Hello all

I would contribute £10-20 to any one of us who was
willing to go by train / inter-rail; anyone else?

Andy

--- Mark Levene <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Crisis Forumers
> thought I'd send this one on too, before I forget...hope the
> attachments
> don't clog up your computers
> Elements of this sound close to part of our own agenda. Of course,
> it rather
> cuts across our discussion about travel and carbon emissions. I
> won't be
> going. But I wonder if any of you might want to consider it on our
> behalf?
> (cheap flight the huge irony involved, or not??)
> mark 
> 
> 
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> From: "Castro, Santiago" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:41:08 +0200
> To: <[log in to unmask]>, <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [most-shs] Invitation and call for papers
> 
> Dear Sir/Madam, 
> 
> The German Commission for UNESCO and the University of Lüneburg¹s
> Institute
> for Environmental Communication cordially invite you to the
> inauguration of
> the UNESCO Chair in ³Higher Education for Sustainable Development²,
> which is
> to take place as part of an international academic conference,
> running from
> 
> 25th ­ 27th September
> 
> at the University of Lüneburg. The Conference is an important part
> of
> Germany¹s contribution to the United Nations¹ World Decade of
> ³Education for
> Sustainable Development² (2005-2014). The aim of the Decade is to
> make
> sustainability a key element in educational processes ­ including
> higher
> education. 
> 
> The Institute for Environmental Communication at the University of
> Lüneburg
> will this year be awarded the UNESCO Chair in ³Higher Education for
> Sustainable Development². The UNESCO Chair Programme was initiated
> in 1991,
> in order to promote international cooperation in higher education
> and to
> integrate UNESCO¹s objectives into research and teaching. A major
> part of
> this programme has been an emphasis on bringing higher education
> institutions from the South into an international network. At the
> Conference, the University of Lüneburg¹s Institute for
> Environmental
> Communication aims to focus on this idea of an international
> network, and
> strengthen cooperation between higher education institutions on
> issues
> involving higher education and sustainability.
> 
> Within the scope of the Conference ³Higher Education for
> Sustainable
> Development: New Challenges from a Global Perspective², current
> problems and
> experiences arising in the context of academic discourse on
> education for
> sustainable development are to be discussed and developed. The
> central focus
> of the Conference is to include issues surrounding teaching in
> higher
> education, the production of knowledge and intercultural teaching
> and
> learning. We would be delighted if you would be able to make a
> contribution
> to the Conference on your area of expertise.
> 
> All institutions which follow principles or programmes aiming to
> integrate
> sustainability into higher education teaching are invited to
> present their
> experiences and research results on the theme. Presentations should
> be
> focused on one of the following areas:
> 
> 1. Sustainability in Learning and Teaching
> 
> Getting the theme of sustainability across brings new challenges
> for
> teaching and learning. Promoting key skills is the central issue in
> this
> area. New, participatory forms of teaching, such as team teaching
> with an
> increased component of project work, are as much in demand as new
> methods.
> New Media, in the form of virtual learning environments, E-learning
> or
> blended-learning approaches, have taken on a particular importance.
> 2. Production and Transfer of New Knowledge
> In a constantly changing world, higher education institutions are
> taking on
> an important role in the production and transfer of new knowledge.
> This
> requires inter- and transdisciplinary teaching and research
> methods,
> alongside a search for new strategies and alliances with
> non-academic
> cooperation partners.
> 
> 3. Intercultural and Global Learning
> 
> Higher Education for Sustainable Development does not only require
> new
> methods and forms of learning, but the content itself also requires
> reorientation and a comprehensive change of perspective.
> Sustainable
> solutions for the ever more complex problems of today¹s world call
> for
> cooperation and exchange between industrial countries and the
> countries of
> the Southern Hemisphere. Intercultural and global approaches play a
> central
> role in this respect, as do aspects of ³Managing Diversity².
> 
>  
> 
> Workshops taking place in parallel are to bring out as many
> examples of
> education for sustainable development as possible, in short
> presentations,
> in order to provide a forum allowing participants to learn
> intensively from
> each other and with each other. Experiencing Œbest practice¹ and
> learning
> Œbest practice¹ is to be the motto of this Conference. The results
> of the
> Conference shall be documented and go towards an English-language
> publication. On the basis of the Conference, an international
> network is to
> be set up, under the name HES ­ Higher Education for
> Sustainability.
> 
> We therefore invite you to make a contribution on one of the three
> workshop
> themes, thus playing a part in the success of the Conference and
> participating in the planned Network. We would be grateful if you
> would be
> able to respond by the
> 
> 20th July 2005, 
> 
> stating whether you are to take part in the Conference, and send us
> a short
> abstract (max. 150 words) of your contribution to one of the
> Workshops
> ([log in to unmask]). If you make a presentation to the
> conference,
> we shall reimburse your travel costs (a cheap flight) and take care
> of your
> accommodation and board during the Conference.
> 
> We would be delighted to receive a positive response to our
> invitation.
> 
> Yours faithfully, 
> 
> 
> 
> Dr. Roland
> Bernecker                                                   Prof.
> Dr. Gerd Michelsen 
> 
> General Secretary of
> the                                                
>           Head of the Institute for Environmental German UNESCO
> Commission                                         Communication
>                                                                    
        
>       at the University of Lüneburg
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