Issue 10/2026October 2026Welcome to eucen’s monthly bulletin! October at eucen: Lifelong learning, new insights and a Barcelona meeting!
The countdown is on! In less than three weeks, we will welcome the eucen community to Barcelona for our 2026 Autumn Seminar, with more than 90 registrations already received. There is still time to join us, but registration will close soon, so don’t miss this opportunity to exchange ideas, explore new perspectives and connect with colleagues around The Two Faces of ULLL: Employability and Social Mission in a Changing Europe. This month, we also share new insights from the MESHE Transversal Analysis on learners’ motivations and challenges, bring you the latest episode of Voices of Lifelong Learning featuring the finalists of the SAMUELE ULLL Awards 2026, and reflect on the role of universities in Learning Cities and their ecosystems. Meanwhile, our Steering Committee met in Istanbul to shape eucen’s future priorities, and we continued sharing European expertise on microcredentials with colleagues at Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira in Colombia. Read on for this month’s news, ideas and opportunities. We hope to see many of you in Barcelona very soon to celebrate the closing of eucen’s 35th anniversary year together! 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. The countdown for the eucen Autumn Seminar 2026 has started!In less than three weeks we will be welcoming our participants in Barcelona. More than 90 registrations for a two-day seminar. Exciting! If you have not registered yet, do not delay: Now is the moment.
 
Learners’ motivations and challenges – the MESHE analysisDiscover the MESHE Transversal Analysis, exploring what makes microcredentials valuable and accessible for adult learners. Drawing on evidence from across Europe, it identifies key barriers and recommendations for more inclusive, learner-centred microcredentials. 
Voices of Lifelong Learning, episode #8 Episode 8 of eucen’s podcast series, Voices of Lifelong Learning, hosted by eucen and moderated by Matthew Weait is out!In this episode we return to SAMUELE and interview the authors of the 3 finalist case studies for the 2026 SAMUELE ULLL Awards
 
eucen’s commitment to Lifelong Learning Cities and their ecosystems eucen‘s webinar in collaboration with Volonteurope was held on 15 October. The keynote speakers, Edith Hammer and Denis Barrett presentations shed light to the topic and open the discussion about why these initiatives are important, how civil society can benefit and where ULLL fits into these ecosystems.
eucen Steering Committee meets in Istanbul to shape the road ahead Two days of open conversation, shared ideas and teamwork: the eucen Steering Committee gathered in Istanbul for its 2026 Strategic Workshop.
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International Journal of Lifelong Education