News Information on the eLearning Africa conference, an annual event for developing eLearning capacities in Africa www.elearning-africa.com

UIL is based in Hamburg, Germany. The Senate (government) of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg provides the Institute with premises close to the University, in a house protected as a historic monument. In February 2007 a country agreement was signed which defines the terms and conditions under which the UIL is hosted by the Federal Republic of Germany.

UIL Nexus, the elctronic newsletter of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) appears quarterly and contains concise, up-to-date news items about UIL's work.

To view the newsletter please see attachment.  You may also wish to visit UIL's website:  http://www.unesco.org/uil/index.htm

Assist Social Capital is a social enterprise that promotes best practice in social capital. By providing opportunities for people to learn more about it it facilitates the process of applying social capital in practice to improve the quality of life in our communities.

    *      Web Portal
    *      Information Database
    *      E-bulletin
    *      Networking Events (see info/news & events)

It provides a range of Social Capital Facilitation services including;

    *      Advice & Information
    *      Social Capital Profiling
    *      Training
    *      Policy Development

For more details please visit: http://www.social-capital.net/

To view the May 2008 E-Bulletin please see attachment.

Universitas 21 is an international network of 21 leading research-intensive universities in thirteen countries. Collectively, its members enrol over 650,000 students, employ over 130,000 staff and have over 2 million alumni.  Their collective budgets amount to over US$13bn and has an annual research grant income of over US$3bn.  The network's purpose is to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between the member universities and to create opportunities for them on a scale that none of them would be able to achieve operating independently or through traditional bilateral alliances.  For more details please visit:  http://www.universitas21.com/

To view  the June e-bulletin please visit:

http://www.universitas21.com/ebulletin/ebulletin0608.pdf

To view  the July e-bulletin please visit:

http://www.universitas21.com/ebulletin/ebulletin0708.pdf

To view  the August e-bulletin please visit:

http://www.universitas21.com/ebulletin/ebulletin0808.pdf

To view Issue 7 of the AEPR  (Adult Education for Poverty Reduction) e-Bulletin please visit:

http://www.gla.ac.uk/centres/cradall/docs/Poverty%20REduction/AEPR%20e-Bulletin/AEPRe-Bulletin-Feb-08vs-final.pdf

CRADALL's e-Bulletin on Adult Education for Poverty Reduction (AEPR) is published bi-monthly.

To visit the Centre please go to: 

http://www.gla.ac.uk/centres/cradall/index.shtml

The Centre for Research and Development in Adult and Lifelong Learning (CRADALL), is a new centre based in the Department of Adult and Continuing Education (DACE) within the Faculty of Education at the University of Glasgow.  Its focus is on social purpose and community based learning with a view to making a real difference concerning the role that adult education and lifelong learning can make to social justice, social inclusion and poverty reduction. 

CRADALL's e-Bulletin on Adult Education for Poverty Reduction (AEPR) is published bi-monthly.

To view the newsletter please visit:

http://www.gla.ac.uk/centres/cradall/docs/Poverty%20REduction/AEPR%20e-Bulletin/AEPRe-Bulletin-May-08-final.pdf

To visit the Centre please go to: 

http://www.gla.ac.uk/centres/cradall/index.shtml

This is a bi-monthly newsletter which reports on activities at the O'Connor Center and on upcoming activities. The Center is a regional studies and public education program at the University of Montana located in the heart of the Rockies.

To view the newsletter please visit: http://www.crmw.org/Newsletter/JuneJuly2008.htm

Other links:  www.crmw.org

Veolia Environnement launched a wide-ranging global study of urban lifestyles. The findings are the cornerstone of the Veolia Observatory of Urban Lifestyles.  To view the studies please visit:  http://www.observatoire.veolia.com/en/

September 14, 2008 will see the first in a series of Peace Intention Experiments testing the power of group intention to lower violence in areas around the world. This could be the largest scientific study in history, with hundreds of thousands of participants sending an intention for peace under highly controlled scientific conditions.  Lynne McTaggart, author of The Intention Experiment, has assembled a scientific advisory body of leaders in consciousness research, to devise a strict protocol and measure violence levels before and after the intention is sent to see if there is any effect.