Shahid Khan is the founder and CEO of the Indus Earth Trust, a development project which is based in Pakistan. In this interview he talks about his work helping people to build their own earthquake proof house, start their own business, and become an autonomous agent in the local economy. Starting the informal interview out with questioning me, Alex Dunedin, about the Ragged University project, he then goes on to talking about his experience of trying to get people to adopt sustainable development techniques which take account of the cost to the environment. For more information: http://wp.me/p4EpjT-3X7
Shahid Khan is the founder and CEO of the Indus Earth Trust, a development project which is based in Pakistan. In this interview he talks about his work helping people to build their own earthquake proof house, start their own business, and become an autonomous agent in the local economy. Starting the informal interview out with questioning me, Alex Dunedin, about the Ragged University project, he then goes on to talking about his experience of trying to get people to adopt sustainable development techniques which take account of the cost to the environment. For more information: http://wp.me/p4EpjT-3X7
Dr Ellen Boeren is Chancellor's Fellow (tenure track) at Moray House School of Education at the University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom). She got her PhD in Educational Sciences in May 2011 from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. On the 10th of July 2014, she gave a talk in a Ragged University event which was called "Participation, motivation and adult learning: similarities and differences across Europe". You can listen to the podcast here.
She is interested in the field of higher/adult/lifelong education and conducts European comparative research studies. She holds a special interest in survey methodology. Ellen teaches 'Research Methods' for MSc students at Moray House in Edinburgh. She was appointed as the new Chair of SCUTREA (Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults).
http://www.ragged-online.com/2015/04/podcast-dr-ellen-boeren-adult-education
Dr Ellen Boeren is Chancellor's Fellow (tenure track) at Moray House School of Education at the University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom). She got her PhD in Educational Sciences in May 2011 from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. On the 10th of July 2014, she gave a talk in a Ragged University event which was called "Participation, motivation and adult learning: similarities and differences across Europe". You can listen to the podcast here.
She is interested in the field of higher/adult/lifelong education and conducts European comparative research studies. She holds a special interest in survey methodology. Ellen teaches 'Research Methods' for MSc students at Moray House in Edinburgh. She was appointed as the new Chair of SCUTREA (Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults).
http://www.ragged-online.com/2015/04/podcast-dr-ellen-boeren-adult-education