital.


Depending on time of arrivals, there is a possibility to organize a shuttle bus.

Suggested accommodation

Hotel Turist, easily accessible by walk: from hotel to a meeting place: 8 minute walk. Aleja kralja Zvonimira 1, 42000, Varaždin


Participants book accommodation on their own. You are welcome to consider other hotels for your booking.

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TRAINING: Innovation in Adult Learning and Education in the Region of Baden-Württemberg/Germany

Objectives

The hybrid study visit and peer-learning activity will focus on innovative Adult Learning and Education (ALE) Initiatives in the German region of Baden-Württemberg (BW).

 

The main themes are:


• digital learning in ALE including hard- and software solutions, methodological approaches of digital learning, digital content of learning
offers for different target groups (low-skilled adults, parents, seniors etc.) and business models for digital and hybrid learning
• career guidance – both digitalised guidance and guidance with view to future skills
• ALE initiatives for, with and of immigrants (fast-track labour market integration, empowerment activities etc.)

Practical information

Format

The study visit and peer learning activity will consist of a mixture of presentations, practical experiences, discussion forums with relevant stakeholders from the local and regional level in the framework of the alliance for lifelong learning BW and on-site visits at schools and education partners’ premises. It will take place in Stuttgart/Baden-Württemberg. Parts of the programme are broadcasted online and available as online-learning material.

 

Participants have the option to chose on-site visits according to their specific interests!

Registration

To participate in the study visit or online, please complete the online registration form: https://forms.gle/Ynm6mNaTn7MVNsLT8

Agenda

Travel

Hotel recommendations:

 

Participants book accomodation on their own. It is recommended to chose a hotel either in Stuttgart City or with good public transport connections to Stuttgart City. Hotel partners of Volkskshochschulverband Baden-Württemberg in projects with refugees were, among others:
– Mercure Stuttgart City Center, Heilbronner Str. 88, Stuttgart-Nord, 70191 Stuttgart
– Pullman Stuttgart Fontana, Stuttgart Vaihingen, 15 minutes S-Bahn to Stuttgart City, stop right in front of the hotel.

 

You are welcome to consider these hotels for your booking.

 

Conference venue:

 

vhs Stuttgart, TREFFPUNKT Rotebühlplatz, Rotebühlpl. 28, 70173 Stuttgart

 

Other travel tips:

 

If there are no direct flights from your hometown/country to Stuttgart Airport, the airport Frankfurt International Airport (FRA) is a good alternative to fly to. There are fast train connections from Frankfurt Airport to Stuttgart City (Hauptbahnhof).

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Le reti locali per l’apprendimento permanente. I risultati della survey RegALE e Ole school

Obiettivi

Il Webinar ha l’obiettivo di discutere i risultati della survey RegALE sulle reti locali che operano per lo sviluppo del lifelong learning. La survey è supportata dalla Commissione Europea ed è stata svolta in 12 paesi europei e numerose organizzazioni della città di Lucca vi hanno preso parte. I risultati sono di particolare interesse poiché aiutano a riflettere sulle principali preoccupazioni dei protagonisti locali, pubblici e privati, rispetto al futuro del lifelong learning nelle città d’Europa. Con l’occasione saranno anche presentate le prime ipotesi di lavoro elaborate rispetto a Lucca della ricerca Ole School supportata dal Ministero dell’Università dedicata allo sviluppo delle reti locali e della loro funzione rispetto ad obiettivi di inclusione educativa e sociale.

Relatori

Alessandro Tambellini, Sindaco di Lucca

 

Ilaria Vietina, Assessora con delega alle politiche formative, alle politiche di genere e alla continuità della memoria storica del Comune di Lucca

 

Miriana Bucalossi, Responsabile P.O. Programmazione Tirocini e Apprendistato. Gestione Progetti Europei e Reti Transnazionali presso la Regione Toscana, titolare della Vice-Presidenza della rete EARLALL

 

Noelia Cantero, Direttrice di EARLALL (European Association of Regional and Local Authorities for Lifelong Learning)

 

Giovanna Del Gobbo, Professore Associato di Pedagogia sperimentale dell’Università di Firenze

 

Paolo Federighi, Professore Onorario dell’Università di Firenze e Consulente di EAEA

 

Francesca Torlone, Professore Associato di Pedagogia generale e sociale dell’Università di Siena

Informazioni

Il webinar avrà luogo in modalità online attraverso la piattaforma GMeet (https://meet.google.com/ygz-jtqr-cnw) e sarà registrato per darne diffusione mediante i canali web.

 

In occasione della registrazione, ad ogni partecipante sarà richiesto di fornire il consenso all’utilizzo di immagini e interventi che riguardano la propria persona.

Registrazione

Per partecipare al webinar è necessario iscriversi compilando il form di registrazione disponibile su https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmsmyC_Yk_RA_Xlo3f69X9_Tn4Sbm4z2UM8E2Q7ye9qOQR2g/viewform

Lingua

Il webinar avrà luogo in lingua italiana.

Agenda