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Join us on August 29th as we share insights and examples from around Africa

September 8th is International Literacy Day and to celebrate MOJA is hosting a webinar to acknowledge the key role that literacy plays in adult education.

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Speakers:

1. The importance of literacy in adult education - Bassirou KEBE (Director of the Association for the Development of Social Education (ADES) Senegal)
2. Use of Mother Tongues in Adult Education Programmes - Said Errakib (General Secretary of the Moroccan Forum for Lifelong Learning)
3. Integrated Adult Education - José Mucuapa (Country Director, DVV International Mozambique)

Date: 29 August 2023

Time: 14:00 – 15:30 (SAST)

15:00 - 16:30 (EAT), 13:00 - 14:30 (NAT), 12:00 -13:30 (WAT)

The world as we know it is not sustainable. To change these realities, we need to dig deep to the very roots of Western thinking – this is a big story of alternative worldmaking at every level. This includes how we live, work, produce and distribute food, water, and energy.

This set of two participatory workshops encourages us to rebuild understandings of the inter-connectedness of everything so that we reignite relationships with one another and the planet. Instead of continuing to exploit the natural world we nurture and sustain it.

Through dialogue we will question: how and why did we lose our connectivity, our kinship with other living beings, our own embodiedness; and how do we unlearn separation and relearn relationality? As educators and activists, how do we generate a pluriverse of possibilities?

Workshop One will focus on Relearning kinship ethics – this is based on understanding the shift from modernity to relationality;

Workshop Two will focus on Composting Modernity, using past values and ethics to ‘compost’ practical possibilities for transformative practice.

• Dates: 14 September and 5 October 2023
• Time: PST 10h00; SAST 19h00
• Length: 2 hours

The workshops will be led by Dr Elizabeth Lange, author of the inspiring book (2023), Transformative Sustainability Education: Reimagining our Future. This book lays out the principles and practices of transformative sustainability education using a relational way of thinking and being.

We invite you to commit to both workshops and register in advance:

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIkce-prjkiHN1Lwmb-IaFAK1aYafKMuv2b

Background:

This Teach-In series is a continuation of the PIMA webinars on Climate Justice Education which have run since 2020 in collaboration with the Canadian Association for Studies in Adult Education (CASAE), Adult Learning Australia (ALA), Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in Education of Adults (SCUTREA), and MOJA African Adult Education Network. The webinars have fed into two special editions of the PIMA Bulletin 39 (Nov 21), 45 (Jan 23) January 2023 Bulletin TOC | PIMA Network - they both provide useful background to the Teach-In.

For more information, contact: Shirley Walters, PIMA Climate Justice Education - ferris@iafrica.com

The following Canon Collins Trust Scholarships are open in August

University of London LLM Scholarships

Canon Collins Trust invites applications for scholarships to study for the Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma and/or the Master of Laws (LLM) by distance learning at the University of London in 2024. Applicants can start at any level, and do not need to complete the whole programme. For example, applicants can start at Postgraduate Certificate level and work their way through to the LLM, or can stop after completing the PG Certificate. Applicants who have completed an LLB degree may start at LLM level, skipping the PG Certificate and Diploma.

https://canoncollins.org/scholarships/uol-llm-scholarships/

Canon Collins Sol Plaatje Scholarships

Canon Collins Trust in partnership with Sol Plaatje Educational Project invite applications for the postgraduate study in South Africa 2024. We will provide funding for up to a maximum of two years for Masters and three years for PhD. Continued funding depends upon satisfactory progress and academic reports.

In 2024, we will be making awards only to those studying in three areas:

1. Justice, which includes Climate Justice, Law, Economics and Politics
2. Education policy and practice
3. Humanities, which includes Literature, History, Anthropology and the Arts

Please only apply if your programme of study falls into one of these disciplines.

Interdisciplinary courses and doctoral studies may sometimes defy easy categorisation. Applicants are urged to use their judgement in assessing whether to apply. But applications that clearly do not fall within these areas (for example MBAs, medical sciences, sports sciences and applied sciences) will not be considered for an award.

In 2024, climate justice will be a priority. Climate Justice related scholarship applications may be in a science or applied science field as long as the application can demonstrate its relevance to climate justice related matters.

https://canoncollins.org/scholarships/canon-collins-sol-plaatje-scholarships

Canon Collins RMTF Scholarships for Postgraduate Study

Canon Collins Trust in partnership with Ros Moger and Terry Furlong group invite applications for the postgraduate study in South Africa 2024. Ros and Terry were inspirational London educationalists. Since 2001 friends and family have raised funds in their memory to award scholarships in their name. More information about the history of the RMTF scholarships is here.

Canon Collins Trust in partnership with RMTF seek to support exceptional individuals who are committed to social justice in southern Africa and for whom a postgraduate qualification is an essential tool in working to create an open and just society.

In 2024, we will be making awards only to those studying in three areas:

1. Justice, which includes Climate Justice, Law, Economics and Politics
2. Education policy and practice
3. Humanities, which includes Literature, History, Anthropology and the Arts

Please only apply if your programme of study falls into one of these disciplines.

Interdisciplinary courses and doctoral studies may sometimes defy easy categorisation. Applicants are urged to use their judgement in assessing whether to apply. But applications that clearly do not fall within Justice, Education or Humanities (for example MBAs, economics, medical sciences, sports sciences, applied sciences) will not be considered for an award.

We will provide funding for up to a maximum of two years for Masters and three years for PhD. Continued funding depends upon satisfactory progress and academic reports.

https://canoncollins.org/scholarships/canon-collins-rmtf-scholarships-for-postgraduate-study/

The annual LITASA conference is the premier platform for those working in the literacy sector to connect, share knowledge and learn from each other.

Join us for a thought-provoking webinar focused on the transformative power of adult education for women.

During the webinar, researcher Simone Gastl will share her research that examines the ways in which women are empowered through learning. We will explore the benefits of women's education on personal, community, and national development, while also shedding light on the barriers often encountered in this process. (English/French)

SPEAKER: SIMONE GASTL

DATE: 25 JULY 2023

HEURE: 14:00 – 15:30 (SAST) 15:00 - 16:30 (EAT)

A youth-led organization called Kuyenda Collective will be sharing some insights on what equitable education financing really means, as well as the barriers, an enablers to effective funding of education programmes.

To join the webinar, kindly register using this link:

https://lnkd.in/dpsuRYnR #webinar

#education #funding #youthempowerment #youngentrepreneurs

Adult education worldwide is a field within education that is challenged by very diverse societal and political conditions and is overall still much less acknowledged and structured than school education. A research project from Universität Hamburg (Germany), Rutgers University (USA) and University of Technology Sydney (Australia) has examined the state of Adult Learning and Education (ALE) in eight selected countries: Australia, Brazil, India, Jordan, South Africa, Kyrgyzstan, Thailand and Ukraine through interviews with expert informants in each of these countries. The study was initiated in 2022 by DVV International (Institut für Internationale Zusammenarbeit des Deutschen Volkshochschul-Verbandes e.V.) and funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.

In this webinar we will have the chance to share our findings and get into discussions together.

Based on the agreement with The World Academy of Sciences for the Advancement of Science in De-veloping Countries (TWAS), the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Founda-tion) draws the attention of researchers at German research institutions to the possibility of inviting early-career researchers of all disciplines from sub-Saharan African countries to spend three months at their institution in Germany for the purpose of research and cooperation.

The DFG pays the host institution a monthly lump sum of €2,350 to cover the guest’s maintenance costs and visa expenses. In addition, the guest’s flight and rail costs to and from the institution are re-imbursed up to an amount of €1,350. The host institution can receive up to €700 per month in funding to cover direct project costs such as material and laboratory costs.

The requirements for proposal submission on the part of the visiting researchers are as follows:

• They must be from a sub-Saharan African country
• They must be engaged in research activity at a university or research institution in a sub-Saharan African country
• They must not have obtained their doctorate before the year 2018. Visiting researchers with children must have obtained their doctorate no earlier than two years earlier per child (maxi-mum six years in total).
• They must not be currently engaged in any activity in Germany or ongoing research with the host institution.
• The DFG funding instrument Initiation of International Collaboration is available for repeat stays, especially with the aim of developing joint research projects (see link under “Further In-formation”)

Proposals must be submitted to TWAS by visiting researchers by no later than 6 September 2023. The proposal must also include an official invitation issued by the host institution that specifies the research topic of the cooperation (not a project proposal) and contains information on the infrastruc-ture that will be made available to the guest.

Prior to extending the invitation, hosts are asked to ensure that scientific cooperation with the guest offers sufficient potential. In the case of approval, the host institution is to support the visiting re-searcher in organising their stay, for example in booking flights and finding accommodation.

The DFG explicitly welcomes proposal submissions by researchers of all genders and sexual identities, from different ethnic, cultural, religious, ideological and social backgrounds, at different career stages, types of higher education institution and research institution, as well as by researchers with disabilities or chronic illnesses.

Further information

Link to the TWAS-DFG Cooperation Visits Programme and all proposal documents required by the TWAS:

• Externer Linkhttps://twas.org/opportunity/twas-dfg-cooperation-visits-programme

Link to the DFG funding instrument Initiation of International Collaboration:

• Interner Linkwww.dfg.de/bilateral_cooperation

Link to the Information sheet for the host institution in Germany

• Link auf PDF-Dateiwww.dfg.de/download/pdf/dfg_im_profil/internationales/afrika/ twas_information_sheet_host_institution_en.pdf

You can view and access the DFG’s data protection notice on research funding at:

• Interner Linkwww.dfg.de/en/service/privacy_policy

If necessary, please also forward this information to those individuals whose data will be processed by the DFG due to their involvement in your project.

Contact at the DFG, International Affairs:

• Link auf E-Mailtwas-dfg-programme@dfg.de