The 3rd Mercator International Symposium on Linguistic Diversity and Education: Challenges and Oportunities, will be held in Ljouwert/Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, from 25-27 November, 2004. The conference will examine new issues and developments in the field of education, minority languages and learning within the European Union. The third symposium in a series is organised by Mercator-Education in collaboration with the other two Mercator centres; Mercator-Media and Mercator-Legislation. Key issues discussed at the forthcoming symposium will be:

comparison of educational systems

minority languages and policy

information and infrastructure

linguistic diversity in the new EU member states

media & education For further information, please contact: Cor van der Meer Tel: (+31) (0) 58 2343063 Fax: (+31) (0) 58 2131409 Email: cvdmeer@fa.knaw.nl