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Mobilities for All?
One problem of being a researcher – especially in education – is the difference between policy and reality – or policy and the application of the policy. For the last ... -
Rethinking Assessment
There is growing pressure for change in assessment systems in the UK. One of the organisations leading the campaign is Rethinking Assessment. On its website, Rethinking Assessment says its mission ... -
Auf Wiedersehen Deutschland - Farewell Era Merkel
In my previous post I wrote about my departure from Bremen and on the times before and after my farewell visit. Now it is time to shift the emphasis from ... -
Remembering Paulo Freire
Paulo Freire panel discussion at the University of Zurich (1988) from NORRAG NETWORK on Vimeo. Paulo Freire, the Brazilian educator and philosopher was, with Ivan Illich, one of the most ... -
COVID-19 Vaccines: Global Coordination and Equitable Distribution
With the instigation of lock downs at the start of the Covid 19 pandemic, meetings for international projects moved online. In that period while everyone is joining, the conversation was ... -
Welsh government launches international learning programme to overcome loss of Erasmus plus
I reported last week on the UK government launch of the Turing programme which is designed to support mobility for students after the UK has pulled out of the EU ... -
Pontydysgu in Europe
I've had a few queries lately about whether Pontydysgu can still take part in European projects. With regard to Erasmus Plus I'm afraid the answer for Pontydysgu UK is no. ... -
Celebrating Martin Luther King - Revisiting a German radio program of January 2017
Yesterday, on Monday 19.01.2021 our American friends celebrated Martin Luther King Day as a national holiday. This reminded me of a blog that I wrote four years ago on the ...