MOJA

Join facilitator Kwame Gad for an 8-week journey through Africa’s rich and diverse histories. From architecture and trade networks to religion, education, and daily life, this interactive course offers a decolonial lens on the continent’s cultural, social, and technological developments.

This is more than an 8 week course - it’s a community space for reflection, discussion, and challenging dominant historical narratives. Come ready to engage, learn, and connect with others committed to deepening their understanding of African history.

🗓 Starts: Tuesday 7th October

⏰ Time: 5:30 – 7:30pm (Every Tuesday)

📍 Location: Online (Zoom)

💸 Cost: Free

👉 Sign up here with your name and email: https://forms.gle/4vgBKrxCFEob...

If you have any questions or need support, feel free to contact us at: communications@racialjusticenetwork.co.uk | 07956825838

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You are warmly invited to the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning's Webinar: ‘From chalkboards to chatbots: Educating adults in the AI era’ on 3 September 2025. Taking place during 2025 Digital Learning Week, this event is part of our global webinar series, ‘Unlocking the power of lifelong learning’, bringing together stakeholders from across the globe on the first and third Wednesday of every month.

The webinar will focus on the role of artificial intelligence in adult learning and education. It will examine how AI is transforming educational practices, while also raising important ethical, social and pedagogical considerations. The session will highlight inclusive and human-centred approaches to using AI in adult education. During this webinar, we will also launch the new online course Digital Empowerment for Adult Educators in the Age of AI and Other Emerging Technologies. This course is designed to empower adult educators around the world to effectively and responsibly integrate AI into their teaching.

Programme

13:00- 13:15 - Opening Remarks

Moderator: Ms Sofia Chatzigianni, Assistant Programme Specialist, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning

• Ms Isabell Kempf, Director, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning

13:15- 14:25 - Session: Digital Empowerment for Adult Educators in the AI Age

Moderator: Ms Annapurna Ayyappan, Programme Specialist, Digital Learning, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning

• Artificial intelligence (AI), conversational agents, and generative AI: implications for adult education practice and research
  • Ms Marcella Milana, Associate Professor (Dipartimento di Scienze Umane) Università degli Studi di Verona, Italy
• Inclusive Adult Learning in the AI Era: Confronting Inequality, Fostering Critical andAnalytical Skills, and Empowering the Marginalised
  • Ms Rashidat Ibrahim, Doctoral Student, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
• Responsible Artificial Intelligence in education
  • Ms Caitlin Bentley, Senior Lecturer in AI Education, King’s College London, UK and Deputy Chair of the Responsible AI Skills Pillar, and UIL consultant
• How can AI empower education from a lifelong learning perspective
  • Mr Jun Xiao, Director of Digital Learning, Shanghai Open University, China
• Reaching youth with disability and refugees and migrants in East Africa through AI-enabled digital content delivery
  • Ms Claire Mongeau, Co-Founder and Director, M-Shule, Kenya
• Moderated QA and Course Launch

14:25- 14:30 - Closing remarks

• Ms Rakhat Zholdoshalieva, Team Leader, UIL

Further information

Hybrid capacity-building project: Digital Empowerment for Lifelong Learning Teaching and Andragogy (DELTA) Framework

French/English translation

Be part of Moja upcoming webinar as we delve into adult education traditional approaches in Africa, highlighting its historical, didactic, and forward-looking perspectives.

Presenter: Vincent Houessou, Linguist-Communicator, Language and Culture Teaching Specialist, Professor at Abomey-Calavi University- Republic of Benin, West Africa.

Date: THURSDAY, August 21st, 2025

Time: 13-14:30 (SAST/ 11-12:30 GMT

Join us for the upcoming Academic Meeting on Skills Development and Sustainable Livelihoods, hosted by Kenya, as part of our regional series grounded in Socially Engaged Scholarship. This webinar will explore innovative and practical approaches to youth livelihoods beyond the formal sector, and teaching financial literacy in Community Learning Centres (CLCs). These discussions form part of a broader collaborative agenda set by countries in East and Southern Africa, focusing on three regional priority areas.

Who should attend?

This session open to educators, researchers, policy-makers, community development practitioners, and anyone committed to advancing inclusive, community-based learning and sustainable development.

Date: 14 August 2025

Time: 14:00 – 15:30 (SAST) / 15:00 - 16:30 (EAT)

THE POLYCRISIS OF THE POLITICAL ECONOMY, ITS CRITIQUE AND ALTERNATIVES

South Africa faces a complex, interlinked crisis that touches nearly every part of society. From deepening inequality and unemployment to the erosion of democratic institutions and ecological collapse, the effects are far-reaching. These challenges are not unique. They reflect broader global patterns shaped by decades of neoliberal policies, corporate-driven globalisation, and the weakening of state capacity in favour of market-led agendas. There is a growing body of critique that connects these issues to rising poverty, hunger, social and psychological distress, and the increasing use of militarised and authoritarian responses by powerful states. But there is also resistance. Across the country and worldwide,

communities and social movements are building alternatives rooted in care, solidarity, and justice. These efforts point to new forms of education, political organisation, and collective consciousness that can help us reimagine the future. This webinar builds on discussions from previous events and focuses on these alternatives within the broader conversation on transforming knowledge for sustainable futures.

See the advertisement attached for the booking link.

Join us for this webinar, where our presenters will share insights about the project, its outcomes, and methodology, and present on 'Learning Differently: Andragogy in the Service of Rural Women.'

• Presenters: Monia Manai (Lead expert on the project), Kaouther Rassaa (Adult learning and Education specialist)
• Date: 24 July 2025
• Time: 14:00 -15:30 (SAST) / 12:00 – 13:30 (UTC)

French / English

Call for applications to join the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC): 15 May to 15 June 2025

As the call for applications to join the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) is now open from 15 May to 15 June 2025, we invite cities/communities committed to promoting lifelong learning to seize this opportunity and become part of a vibrant global community dedicated to inclusive, sustainable, and innovative learning.

To support finalizing your application we invite you to an online Q&A session (for 35 min) next week on 5 June 2025 at 12 EAT (at 11h Germany time). We would appreciate if you could share this invitation within your network.

Please register here: https://unesco-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/o9r94IA-R3atlfVimyon1Q

All application details are available on our UIL website.

Should you not be available on that date and time, please inform Ms Angela Owusu-Boampong at a.owusu-boampong@unesco.org and Learning Cities learningcities@unesco.org for an alternative session opportunity.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Kind regards,

GNLC Coordination Team

Join us to continue discussions on how to advance the regional work of Scholarship in Action: Advancing Socially Engaged Research in East and Southern Africa

Date: 30 May 2025

Time: 14:00 – 15:30 (SAST)

15:00 - 16:30 (EAT)