Dear members,

International Conference: Policies and practices for the prevention of Early School Leaving

Where: Istanbul, Turkey

Date: 2-4 May 2018

Call for abstracts, registration and other information: www.empaqt.eu/conference

The Network of Experts on Social Aspects of Education and Training (NESET II) at the European Commission has just published a research report on Strengthening Social and Emotional Education as a Core Curriculum Area across the EU. The report is written by Carmel Cefai, Paul Bartolo, Valeria Cavioni and Paul Downes. It includes a meta-analysis of the most recent reviews of studies on the effectiveness of social and emotional education and proposes a multilevel framework on how it may be implemented in schools as a whole school approach. It concludes with a set of recommendations for policy makers and school leaders on how schools may strengthen the integration of social and emotional education as a core component of curricula across the EU. The report has been cited in the recent European Commission Proposal for a COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION on Key Competences for Lifelong Learning (January 2018). It may be accessed at http://nesetweb.eu/en/network-publishes-report-on-strengthening-social-and-emotional-education-as-a-core-curricular-area-across-the-eu/

European Conference in Resilience in Education

12^th -13^th July 2018

Valletta, University of Malta

Call for abstracts

The Centre for Resilience and Socio-Emotional Health at the University of Malta, in collaboration with Rijeka University, University of Crete, University of Pavia, University of Lisbon and Souchieva University, is organising a two day conference on Resilience in Education between 12-13 July 2018 at the University of Malta. Professor Michael Ungar will be the main keynote speaker. The call for abstractshas been extended until 31st March 2018. Further information on submission and registration may be found at www.enrete.eu. Registration is free of charge!!!

The conference is being organised as part of the Erasmus Plus Project ENRETE (Enhancing Resilience Through Teacher Education) 2016-2018

Dear ENSEC members,

on behalf of the current chairs of the ENSEC board, we wish everyone a peaceful and joyful holiday season and a happy new year.

The new year will bring exciting changes for ENSEC. We are very happy to announce our new board of chairs that will transition into their roles early next year:

Aniko Zsolnai, Professor at the Faculty of Education and Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary

Annalisa Morganti, Associate Professor in Special Education at the University of Perugia, Italy

Aurora Adina Colomeischi, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Sciences of Education at Stefan cel Mare University in Suceava, Romania

Valeria Cavioni, Ph.D., Post Doc Researcher at “Riccardo Massa” Department of Human Sciences for Education, at University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

And to finish this year with a bang:

The next ENSEC conference will be held in Budapest, Hungary, hosted by Eötvös Loránd University under Aniko Zsolnai’s leadership.

We congratulate our chair and conference applicants for their successful applications, and wish them all the best in taking on their roles!

Best wishes from the current chairs,

Carmen Huser

Celeste Simoes

Helen Cowie

Kathy Evans

Renata Miljevic Ridicki

The International Journal of Emotional Education (IJEE) is dedicating a special edition of the journal in November 2017 for papers presented in the 6th ENSEC conference being held in Stockholm, June 2017.

Papers must be submitted to the guest editor, Dr Birgitta Kimber (b.kimber@telia.com) by not later than 15th August 2017. Papers need to be related to the theme of the conference and be not longer than 7000 words, including references, appendices, figures and tables. Each paper will be peer reviewed (blind review). Authors are directed to the instructions for authors on the journal’s webpage: www.um.edu.mt/ijee before submitting. The Journal does not charge any processing, or copy editing fees.

Dear ENSEC members,

we are delighted to call for papers of a Special Issue for Pastoral Care in Education on:

Mental Health and Well-Being of Children and Young People.

Our founding chair of ENSEC, Paul Cooper, and Garry Hornby are guest editors of this issue. Please find attached guidelines if you wish to contribute to it here, or copy this link http://enseceurope.org/?attachment_id=574 into your browser window.

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