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Hosted by the University College Cork, Ireland

"Towards a global understanding of lifelong learning: making a difference"

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Keynote speakers

Telling the truth about WP: an international perspective
Sir David Watson, University of Brighton

ICT, Personalisation and inequality
Dr Tim Rudd, BECTA

Education for All: Going Beyond Rhetoric
Sean Healy, SMA, Ph.D. CORI Justice Commission

Workshop Presentations (Speakers from outside the UK)

An assessment of the learning environments and the utilisation of learning opportunities of postgraduate students
Professor Chris Kapp, University of Stellenbosch, Republic of South Africa

Promoting resource integration and autodidactic learning in teaching art history to adult learners
James G. R. Cronin, University College Cork

The return on students investment in accredited adult education
Orison Carlile, Mary Fenton, Deirdre Lillis, Waterford Institute of Technology

Adapting Personnel Development to Older Employees
Margarete Laschalt, University of Innsbruck

United we stand: Active participation in the lifelong learning process
Willa Louw and Inge Sonnekus, University of South Africa

Engendering Lifelong Learning from the inception of an undergraduate programme
Professor Susan Ryan, University College Cork

One universitys open door to inclusion
Sonia Edwards, Trinity College Dublin

In search of excellence in Distance Education study packages
Willa Louw, University of South Africa

Active Citizenship and the Provision of Education for Older Learners in Ireland
Karen Bunyan and Anne Jordan, Waterford Institute of Technology

National Occupational Standards for the API / Bulk Chemical /Finished Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Sectors
Valerie Cowman, FÁS the Irish national training and employment authority

Case Study: a partnership approach to adult education as a mechanism for social change
Mary McCarthy & Patricia White, Margaret Fenton & Tara O Doherty

Opening a Door: Evaluating the Benefits of Guidance for the Adult Client
Lucy Hearne, Waterford Institute of Technology

The teachers understanding of their role in the process of curriculum change as life long learners
Elphinah Nomabandla Cishe, Walter Sisulu University, South Africa

Standing Up and Being Counted: mature students returning to education
Dr Rosarii Griffin, University College Cork

The psychosocial environments of the adult learner: an analysis of ten case studies
Professor Chris Kapp, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

Community Education Driving the Lifelong Learning Model
Hannah Weste Fitzpatrick, University College Cork

Computer Education with Learning Management Systems
Dr Averil Meehan, Letterkenny Institute of Technology

APEL- a tool for widening participation?
Maeve O’Grady, Waterford Institute of Technology

Professional development of teachers. A case study: CPD programmes for teachers in Turkey
Dr. Kamile Hamiloglu, Marmara University, Turkey

How to support teachers professional development in the context of Problem-based Learning
Professor Sari Poikela, University of Lapland, Matleena Laakso, University of Tampere, Finland

 Mentoring Matters
Gbolagade Adekanmbi, University of Botswana, and Beverley Crooks, Brunel University

Valuing education in motion
Naoimh O’Connor, National College Ireland with Sinead Ahern, University College Dublin

Contextualising learning in Advanced Certificate in Education (Environmental Education) courses: Comparing contexts and experiences
Ingrid Timmermans, Heila Sisitka and Rob O’Donoghue, Rhodes University
Cheryl le Roux/Callie Loubser, Uni South Africa, Tony Shallcross, Manchester Met University

Workshop Presentations (Speakers from within the UK)

Never mind the quality, sign the consent form: the dilemmas of designing and conducting ethical research
Tony Hudson and Maki Kimura, Continuum, University of East London

"Degrees of Difference": what has lifelong learning done for me? Exploring graduates perceptions of the benefits of their higher education
Dr Lynne Jenkins & DACE, Part-Time Degree Research Team, University of Wales Swansea

HEAR WY: A West Yorkshire HEI approach to widening participation
Helen Smith and Liz Moon, HEAR WY (West Yorkshire)

Learners Journeys
Hazel Hunter, Swansea University

Widening participation: The role of the student support tutor
Beverley Maynard, University of Central England

Building Pathways for Apprentices progression to HE, training and skills in South Yorkshire
Judith Smith, David Berry, and Tamsin Bowers-Brown, The Building Pathways Project

Enabling refugees to access higher education through community-university partnership
Cherie Woolmer, University of Brighton

Developing a self-help strategy through a CD resource for support and retention in HE
Carys Lloyd Jones, King’s College London - Uni4U

Aimhigher: Are Aspirations Being Raised?
Jim Tate and Arthur Baxter, University of the West of England

Parents as significant others in Widening Participation: a case study in pre-sessional intervention
Mike Abramson, University of Central Lancashire

No barriers to e-learning?
George Apostoli, Open College of the Arts

Bridging the Subcultural Divide: Progression and Retention through the GOALS Top-Up Programme
Dickon Copsey and Neil Croll, Widening Participation Service, University of Glasgow

Black boys in HE: are universities doing enough for the participation of male Caribbean's at university?
John Samuel, Leeds Metropolitan University
Tony Acland, Aimhigher Hampshire & Isle of Wight

Using Assessment of Prior Experiential Learning to support refugees into HE and employment
Andrew Clarke, Refugee Assessment and Guidance Unit, London Metropolitan University

Partnerships, progression and professional development: taking teaching and learning online
Clare Woodward, Gillian Morgan, and Rita Kop, University of Wales Swansea

Towards a Practitioner-Led Partnership Approach: Aimhigher (Hampshire & Isle of Wight
Tony Acland, Rebecca Johnson, and Kate Smith

Reaching the Hardest to Reach
People and Work Unit, Uned Pobl a Gwaith

Foundation Degree Promotional Team: a case study of an Aimhigher Lancashire development project
Keith Percy and Rosemary Hindley, Lancaster University

Innovative partnerships for widening participation
Jackie Bennett and Katrina Keith, Leeds Metropolitan University

The Tao of Diversity, The Dao of Diversity
Rakesh Bhanot, Coventry University

A Tale of Two Universities - Induction needs of students
Beverley Crooks, Brunel University
Deeba Parmar, Middlesex University

Involving the Family
Catherine Foster, Aston Business School

RadioActive! Opening the airwaves for community learning
Mary Traynor, University of Glamorgan

Towards an holistic institutional approach to Widening Participation
Jeff Braham, University of Derby

Is Aimhigher the answer for improving access to HE for BME communities?
A study of the South East Region

Shanti Waas, Hampshire Fire & Rescue Service, and Dr. David Garbin 

Partnership Working and Community Consortia: A University Perspective
Danny Saunders and Robert Payne, University of Glamorgan
Lisa Davies, Caerphilly County Borough

Libraries and learning: the changing role of libraries
Anne Lines, National Foundation for Educational Research, UK

Widening Access through Sport (WASP)
Kevin Germaine, Dick Fisher, Anne Philpott, St Mary’s College

Lifelong Learning and Social Exclusion of Asian Communities in Denmark and the UK
Jasbir Panesar, Sonia Klein, and Rashmi Singla, University of East London

Intergenrational Practice in Wales: a different perspective on lifelong learning
Angela Fish and Kathryn Addicott, University of Glamorgan

Negotiated & Work-Based Learning at the University of Teesside
Dr Ruth Helyer and Dr Elaine Hooker, University of Teesside

Breaking the Resistance to Education/Training
Marie Keegan, the Connolly, Inner City Employment Service

Consolidating Achievements, Exploring New Frontiers Assessing progress in widening participation
Dr Helen May, Higher Education Academy

Academic Credit for CPD: Individually negotiated programmes for Healthcare Professionals in the UK
Ann Minton, University of Derby

Three Into One Does Go: Participation, Success & Employability
Dr. Damian O’Kane, University of Ulster

Women, lifelong learning & employment: learning to know their place?
Oriel Kenny, Leeds Metropolitan University

The Leeds Equal Study and Employability Skills Project
Jacqueline Stevenson and John Willott, Leeds Metropolitan University

Raising Achievements and Aspirations Through Football
Karen Duggan, Manchester Metropolitan University

Embedding Widening Participation and Learning and Teaching Strategies through innovative solutions
Larry Roberts, Marion Webb, and Michael Hill, Kingston University

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