Validation of non-formal and informal learning is a new challenge on Malta's agenda for educational reform and innovation. At present there are no systematic ...

SHADOW education refers to informal learning. It is meant to supplement formal learning. It is a global trend and has been expanding as more candidates take competitive international, regional, and ...

The Foundation for Human Resources Development and the Malta Qualifications Council (MQC), in collaboration with the European Union Programmes Agency, is holding a half-day conference on 'The benefits ...

Although early human capital theory recognized the relevance of workers’ experience, its focus was on education and formal training. More recent studies show that much of the performance of newly ...

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has released draft guidelines adhering to the implementation of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). RPL is a formal mechanism which will be used to evaluate a ...

Former US secretary of state Donald Rumsfeld was rightly ridiculed for his fatuous comments on ‘known knowns’, ‘known unknowns’ and ‘unknown unknowns’. If only he’d uttered them in the context of ...

A £9 million research initiative, launched today, will explore how informal learning activities impact on young people’s engagement and attainment in science Leicester’s National Space Centre: can ...

THE PERCEPTION that most small businesses are not interested in and undertake little training is common among policy makers and education and training providers. However, a recent survey by the FSB ...

THE PERCEPTION that most small businesses are not interested in and undertake little training is common among policy makers and education and training providers. THE PERCEPTION that most small ...