HERC to Host 48th EUCEN Conference

HERC is delighted to host the 48th Annual Conference of the European Universities Continuing Education Network (EUCEN) in DCU on June 1st-3rd, 2016.

EUCEN is a network of over 180 university and higher-education institutions from 35 different countries. It aims to foster universities' influence in the development of lifelong-learning knowledge and policies throughout Europe, and to contribute to the social, economic and cultural life of Europe through the promotion and advancement of lifelong learning within higher education institutions in Europe and elsewhere.

2016 Conference: Crossing borders through Lifelong Learning: Enhancing Quality and Equity in Higher Education.

Lifelong Learning programmes provide bridges for adult students who wish to enter higher education, particularly those from under-represented groups. This conference will contribute to a dialogue across Europe on crossing different types of borders- geographic, disciplinary, institutional and generational- with a view to improving access to higher education for new groups of students. The conference will be of interest to those involved in promoting and supporting access to higher education including researchers, policy makers, administrators and teachers working in higher and adult education.

Participants will be invited to contribute papers, workshops and posters many of which will be published in conference proceedings.

More detials will be posted on the EUCEN website shortly.