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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS ITEMS
LEARNING FOR DEVELOPMENT
Fifth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF5)
Earlybird registration closes on 31 March. Please note that from 1 April, the
full registration rate will increase from £275 to £350.
The Fifth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning will take place in London,
U.K., from 13 -17 July 2008, hosted in collaboration with the University of
London. Theme: "Access to Learning for Development".
The second newsletter from the organisers of COL's Fifth Pan-Commonwealth Forum
on Open Learning has been issued. If you didn't receive it directly you can read
it online, and sign up for future issues, through the Forum's website:
www.pcf5.london.ac.uk/aboutpcf5/newsletter.asp
Sign up for pre-PCF5 online discussions that will be starting soon.
The Forum will explore how open and distance learning can help achieve
international development goals and education for all. It will be of interest to
practitioners, researchers, planners and policy makers who work in education
and/or development. The conference will provide opportunities to share
experience and expertise and contribute to future thinking about access to
learning.
PCF5 is being hosted by COL in partnership with the University of London,
forming a part of the University's celebration of the 150th anniversary of the
establishment of its External Degrees initiative. Support for delegate
participation from developing countries is being provided by COL, the U.K. Open
University, the University of London External Programme and UNESCO. Conference
Co-Chairs are Sir Graeme Davies, Vice-Chancellor of the University of London,
and Sir John Daniel, President and CEO of COL.
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