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Wageningen University and Awesome Blossoms: Target Project 5 and Continuing Education

by Hollie Nielsen, AWC Central Scotland

 

This month, Target Project 5 is highlighting Sustainable Development Goal 4, “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all” – perfect timing for the Ed Team to highlight Awesome Blossoms and continuing education. 

SDG4The Awesome Blossoms program provides the women entrepreneurs with education in the areas of financial literacy,

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Nurturing Neurodiversity (SDG Target 4.5)

by Devinder Buttar, AW Surrey

 

We are stronger, gentler, more resilient, and more beautiful than any of us imagine. – Mark Nepo

 

We accept that biodiversity supports a healthy physical environment, and neurodiversity plays a similar vital role in creating a healthy cognitive environment.

ed neurodiversityWe must recognize that differences in cognitive processes, communication styles, and sensory encounters do...

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Education Roundup: April 2024

by Michelle Miller, AIWC Cologne and Education Team Co-Chair

 

love to learn icon ed team feb22 resOur focus in March and April on continuing education reminds us that learning should be a lifelong endeavor.  As we celebrate Earth Day this April, it is easy to find links to Education SDG4 and the environment, especially in global citizenship, which we will explore in May and June. Just...

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Navigating the Needs of Neurodiverse Students (SDG Target 4.5)

by Devinder Buttar, AW Surrey 

 

Accessibility allows us to tap into everyone’s potential.

– Debra Ruh

The world we live in is inherently neurodiverse and has been so for many millennia. In fact, a lot of ancient texts and treatises suggest neurodiverse thought. However, neurodiversity is not always easily apparent, understood or diagnosed, despite the immense progress of the last few...

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Education in Kenya and the Muslim Primary School

by Amanda Drollinger, AWC Central Scotland and Target Program Chair

 

The Target Project Awesome Blossoms Safe Spaces is based within the curtilage of two schools in Mathare, Nairobi, Kenya. The schools selected have reliable access to an adequate road network, as well as access to water sources through piped water from the Nairobi City Council and borehole water. Additionally,

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Educação em Portugal – Education in Portugal: A Brief Overview

by Rebekka Klingshirn, Heidelberg IWC and Education Team Co-Chair

 

Education plays a vital role in Portugal, and as our Interim Meeting 2024 is taking place in Porto this year, let’s have a look at our host country’s educational system.

The educational system is regulated by the state, i.e., the Ministry of Education and the Ministry for Science, Technology and...

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