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July 2014
'Adult Learning In Modern Societies' Published by Edward Elgar

'Adult Learning In Modern Societies' Published by Edward Elgar

Description
The first book in the eduLIFE Lifelong Learning series, 'Adult Learning In Modern Societies', has just been published by Edward Elgar. This book will be of great use to both academics and policymakers with an interest in adult learning, sociology, education and inequality, and the economics of work.
Date:
15/07/2014
June 2014
Report on the 5th eduLIFE workshop on secondary education (22nd-23rd May 2014)

Report on the 5th eduLIFE workshop on secondary education (22nd-23rd May 2014)

Description
This, the 5th workshop of the eduLIFE project, launched phase 3 which examines how the organization of secondary education in modern school systems affects educational and social inequalities in early life.
Date:
17/06/2014
May 2014
Workshop on Selection, Choice and Causal Interpretations

Workshop on Selection, Choice and Causal Interpretations

Description
This workshop by Prof. Dr. Götz Rohwer (19th and 20th of May) provides an introduction to functional models as a formal (statistical) framework for thinking about causal interpretations of social processes.
Date:
06/05/2014
March 2014
Economic Crisis and the Quality of Work, 22nd of April

Economic Crisis and the Quality of Work, 22nd of April

Description
Prof. Duncan Gallie (University of Oxford - Nuffield College) will talk about the way in which the economic crisis affected the development of skills, as well as its implications for job control, work intensity, job security and wider social integration.
Date:
31/03/2014
PIAAC International Introductory Database Training, 14/15 of April

PIAAC International Introductory Database Training, 14/15 of April

Description
Ralph Carstens (IEA Data Processing and Research Center) will lead a workshop on the statistical complexities involved in using international large-scale assessment databases such as PIAAC, the data structure of PIAAC, and software currently available to take into account statistical and data complexities of the PIAAC database.
Date:
31/03/2014
The Rise and Limits of the Education State: States, Markets, and Societies

The Rise and Limits of the Education State: States, Markets, and Societies

Description
On the 13th of May 2014, Prof. Ansgar Weymann discusses how the status of education as a prerogative of the Western nation-state has been reduced in the face of non-Western globalization, and what this means for Europe.
Date:
05/03/2014
5th EduLIFE Workshop announced at the European University Institute

5th EduLIFE Workshop announced at the European University Institute

Description
The 5th eduLIFE workshop, "Differences in Secondary Education and their Short- and Longer-Term Effects on Inequalities of Educational Opportunities", will take place on the 22nd and 23rd of May, 2014.
Date:
04/03/2014
February 2014
PIAAC Lecture "Basic Competencies in Adulthood" by Prof. Beatrice Rammstedt

PIAAC Lecture "Basic Competencies in Adulthood" by Prof. Beatrice Rammstedt

Description
Results from the first round of the PIAAC comparative study will be presented with a special focus on Germany in contrast to the OECD average.
Date:
10/02/2014
Workshop on the German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS)

Workshop on the German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS)

Description
This workshop (Thursday 10 April 2014) gives an overview of the structure of the German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS), one of the largest panel studies in Europe, with a thorough life course perspective on more than 60,000 individuals.
Date:
06/02/2014
Multilevel Event History Analysis Workshop (Prof. Tenko Raykov)

Multilevel Event History Analysis Workshop (Prof. Tenko Raykov)

Description
This two day workshop (Monday 7 - Tuesday 8 April 2014) reviews how to combine event history analysis with multilevel modeling within a latent variable modeling framework using Stata.
Date:
06/02/2014
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