The Fourth International Conference on Learning Cities, was jointly organized by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UiL) and the Municipality of Medellín; during the 2-day Conference from 1-3 October 2019, there were around 650 conference participants, including 50 mayors, as well as government representatives and experts in the field of education.

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The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) network of 124 Institutes based in American colleges and universities delivers lifelong learning programs for some 170,000 older adult learners. The OLLI network is supported by the Osher Foundation with a National Resource Center (NRC) for the Institutes located in Northwestern University, Chicago.

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Come along to the University of Glasgow's World Cities Day ‘Lunchtime Lightning Talks’ research competition and networking event.

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This is a bumper edition of the Bulletin in return to school and work month in the northern hemisphere, for the undeniably big reason that we face ecological catastrophe that has led to use of the term Extinction Crisis. It is striking how global warming, something now well- known and established for decades - and long strenuously denied by those with much to lose from the required changes of culture, lifestyle and behaviour – has suddenly burst into life and popular consciousness…

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Under the title 'Humanities and Higher Education: Synergies between Science, Technology and Humanities', the 7th edition of the HEIW Report focuses on the future of the humanities and the relations between science, technology and humanities at the beginning of the 21st Century.

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The UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education is editing a book with a working title of Social Responsibility and Higher Education: International Perspectives on Knowledge Democracy. The book is being prepared as a contribution to the 2021 UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education.

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Cedefop Executive Director Jürgen Siebel presented the agency’s work and priorities for 2020-22 to the members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL), on 24 September in Brussels. Read about this, together with other Cedefop activities, in their latest newsletter:

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