In today’s ever-changing world, teachers and educators are tasked with a range of complex and evolving responsibilities, navigating significant shifts in both society and education. In addition to ...

Hironobu Shindo (The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Education) reflects on his experiences visiting around 100 museums in Europe during his time as a visiting researcher at UIL. Here, he ...

Building on the experiences in Germany and in UNESCO learning cities around the world, a workshop series, hosted by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning and the Federal Ministry of Education and ...

Based on human rights and fundamental freedoms, the 2005 Convention ultimately provides a new framework for informed, transparent and ...

The seven articles featured in this special issue challenge dominant humanitarian and neoliberal education frameworks through decolonial, Global South-oriented and community-driven perspectives. They ...

Hamburg, 19 January 2017 – 16 cities from around the globe will receive the UNESCO Learning City Award this year. The award will be conferred on the cities during the third International Conference on ...

At the Seventh International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VII), the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) internationally launched its publication Making Lifelong Learning a Reality ...

The policy seeks to address a range of current educational challenges, including: A lack of quality early childhood education and care, in particular with reference to children from socio-economically ...

The Ministry of Justice of Brazil introduced a law in 2012 enabling prisoners to reduce their sentences by reading books. The law is based on the Criminal Enforcement Act, approved in 1984, which ...

The new issue of the International Review of Education – Journal of Lifelong Learning marks the centenary of Paulo Freire’s birth – a significant anniversary for scholars of education, as well as for ...

As we mark International Day of Education, Daniel Baril looks back at the Montreal International Conference on Education in Prison in a UIL Blog post, presenting an inspiring vision for the future of ...

Laos’s Decree on Lifelong Learning aims to enable all Lao citizens to access learning opportunities to advance their level of education, knowledge, vocational and professional capabilities; develop ...