skills gap – Research Podcasts

By Krissie Brighty-Glover / October 11, 2023

Learn, learn and learn again: why adult education matters

Kicking off series 3 of Let’s Go Further Joe Mcloughlin talks to John Holford (Robert Peers Professor of Adult Education Emeritus at the University of Nottingham) about the importance of adult education in society. The Centenary Commission on Adult Education, Continue Reading …

Our podcast of the month is our latest release - Generation Peace. In this podcast, Dr Michaelina Jakala from the Centre for Peace and Security at Coventry University explores case studies from a range of different countries that will challenge the way you think about the role young people play in peace and conflict. In a series of conversations with young people, practitioners and academics, Dr Jakala asks what we can learn from the experiences of child soldiers in Bosnia, from Generation 2000 – the Kurdish Millennials who’ve come of age in the aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, and from the actions of young Colombians following the signing of the 2016 Peace Agreement.