Outreach Empowerment Diversity Network

 

Dr Catherine Maunsell, Acting Director of the Educational Disadvantage Centre (EDC), St. Patrick's College and Valerie McLoughlin, Administrator, participated in the initial meeting of the Outreach, Empowerment, Diversity (OED) Research Network. The European Adult Education Association (EAEA),  as coordinators of the network, hosted the initial meeting in Brussels on the 23rd and 24th January. The meeting, chaired by Gina Ebner, Director of the EAEA, was attended by representatives of the 16 partner organisations.

The OED Research Network has a broad research focus on social inclusion and active citizenship, and more particularly on increasing the active participation of marginalised groups in lifelong learning, promotion of diversity in education and empowerment of the learner’s voice. The EDC, along with the Turkish partner Hydra, will coordinate the evaluation of the project outcomes. The research has a three year timeframe January 2012 to December 2014, and will include a conference scheduled to be held in Brussels in June 2014.

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Last Updated: Tuesday January 31 2012