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    6
    –10
    Jun

    EPALE Focus Week

    Learning communities in rural areas

    Organiser: EPALE teams from Austria, Belgium (NL), Finland, France, Germany, Hungary and Poland

    While cities and metro­po­li­tan areas offer a wide range of edu­ca­tio­nal oppor­tu­ni­ties and provide many lifelong learning oppor­tu­ni­ties, access to appro­pria­te education and learning oppor­tu­ni­ties is often more difficult in rural areas. But here too, there are many inspiring initia­ti­ves and projects that help to create learning com­mu­ni­ties that are inclusive, open and promote shared learning. Shared learning in par­ti­cu­lar helps to use the expe­ri­en­ces of others and to pass on one’s own expe­ri­en­ces in order to open up new thematic fields.

    In order to present these initia­ti­ves, the EPALE teams from Austria, Belgium (NL), Finland, France, Germany, Hungary and Poland are dedi­ca­ting this thematic week to the topic of learning com­mu­ni­ties in rural areas. 

    Together we want to look at rural areas and explore what inno­va­ti­ve solutions adult education offers to promote lifelong learning in rural areas: How do lifelong learning initia­ti­ves in rural areas streng­then demo­cra­tic struc­tures and civic enga­ge­ment? How is political education taught there? How can media literacy be taught in inter­ge­ne­ra­tio­nal learning communities?

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    09:00 – 00:00
    Online - EPALE platform
    Week of events
    >Past events

    December

    2026

    Dec
    3–
    3
    09:00-16:00
    Vienna
    Workshop

    Thematic Workshop of the EUSDR

    “Demographic Challenges, (Rural) Outmigration and Skills Shortages”

    EUSDR, the Danube Region Strategy

    On 3 December 2026 the Thematic Workshop of the EUSDR, the Danube Region Strategy, will take place in Vienna, Austria on the topic of: “Demographic Challenges, (Rural) Outmigration and Skills Shortages”.
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    Dec
    8–
    11
    09:00
    Brisbane, Australia
    Conference

    Researching Work & Learning International Conference

    Researching lifelong learning and innovation for work in times of crisis

    RWL International Advisory Committee

    The Researching Work & Learning (RWL) International Conference Series is the world's longest, continuously running international research conference series serving the field of workplace learning. It was initiated in 1999 by researchers at the University of Leeds (UK). As of 2026 it has visited eleven countries in five continents. The conference series as a whole is organized through the work of the RWL International Advisory Committee. This committee is composed of leading international scholars in the diverse field of workplace learning. RWL14  local organising committee: Stephen Billett, Paula Brough, Steven Hodge, Ashlea Troth, Sarojni Choy and Carys Chan
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    March

    2027

    Mar
    10–
    11
    09:00
    Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany
    Konferenz

    The Making of Apprenticeships

    Divergence, Experience, and the Transformation of Vocational Education & Training

    Dietmar Frommberger & Christoph Porcher

    The conference explores the making and remaking of apprenticeships as a global historical phenomenon, tracing how pre-industrial craft training evolved under industrialisation, state-building, and changing educational ideas. It focuses both on institutional change and on the lived experiences of apprentices, masters, and other actors, and invites contributions from all periods and world regions.
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    Mar
    /Apr
    31–
    1
    09:00
    Graz
    Conference

    innovativ & exzellent – Berufsbildung als Zukunftsmotor

    4. Grazer Berufsbildungskongress

    PH Steiermark

    Möglichkeit sich zu aktuellen Themen der Berufsbildung mit nationalen und internationalen Expert*innen auszutauschen.

    Call for Papers offen bis 1.10.2026
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    May

    2027

    May
    18–
    20
    10:00
    Johannesburg, South Africa
    Conference

    7th Crossing Boundaries Conference

    Learning Across Continents: Conversations in a divided world

    VETNET

    Topics:

    • How do we understand the role of VET in preparing young people for work when labour markets and workplaces are in flux nationally and internationally?
    • Is this changing the nature of VET and VET curricula? Is it raising new questions on work, labour markets and education? What is core to VET that is stable across different contexts?
    • Are systems looking more similar or more different from each other?
    • What are the main factors—such as workplace organisation, changing labour markets, changing enrolment in schools and universities, and the nature of economies that are influencing different aspects of VET provision—such as curriculum, governance, partnerships, enrollment patterns—in different countries?
    • How do we connect better as researchers, and use VET research to build connection?

    Dates and timeline

    • Submission of abstracts: opens 15 October 2026, closes 15 November 2026
    • Notification of acceptance: 15 December 2026
    • Submission of full paper: 20 February 2027
    • Feedback to your paper: 31 March 2027. You will then have 10 days to make the necessaries changes.
    • Conference: 18-20 May 2027
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    June

    2027

    Jun
    9–
    11
    09:00
    Umeå University, Sweden
    Konferenz

    NordYrk 2027

    Embracing Diversity in Vocational Education and Training (VET)

    Umeå University

    Vocational Education and Training (VET) in the Nordic countries is shaped by strong welfare traditions, close relationships between education and working life, and longstanding ambitions of equality, inclusion and high‑quality education for all. Nevertheless, Nordic VET systems display substantial variation and complexity, influenced by social, demographic, pedagogical and structural differences across countries, regions, institutions and vocational fields. The 2027 NORDYRK conference Embracing Diversity in VET invites researchers, practitioners and policymakers to explore how such diversity shapes the conditions, opportunities and challenges of VET.   The Call for abstracts opens on November 11, 2026 and closes on January 31, 2027. Registration is required.
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