[CivilSoc] Post-communist education - conference, London, 1 Dec 01

Mon, 05 Nov 2001 10:32:56 -0800

From: "Steve Webber" <[email protected]>
To: "Civil Society International" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 1:19 AM
Subject: Post-communist education - conference, London, 1 Dec 01
STUDY GROUP ON EDUCATION IN RUSSIA, THE
INDEPENDENT STATES AND EASTERN EUROPE
(Affiliated to the School of Slavonic and East European Studies,
University College London)
Website: http://www.mtu-net.ru/sgerisee/index.htm
ANNUAL CONFERENCE: Saturday 1 December 2001
VENUE: School of Slavonic and East European Studies
(SSEES),  University College London. Senate House, Malet
Street,  London WC1E 7HU (Nearest Tube: Russell Square)
PROGRAMME
09.15 Registration and coffee
09.45-10.45
Professor Dr. Dr.h.c Wolfgang Schaller, Rector of Erfurt
University
The Impact of Reunification on Higher Education in the
former DDR
10.45-11.15 BREAK
11.15-12.30 The Legacy of Soviet Education: Part I
Round Table Discussion: Chair - Professor James Muckle
(Nottingham)
Soviet Education Ten Years On
12.30-13.45 LUNCH
13.45-15.15
The Legacy of Soviet Education: Part II
Professor Eduard Dneprov (Minister of Education of the
Russian Federation, 1990-1992)
The Last Ten Years of Education Reform - An Historical
Perspective
15.15-15.45 BREAK
15.45-17.00
Annual Business Meeting of the Study Group. All welcome,
members only may vote.
17.00
Launch of the book of the 15th Anniversary Conference -
Education and Civic Culture in Post-Communist Countries
(S. Webber and I. Liikanen (eds.), Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2001)
CONFERENCE FEES (to be paid on arrival)
Study Group Members   FREE ADMISSION
Non-members   �10
Reduced rates   �5
(full-time students; senior citizens; citizens of FSU and ECE
countries)
Coffee and tea will be available for a charge
Further details are available from the Secretary: Jeanne
Sutherland, 24 Cholmeley Park, London, N6 5EU; Tel: 0208
3404277: email: [email protected] or on our
internet site:http://www.mtu-net.ru/sgerisee/conf01.htm
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Dr Steve Webber
Chair
Study Group on Education in Russia,
the Independent States and Eastern Europe
http://www.mtu-net.ru/sgerisee/index.htm
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