Towards a Lifelong Learning Society in Europe

From January 29-31, St Patrick’s College hosted a project meeting for the research project LLL2010- Towards a Lifelong Learning Society in Europe: the Contribution of the Education System under the European Commission’s 6th Framework Research Programme.

The participating institutions for this five year project are from Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, Belgium, Hungary, Lithuania, Norway, The Russian Federation, Scotland and Slovenia, with the Educational Disadvantage Centre in St Patrick’s College being the Irish consortium member.  The project focuses on the contribution of the education system to the process of making lifelong learning a reality for all and its role as a potential agent for social inclusion within Europe.

The Educational Disadvantage Centre is responsible for coordinating subproject 5 across all the countries, a subproject focusing on developing systemic change to promote access to education for traditionally disadvantaged groups in each of these societies.  Dr Pauric Travers, President of St Patrick's College, spoke at the opening of the project meeting to welcome all the participants.

 

 

 

Last Updated: Wednesday February 11 2009