FERRN meeting

Here's some notes from the latest FERRN meeting. A couple of recent research and policy papers are included which may be worth discussing at EDDG.

1. The winter seminar will be on the 4th December and the keynote speaker will be John Field, from Stirling university. He has completed a paper on lifelong learning , well-being and happiness, which basically examines whether lifelong learning leads to ‘happiness’. More information on him at http://crll.gcal.ac.uk/staff_details.php?ID=19. Perhaps this could be a discussion topic for EDDG ?
2. In the afternoon we will be examining the issues around ethics and ethical approval for research in colleges. That was in response to raising the issue from our research group.
3. Anne Gillen fedback on a policy report by Tom Schuller: http://www.niace.org.uk/news/learning-through-life and again this may be worth discussing at EDDG
4. This year’s ‘What’s Next ?’ conference, hosted by Scotlands’ Colleges is on Tuesday 24th of November. Anne Gillen really recommended the keynote speaker, saying he was one of the most inspirational speakers she had heard : http://www.sfeu.ac.uk/innovationconference
“The day will end with our Inspirational Speaker and this year we are delighted to welcome Dr. Sanford C. "Sandy" Shugart, president of Valencia Community College, Florida, one of the USA's largest and most celebrated two-year colleges. Valencia is particularly well regarded for its learning centred approach and its economic development programmes. Sandy is also a published poet and songwriter and has been described as a ‘renaissance man'. He is able to blend his artistic and college work to inspirational effect.”