A big thank you to everyone who took part in the conference! Learning together for Change gathered some 160 people from 20 different countries. Among these 15 Swedish and 24 African universities were represented, along with a range of other international universities and organizations.
We are sincerely grateful to everyone who have contributed to making this conference a success – our esteemed speakers, our hardworking staff and workshop coordinators, the local organizing committee, and especially all the participants who traveled far and put much effort into this important event.
The final report with conclusions and suggestions to the UNESCO World Education Forum in Korea, May 2015, will be posted on the website as soon as it’s ready.
- You can find photos from the conference on flickr.
- You can find the recorded streams from all three days here.
- You can find keynote and workshop presentations here.
Voices about the conference:
“We are very impressed and honored that so many took the time to come here. I think it’s such an important issue, that wherever you have a conference of this sort, people will come, and I expect the next time it will be double. By coming here we have made a commitment to make a difference both locally and globally and continue reflect on how education can provide learning for a sustainable society.”
– Cecilia Christersson, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Malmö University, Sweden, chairperson of the steering committee
“I’m happy to say that some of the outcomes of the conference definitely proved that people thought about the topics quite seriously. I’ve attended a number of the workshops, and in those workshops the speakers identified gaps and constrains that we still struggle with, and at the same time came out with beautiful actions and leadership qualities that if we apply these we could begin to turn around the current tide of disenfranchisement, poverty and inequality.”
– Merle McOmbring-Hodges, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa, keynote speaker
“For me this conference offered a unique experience. When my university turned 60 a few years ago, we asked ourselves how we could best improve the university to be prepared for the challenges of the 21 century. What are the things we should bring into the curriculum in order to prepare the students for the needs of the 21 century? This conference expanded my horizon and perception of these thing.”
– Ayodele Jegede, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, workshop speaker
“I’ve had a fantastic conference – interesting meetings, lovely people, big challenges, big steps forward. My only worry is that when we leave tomorrow this will be over. It’s really important that we think about how we can look after and sustain all the positive initiatives that has been seen here.”
– Margareta Nordstrand, Excecutive Director, Lund University
“I think the conference was well organized, the themes were appropriate and workshops were engaging. I’m happy about all the networking opportunities, and we really had to engage ourselves to come up with strategies, goals and action points in the workshops. I’m going back with these to see how we can implement them in a small scale through my university and office.”
– Steve van Kamassah, University of Education Winneba, Ghana, workshop speaker
“It has been really interesting for us to be here. We took part in a workshop about gender and physical activity, which was very relevant for us as students at the program in nursing at Malmö University. Especially since we are doing a minor field study about health among young people in Moshi, Tanzania, right now.”
–Linnea & Johanna, students at Malmö University