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Direct linkDi Rienzo, Paolo – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2014
This paper is a reflection, on the basis of empirical research conducted in Italy, on theoretical, methodological and systemic-organisational aspects linked to the recognition and validation of the prior learning acquired by adult learners or workers who decide to enrol at university at a later stage in their lives. The interest in this research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Prior Learning, Lifelong Learning, Nontraditional Students
Rogers, Alan – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2014
The argument of this paper is that--within a wide range of university responses to the challenge of outreach--there grew up in the extra-mural or adult education departments of many UK universities an alternative epistemological paradigm to the older and more traditional extension programmes. This paradigm threatened the extension approach and has…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Extension Education, Adult Education, Case Studies
Odora Hoppers, Catherine A. – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2013
It is clear that there is a wide range of arguments that reflect varying degrees of disaffection with the university worldwide. A great deal of understandable effort is directed at the impact of globalisation, especially the way it is making universities engage in academic capitalism (Slaughter and Leslie, 1997). The alternative arguments…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Community Involvement, Global Approach, Higher Education
Wilson, Bruce – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2011
At a time when the OECD (2007) is advocating more local engagement for higher education institutions, this study looks at a number of community initiatives in Australia where local universities have played a key role. All were studied as part of the PASCAL Universities and Regional Engagement (PURE) project, which involves a total of 19 regions…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Regional Planning, Regional Programs
Parker, Lynn; Williams, Ruth – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2011
This paper draws on an Economic and Social Research Council-funded project that explored the role of UK universities in regional processes of social and cultural transformation. The Higher Education and Regional Transformation (HEART) project explored the effects that universities have on the social and cultural lives of their local and regional…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Disadvantaged, Case Studies, Geographic Regions
The Role of the University in the Creation of a Learning Region. A Study in the Athenaeum of Catania
Piazza, Roberta – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2008
This study aimed to assess how the university of Catania conceptualised its new role, considering the principal ways that other European universities are changing. The research was focused on assessing the level of awareness of the university's ability to spread and promote lifelong learning (LLL), its role in promoting awareness, innovation and…
Descriptors: Opinions, Lifelong Learning, Professional Associations, Foreign Countries
