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GINCO webinar: All you ever wanted to know about organizing a Grundtvig course

Please feel welcome to join the GINCO webinar on Wednesday the 9th of May 2012 at 11.00 - 12.30 a.m. GMT+1 In this online seminar Renilde Reynders (Flemish National Agency) and Guy Tilkin (GINCO coordinator) will explain rules, tips and tricks about the Grundtvig IST action. This information is helpful to all those who are organizing Grundtvig courses or wish to set up such a course , or to those who wish to apply for a Grundtvig project in which a course is envisaged as one of the outcomes.

Webinar on course quality

Please feel welcome to join the first GINCO webinar on Monday the 16th of January, 11.00h . In this webinar Jaap van Lakerveld will explain some GINCO quality tools. These tools are helpful to those who wish to set up a Grundtvig course, or those who wish to apply for a Grundtvig project in which a course is envisaged as one of the eventual outcomes.

Publication book: 'National pathways and European Dimensions of Trainers’ Professional Development'

In one of the international projects PLATO is involved in, a book has been published that deals with the variety of ‘educational practitioners’ in the field of lifelong learning and with their professional development.

Tertiary Higher Education for People in Mid-life (THEMP)

PLATO participates in a European study which is called 'Tertiary Higher Education for People in Mid-life' (THEMP).

GINCO news

Recently GINCO has published and spread its first newsletter. Also the second conference in Thessaloniki (Greece) is announced.

Recent international activities

During the last month PLATO played an active role at a congress on trends in in-service education in Serbia and at a conference of the school inspectorates and (in service) teacher educators in Poland.

The CLIMATE handbook has been published

This book includes many of the CLIMATE project outcomes: theory, research data, case studies, as well as tools to be used in schools.

Grundtvig International Network of Course Organisers

PLATO is currently active in the GINCO network. GINCO is a Grundtvig network existing of 21 partners who aim to create a European wide network of adult education organisations running Grundtvig courses or willing to do so in the future.

Quality framework for medical teachers

A national task force has developed a framework that covers competencies of teachers in medical education. PLATO-researcher Jacqueline Bustraan was part of this task force. The guidelines have recently been published in the journal Medical Teacher.

Honourable mention for SEALLL project

The PLATO project Self-Evaluation in Adult Lifelong Learning (SEALLL) has received an honourable mention at the International Prize from the Stichting voor Hogeschoolwerk (Foundation for Higher Educaion). Every year this prize is awarded to a Ducht organisation or institution, that uses its expertise to create innovative projects in the area of adult education on an international level.

European report on adult learning professions

PLATO and Research voor Beleid (RvB) have published the research report: Adult Learning Professions in Europe (ALPINE).