Third International UNESCO Chair Malta Seminar on Global Adult Education

On 4 and 5 November, the 3rd Global Adult Education Seminar, organised by the UNESCO Chair in Global Adult Education, took place. As in the previous two editions, this 'intimate' Seminar was held over two days in the UM Faculty of Education Boardroom. As in the previous years , a small group of 6 guests was invited to address the chosen theme. This year, the theme was Community Education.

The invited speakers, the bulk of whom were lodged at the Urban Valley Resort and Spa at Kappara, just behind the UM's Msida campus, were the following: Professor Maria Slowey, Emerita, Dublin City University, Ireland; Professor Edith Gnanadass, University of Memphis, USA, Professor Jesus Jaime Diaz, Colorado State University Pueblo, USA, Dr Maria Brown, University of Malta, Malta, Dr Sandra Vatrella, University of Naples Federico II, Italy, Dr Sehnaz Nigar Celik, Yuzuncu Yil University, Turkey.

The seminar, convened by Prof. Peter Mayo, UNESCO Chair in Global Adult Education, was officially opened by Prof. Colin Calleja, Faculty of Education Dean, who outlined the Faculty's work to date in adult education.