WORKSHOP 5: Opening higher education for adults

ROOM: BELLEVUE III (Floor C)

Chair:	David Hughes, Head of Unit, The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency
Rapporteur:	Veronika Remišová, DG Education and Culture, European Commission

14.00	Welcome / Short Introduction and Overview: David Hughes, Head of Unit, The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency
14.15	SESSION 1
	The lifelong learning role of higher education institutions Ekkehard Nuissl von Rein, Scientific Director and Board member, German Institute for Adult Education, Leibniz Centre for Lifelong Learning, Germany
15.00	SESSION 2
	Flexible Learning practice Michel Feutrie, Université des Sciences et technologies de Lille, France Access to higher education for traditionally marginalised groups in Europe Catherine Maunsell, Educational Disadvantage Centre, St. Patrick's College, Dublin City University, Ireland
16.00	COFFEE
16.30	SESSION 3 Examples of good practice
	Adult learning universities in the Nordic countries Arne Carlsen, International Director, Danish School of Education, Aarhus University, Denmark Spain's University Programmes for older adults: Lifelong learning and active ageing Nuria Ruiz, International Project Manager, Permanent University of the University of Alicante, Spain Developing lifelong learning at Universities of applied sciences in The Netherlands Marijke Dashorst, STEP support, The Netherlands Zwannie Slagter, Hanze Hogeschool Groningen, The Netherlands
17.30	CONCLUSION / RECOMMENDATION
18.00	Close