The second episode of this special series will bring you insights into lifelong and life-wide learning ecosystems!

This special episode brings you the first webinar series jointly organised by the Lifelong Learning Platform and the Springer’s International Handbook of Lifelong Learning. Dubbed "Research Meets Practice", this series presents cutting-edge research on lifelong learning to an interested audience. The first webinar took place on 23 May 2024 titled "Lifelong Learning in the Axis of Socio-Political and Economic Environments" and it tackles the global implications for work-based learning in platform economies.

With Mayri Tiido we explain what green skills are and why they are vital for a green transition!

In a conversation with Maurice de Greef, UNESCO Chair on Adult Education, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, we dive into skills, competences and the way to validate them. 

The year opens up with a special episode! Recorded during the LLLP events for the Learning Planet Festival, this conversation between Andrea, Marta nd Borhene addresses "Public funding and lifelong learning for sustainability", with grassroots examples and suggestions for participatory policy design. 

The life and wellbeing of a learner start before they are born! With Dominic Richardson, Chief of Social and Economic Policy at UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, we ask ourselves where are public investment needed in this sector. 

An insightful chat with Rossella Bendetti, from the European Trade Union Committee for Education, to discuss the role of teachers in keeping education a public good. 

Matteo Vespa, President of the European Students' Union, makes the case for higher education and particularly students' unions' role in advocating for more and better investment in educatoin and training. This episode is part of LLLP's campaign on Invest in Education and Training: A Public Good for All. 

With all the buzz on the Conference on the Future of Europe, we asked Elisa Gambardella, a representative of civil society that sits in the Conference Plenary, to walk us through it. What are the goals, what's been happening since the launch and - most of all - what can citizens still do?

In 2021, the LLLPlatform dedicated most of its efforts to analysing the relationship between assessment methods and leaners' wellbeing. To sum up the multiple debates and conversations, we asked Prof Lia Daniels her take on this theme. Spoiler: yes, there is a link!