eucen Highlights | August 2026

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Issue 08/2026August 2026
Welcome to eucen’s monthly bulletin! We hope you have had a restful summer and are ready for the months ahead. As we look towards an active autumn, this edition brings you some highlights we particularly want to share with you.First, our 2026 eucen Autumn Seminar is approaching! Join us in Barcelona this November to explore The Two Faces of ULLL: Employability and Social Mission and discuss whether these two dimensions can truly go hand in hand.We are also pleased to present eucen Position Paper No. 13, Beyond the False Divide: The Public Value of University Lifelong Learning. The paper challenges the idea that ULLL should be understood primarily through employability and competitiveness, and makes the case for recognising its wider economic, social, civic and personal value.Also, some exciting news for eucen members! We are finalising a brand-new Members’ Room section. We hope to launch it by the end of September, and we are really happy to share a sneak peek with you so you can see what it will look like.And there is more to discover: a new episode of Voices of Lifelong Learning (with Lyndsey El Amoud and Christelle de Beys), details of a webinar co-organised by eucen and Volonteurope, the formal announcement of the eucen 2026 Solidarity Fund beneficiaries, new published papers on Learning Cities, and links to the forthcoming events organised by EDEN.Enjoy the read, and welcome back! If you receive this messages it is because you have registered on our website or because you have requested to receive our newsletters. We offer you a selection of acticles here that we think might be of interest to you. We hope you enjoy them.
 
eucen Autumn Seminar 2026: looking ahead to NovemberCan employability and social mission truly go hand in hand? Join eucen in Barcelona this November to explore the two faces of ULLL and their future. Register now!See more
 
eucen Positon Paper No. 13 – The public value of ULLLIs LLL only about employability and competitiveness? Our new position paper argues for a broader vision of University Lifelong Learning, one that connects economic, social, civic and personal value. Download it now!Read it now
 
 Voices of Lifelong Learning, episode #6 eucen’s sixth episode of the podcast series, Voices of Lifelong Learning, hosted by eucen and moderated by Matthew Weait is out!In this episode you can listen to Lyndsey El Amoud and Christelle de Beys, both members of eucen’s Steering Committee.Listen to our Podcast
 
Learning Cities and the LLL Ecosystems Webinareucen in collaboration with Volonteurope is organising a webinar to explore learning cities value and reach. Join us on Thursday 15 October at 10:00CET.Register now
 
Meet the 2026 eucen Solidarity Fund beneficiariesDiscover this year’s three institutions that have been selected to receive support through the eucen Solidarity Fund 2026.See more
 
Papers on Learning Cities initiatives  The latest number of FORM@RE is out! Read quality papers on learning cities as effective forms of knowledge transfer and community development.Read it now

LLLP Insights – Inclusion

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UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Bulletin, July 2026

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PASCAL – PTE – MELLearN Tanuló Városok – Tanuló Közösségek és Ökoszisztémák Konferencia_Pécs, 2026. szeptember 24-25.

20. PASCAL – PTE – MELLearN – CKH konferencia

Téma: Flourishing Learning City Ecosystems for Creative Circular Economies/

Helyszín: PTE – CKH – 10. Pécsi Tanuló Város Fesztivál

Rövid ismertető:

Ahogy a világ minden táján a városok arra törekszenek, hogy innovatívabbá, fenntarthatóbbá, társadalmilag és gazdaságilag virágzóbbá váljanak, a Tanuló Város koncepciója az átalakulás erőteljes keretrendszerévé vált.

Ez a konferencia tudósokat, gyakorlati szakembereket, politikai döntéshozókat és közösségi vezetőket hív meg, hogy elemezzék, milyen módon érinti az egész életen át tartó tanulás, a fenntarthatóság, a kreativitás és a jólét a tanulási ökoszisztéma formálását a közösségi tanulás és a tanuló közösségek környezetében.

Pécs szívében, a közismert Pécsi Tanuló Város Fesztivál idején megrendezett kétnapos tanácskozás kétnapos konferenciaüléseket  s egy félnapos, a városközpontban zajló helyi tanuló városi kezdeményezésekkel való intenzív ismerkedést foglal magában.

A program két plenáris előadója:

  • Prof. Dr. Heribert Hinzen, a DVV International korábbi főigazgatója, a PTE honoris causa professzora
  • Prof. Dr. hc. mult Arne Carlsen, az UNESCO UIL korábbi főigazgatója, a PTE honoris causa professzora

A konferencián 27 ország közel hetven résztvevője, közöttük számos magyar lifelong learning szakértő vizsgálja a tanuló városok és tanuló közösségek átalakulásának trendjeit, különös tekintettel a transzformatív tanulás, valamint a reziliens és fenntartható, motiváló tanulási környezet szerepére.

Műhelyek:

  1. A közösség által vezetett és generációk közötti élethosszig tartó tanulás (LLL) társadalmi előnyei

Hogyan segítik elő a közösség által vezérelt tanulási kezdeményezések a befogadást, az egyenlőséget és a társadalmi kohéziót?

Hogyan segítik elő a közösség által vezérelt tanulási kezdeményezések az innovációt a fenntartható és körforgásos gyakorlatok támogatása érdekében?

Milyen szerepet játszik a generációk közötti tanulás a rugalmas közösségek építésében?

  1. Fenntartható fejlődésért folytatott oktatás (ESD)

Hogyan ágyazhatják be a tanuló városok a fenntarthatóságot a formális, nem formális és informális oktatásba?

Melyek a hatékony modellek az ESD integrálására a várostervezésbe és -politikába?

  1. Gazdasági és digitális innováció a tanuló városokban (munka alapú tanulási vonatkozásokkal)

Hogyan támogatják a digitális eszközök és platformok az élethosszig tartó tanulást és a munkaerő fejlesztését?

Milyen következményei vannak a mesterséges intelligencia, az automatizálás és a digitális átalakulásnak a városi tanulási ökoszisztémákra nézve?

  1. Teljes körű „STEAM” előre: A művészetek beépítése a STEM-be

Hogyan segítheti elő a művészetek STEM-oktatásba való integrálása a kreativitást és az innovációt a városokban?

Milyen szerepet játszanak a kulturális intézmények és a kreatív iparágak a tanuló városokban?

  1. Jóllét és virágzás a tanuló városi terekben

Hogyan segítik elő a tanuló városok a mentális egészséget, a jóllétet és az emberi virágzást?

Milyen szerepet játszik a kreativitás és az innováció az egészség és a jóllét előmozdításában?ű

Milyen összefüggések vannak a tanulás, a boldogság és az életminőség között a városi környezetben?

weblink:

Joint Learning Cities Conference 2026 – PASCAL International Observatory

Opus et Educatio Hírlevél 7&8

Now in ELM: Resilience for job seekers, digital tools for adult education

Dear ELM reader,  
 
  Resilience takes many forms. This month, we explore the confidence needed to re-enter the job market. Cecilia Forsythe of Adult Learning Wales shares how resilience and confidence-building are shaping employability courses. We’re also featuring Margherita Pina of the University of Macerata in our “Young Voices” series, reflecting on integrating AI and digital tools into adult education. We hope you find these articles an interesting read. Katriina Palo-Närhinen
Editor-in-Chief  
 
    Ok for wp crop 3 dwp 2   Welsh organisations offer training in employability skills, which may also include a focus on building learners’ confidence and assertiveness. Photo: ALW. Teaching resilience as an employability skill in Wales Adult Learning Wales embeds resilience skills in its employability courses, providing jobseekers with a range of “soft skills” alongside the nuts and bolts of job hunting. “When employability courses are focused on the learners’ resilience and confidence building, they’re better attended and the learners are more engaged,” says Cecilia Forsythe, Curriculum Development Coordinator at Adult Learning Wales.   Read the article  
 
    Ok for wp margherita pina img 0847   “Digital tools can transform education into an immersive and inclusive experience,” says Margherita Pina. Photo: Andrea Capone. Margherita Pina: “We need conscious integration of digital tools in adult learning” “I am passionate about the digital transformation of training contexts. My aim is to integrate AI in education in a comfortable and sustainable way, overcoming the fears that come with this process of change,” says Margherita Pina, a Research Fellow at the University of Macerata in Italy. The ELM series “Young Voices” highlights the perspectives of the next generation shaping adult education across Europe.   Read the article  
 
    Ok omakuva pallo ok1     Looking for young adults for ELM’s “Young voices” series Would you be interested in being interviewed for our “Young Voices” series?
These Q&A-style interviews are conducted via email, making it easy to share your thoughts and experiences. We are seeking young adults, professionals and practitioners, as well as master’s and doctoral students.  If a colleague or friend comes to mind who would be a good fit, we would also appreciate any recommendations or introductions. Contact us at: elm@kvs.fi Katriina Palo-Närhinen
Editor-in-Chief  
 
    Cropattu pauline andan 7yavepdv6is unsplash   Photo: Pauline Andan on Unsplash. Follow the journals in adult education – explore a curated list Stay up to date with the latest research in adult education and lifelong learning. Explore leading academic journals that shape the field and dive into ideas that inspire change.   Browse the journals  
 
 
    Ok for ig 2026 img 7675     Summer greetings from ELM Magazine! As summer unfolds, we want to wish all our readers a peaceful and rejuvenating season, wherever this message finds you under the blue sky. We’ll be back in August with new articles on resilience, ahead of our Community-Based Learning theme this autumn – we look forward to reconnecting with you! Warm wishes,
ELM Magazine Editorial team

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Kedves Kollégák, 

megjelent az IPSZIN – Ifjú Pszichológiai és Neveléstudományi Folyóirat legújabb száma, ajánlom szeretettel!

Webinar “Challenge-Based Learning – European University Alliances Perspectives” (11 September)

ECIU University Challenge-Based Learning webinar

Dear partners,

We hope this email finds you well.

We would like to invite you to participate in the webinar “Challenge-Based Learning – European University Alliances Perspectives”, organised by ECIU University (European Consortium of Innovative Universities), taking place on 11 September at 12:00 CEST.

EUGLOH has been featured by ECIU as an inspiring example in its recent policy paper on Challenge-Based Learning and Future Skills, particularly through the EUGLOH Living Labs initiative, as part of Work Package 4, which places CBL at the core of the Alliance’s educational strategy.

The webinar will bring together Challenge-Based Learning experts, policymakers, higher education leaders, students and external stakeholders, fostering a shared reflection on the role of Challenge-Based Learning in developing future skills and shaping the transformation of European higher education.

We would greatly appreciate your support in disseminating this initiative within your networks and communities.

For further information on the programme and registration, please visit the following link: https://www.eciu.eu/news/join-the-eciu-university-webinar-on-challenge-based-learning.

Kind regards,
The EUGLOH Team at U.Porto

LLLP Insights – Teachers & Trainers

European LLL Platform hírválogatása:

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[EPALE newsletter] The Human Measure

Dear EPALE members,

Recently, I came across a social media campaign called Human-made. In its posts, various well-known people talk about the importance of things created by real people amid the synthetic noise of generative AI.

In the age of artificial intelligence, „human-made” has quickly shifted from simply meaning „not naturally occurring” to becoming a premium marker of authenticity, labour and intent. At the same time, it is already creating a market for „human-washing”: machine-generated content, tools and even deepfakes designed to appear more human than they really are.

But what exactly is the value of human-made? If large language models were trained to write books that felt distinctly creative and meaningful, would those books be any less valuable? And why are we often selective about what should and should not be replaced by machines? Manual and routine work has already been transformed by automation, yet many assume that creative or knowledge-based work necessarily deserves special protection.

(I won’t even get into the irony of craving more human-produced things while collectively training AI systems to reproduce the very patterns we recognise as uniquely ours. This contradiction may itself be one of the most recognisably human traits.)

Perhaps the more important question is this: in a world where text, images, music and even conversation can increasingly be replicated, what are the things we should really hold close?

I suspect the answer lies less in finished products than in the processes that produce meaning: shared interpretation, collective judgement, and the emotional and social structures through which we make sense of the world.

While technology may imitate expression, should it also enter the spaces where we decide together how to live? It cannot experience loneliness, nor the deep social sense of belonging. It cannot take responsibility for a community, engage in civic action, or negotiate differences in pursuit of a shared future.

The future challenge for adult learning is not simply preparing people to work alongside intelligent machines. It is ensuring that people remain capable of shaping the societies, workplaces and communities in which they are deployed.

Heini Huhtinen – EPALE Adult Learning Expert

Heini Huhtinen.

EPALE Resource Kit – Beyond the Skills Gap

EPALE Resource Kit - Beyond the Skills Gap.

The adult skills crisis in Europe is very real, but are we asking the right questions about it? The first EPALE Resource Kit of 2026 builds on this year’s thematic focus of Skills for Quality Jobs and Lives and goes a step further. It brings together a selection of pieces published on EPALE at the start of the year to present a unified argument: the way we frame the skills gap influences – and sometimes limits – the solutions we envisage. The kit addresses the structural barriers that prevent millions of adults from learning, the impact of AI on the concept of basic skills, and the policy response now emerging across Europe. Rather than offering easy answers, it provides a sharper set of questions for practitioners, policymakers and anyone working at the intersection of adult learning and social change.

Download the kit!

AI impacts the labour market – What does it mean for adult learning?

AI impacts the labour market - What does it mean for adult learning?.

In a digitalising economy, who gets hired and who quietly disappears from the talent pool? Drawing on recent analysis from the OECD and Cedefop, this article demonstrates how unequal learning opportunities can accumulate over a lifetime, and how digitalisation could restrict recruitment at a time when demand for AI-related and hybrid skills is growing. This would push those who would benefit most from new opportunities further to the margins. A human-centred transition is the way forward: learning ecosystems that connect education, work and guidance, and which do not leave any group behind. This is because the future of work depends less on the technology itself than on how we respond to it.

Read more!

EPALE Podcast: Rethinking Civic Education

EPALE Podcast: Rethinking Civic Education.

Where does democracy actually get practised and what happens to the places where it doesn’t? At a time of growing pressure and division across Europe, we explore why civic education remains surprisingly hard to define, the challenges facing a sector squeezed by shifting funding priorities, and the rise of „civic deserts”: areas, often rural, where civil society infrastructure is sparse or absent. The conversation also takes an unexpected turn: towards the workplace. As one of the few remaining spaces where people with different backgrounds and opinions still meet regularly, the workplace may hold untapped potential for dialogue, disagreement, and democratic practice, and civic educators are starting to take notice.

Listen to the podcast!

The Loneliness of 10,000 Followers: On Belonging, Community, and the Difference That Matters

The Loneliness of 10,000 Followers: On Belonging, Community, and the Difference That Matters.

Ten thousand followers won’t make you feel less lonely. So what will? In this piece Saskia Eschenbacher draws on Peter Block, Robert Putnam and transformative learning theory to unpick a distinction that matters more than ever: between audience and community, consumers and citizens, visibility and belonging. Social media promises connection at scale – wide, shallow, algorithmically curated – but belonging, the article argues, doesn’t scale. It is built slowly, reciprocally, in small groups and real conversations, through questions that are uncomfortable precisely because they shift us from blame to co-authorship. For adult educators, the implication is quietly radical: the work that matters most may not be delivering content, but creating the conditions where belonging becomes possible.

Read more!