Network Blogs

Here are the latest Learning Cities Networks Blog postings (to see specific Network Blogs, please click on the relevant name from the list of NETWORKS in the left hand column):

 

Online Global Challenges Week - University of Derby

Network: Learning Cities: Meeting Today’s Challenges for a Better Future

We are very pleased to provide details of a week of online events being hosted by the University of Derby under the theme of Global Challenges from 17-24 May 2021. This includes a conference session on 19 May from 0900-1100 that includes many presenters from PASCAL's Learning Cities Network (LCN).

Building a Culture of Lifelong Learning as a Creative Learning Process

Network: Implementing an EcCoWell Approach for Holistic Development

Learning cities are challenged by a turbulent environment in which a number of mega changes have interacted to produce an uncertain future. While the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is centre stage, the looming impacts of ageing populations and the transition to a longevity society, and the impact on jobs of the technologies of the fourth industrial revolution, including artificial intelligence, have combined to challenge the foundations of our current society.

Meeting Notes | Connecting Urban and Rural Learning Initiatives - 4 May, 2021

Network: Connecting Urban and Rural Learning Initiatives

The third meeting of the Urban and Rural Learning Initiatives featured a presentation from Professor Idowu Biao, Professor of Lifelong Learning, Université d’Abomey Calavi, Benin, about Rural-Urban Migration and its Implication for Learning in Cities: the Case Study of Benin.

Attendees:

Wyndham City Council - Learning Community Update

Network: Learning Cities: Meeting Today’s Challenges for a Better Future

The team at Wyndham City Council, a member of PASCAL's Learning Cities Network, are excited to share our second annual Learning Community Update (featured below and attached), endorsed at this week’s Ordinary Council Meeting.

Notes from the sixth meeting of the PASCAL Learning Cities Networks “Reimagining Inclusive Economic Futures” (RIEF) on 13 April, 2021

Network: Reimagining Inclusive Economic Futures

Attendees: Judith James and Chris Shepherd, co-leads for the network; Rob Mark, Networks Coordinator, Pascal; Annie Tubadji, Swansea, Wales UK; Kristiina Erkkilä, Espoo, Finland; Michelle Murphy, Derry and Strabane Learning City; Jac Torres-Gomez, Wyndham, Australia; Shilpi Roy, Khulna University, Bangladesh; Palmira Jucevicienne, Kaunas, Lithuania.

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