Watch our new video of Ellen Buttler, Course Director of our Initial Teacher Training (Further Education and Skills Sector) programme, talking about our brand new Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning (FE and Skills). If you're looking to get into teaching in further education and skills settings such as FE colleges, sixth forms, adult learning, prisons or work-based settings, this is the course for you.

ESREA (European Society for Research on the Education of Adults) Access, Learning Careers and Identities Network Conference 2015

25 – 27 November, 2015, University of Seville, Spain
First Call for Papers

Continuity and Discontinuity in Learning Careers: Potentials for a Learning Space in a Changing World

The last ESREA Access, Learning Careers and Identities Network Conference in 2013 had the ‘crisis’ as its theme. Two years on the economic crisis, which also has social and political consequences, is still with us and continues to be particularly dominant in the south of Europe.

In a changing world what potential learning spaces – formal and informal – can be identified to encourage adults, particularly non-traditional adults, to learn in ways which are beneficial and positive to them as well as in ways which enables them to challenge the inequalities they experience in society?

Past, Present and Future of Adult Education and Lifelong Learning at Warwick and in the UK

The University of Warwick’s 50th Celebration
Centre for Lifelong Learning Event, 6 May 2015, 2pm - 4pm
Ramphal Building (Sociology), Room 1.03

The Centre for Lifelong Learning invites you to an event to celebrate 30 years of adult education and lifelong learning at Warwick during the University’s 50th celebrations. This roundtable discussion will reflect upon the changing nature of university adult education and lifelong learning over the past three decades as well considering what the future holds for universities across the UK.

Associate Professor of the Social Work Group, Dr Christine Harrison, has put together a video introduction to the MA in Social Work for people interested in studying the course. Have a look at the video on the MA Social Work page to find out more about what the course involves, including how it prepares you for a career in Social Work, what funding is available and how to apply.

The University of Warwick has launched over £1.2million of scholarships for Taught Masters students in 2015-16. 125 awards of £10,000 per student will be available to eligible Home/EU students from under-represented groups who wish to progress from an undergraduate course for which they were charged the higher tuition fees applying since 2012-13, to a postgraduate taught masters courses starting in 2015-16.