JFI Radio 'LIVE‪'‬ Józefa Fawcett

JFI Radio brings an exciting new podcast (episode 17) to Season 13 with Nick Davis, President, Middle East & Africa, THE (Times Higher Education). Nick has worked at THE for almost a decade and during that time amassed a wealth of knowledge in the global higher education sector. Unable to pin him down in Dubai, Józefa Fawcett arranged to meet him virtually once back in the UK to discuss amongst other things 'the scale of equity' and how THE is best placed to guide HEIs on their journey towards achieving their goals and vision and in readiness for the future.

The Norwegian Posse Podcast: Quite simply a wonderful collective of new found friends sitting around the table in a bar next to the Maas river in Rotterdam after the conference informally chatting about the Association of historical soap bars, butterflies, and the meaning of Bildung. A podcast that you just have to listen to. Hopefully see you in person at the European Bildung Day in 2025 in Athens.

As a co-founder of the Ukrainian Bildung Network Elena Tochillina has dedicated 6 months to the field research of the folk high schools approaches in Denmark to integrate them into the Ukrainian systems.As a coach and consultant, Elena provides a deep insight into human and organisational systems, finding healthy and aligned way for them to function drawing expertise from communications, mental health and life coaching, business model design, strategy and marketing. This promises to be the first of many podcasts we will do together to explore in some depth, the relationship between mental health and Bildung.

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Dr Ginie Servant-Miklos is an Assistant Professor of behavioural sciences at the Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences in Rotterdam. She spearheads the Bildung Climate School which runs a 9-week educational programme bringing together vocational, applied sciences, and university students around themes of sustainability and Bildung. Ginie talks about how the two days at the event has endorsed her views and work around Bildung.

Kjetil Aamann is a musician and music teacher for adults in Norway, Currently he is the coordinator of the international development project SWAN - Singing With Additional Needs which seeks to find models for including people with special needs in musical life. In this episode Kjetil talks about how important music is to people's natural cultural belonging.

In this new season come with me on a fascinating journey exploring the concept of Bildung and how it can unlock the chaos in society that exists beyond the boundaries of what we know as the norm in education and in the way we live our lives. Many scholars have delved into the core principles of Bildung, however Lene Rachel Andersen, author of "The Nordic Secret" and "What it Means to be Human," is a particularly influential voice in this arena and has brought together like-minded individuals into a network and event that celebrates European Bildung Day. Listen to this introductory podcast and start to shift your mindset to life and work.