John Swinney, Scotland’s Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills announced today: Firstly, we need better advice. We need to do more to ensure that there is a clear connection between the advice and guidance young people receive on subject choices and on longer term career options. They are often making annual…
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In March 2018, the Scottish Government published this summary report. As part of phase one of the Learner Journey Review a series of five analytical papers were produced to help facilitate discussion and set the scene around current education and training provision for 15 to 24 year olds in Scotland during this first stage. The…
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The Institute for Apprenticeships remains a “work in progress” a year on from its inception, says its chief executive Sir Gerry Berragan. Visit: https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/ The Institute did not get off to a flying start and was not fully functioning until last October 2017. It has only had a permanent chief executive in post for less…
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THE FIRST STEP The Centre was established in 2004 to promote policy sharing and learning internationally through making international knowledge and expertise available to policy makers, researchers and career development professionals. The OECD, the World Bank, the European Commission, international professional associations such as IAEVG, and officials of several individual countries, recognised from international policy…
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The European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network (ELGPN) was established in 2007, with the aim of assisting its member-countries and the European Commission in developing European co-operation on lifelong guidance in both the education and the employment sectors. The role and aims of the Network were endorsed in the second EU Council Resolution passed in 2008.…
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Enabling employees to shape change and develop solution-focused approaches in European Public Employment Services (PES) is at the heart of this major EU Framework 7 funded four-year programme (2014 -2018). I’ve had the privilege to work closely with a truly dynamic and innovative European multi-disciplinary research and development team. We began our joint work in…
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There are many great articles in this European Commission website covering a wide range of adult learning topics. The website is designed to offer insights and reports for policymakers, researchers and practitioners. Visit: https://ec.europa.eu/epale/en For example, I’ve recently read this interesting blog by Andrew McCoshan (30/04/2018) – “Reaching out to older workers: assembling the pieces of the…
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The Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (GRALE) provides a clear and comprehensive picture of the state of adult learning and education (ALE) around the world. Three reports have been published since 2009. The next GRALE will be published in 2019. About GRALE GRALE monitors whether UNESCO Member States are putting their international ALE commitments into practice. The…
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The Collection of Lifelong Learning Policies and Strategies lists abstracts and full-text links to laws, policies, strategies and plans on lifelong learning from UNESCO Member States and intergovernmental organizations. Visit: http://uil.unesco.org/lifelong-learning/lifelong-learning-policies This collection offers a comprehensive overview of the development of lifelong learning policies around the world. Almost all of the documents have been developed…
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David Atchoarena has been appointed Director of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) in Hamburg (2nd May 2018). Before his appointment, Mr Atchoarena was Director of the Division for Policies and Lifelong Learning Systems at UNESCO in Paris. He has rich experience in the field of education. Prior to working at UNESCO Headquarters,…
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