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This summary hgihlights two presentations at the Wyndham Learning City's Friday Forum from George Osborne, Advantages of extending the Learning City Approach into other areas of Local Government and beyond, and Maren Klein, Learning and/or earning: Tensions between learning for the economic sphere (jobs) and learning for well-being/democracy.
Our next Friday Forum on 27 October 2023, hosted by Leone Wheeler, Hon. CEO of the Australian Learning Communities Network, (a partner in PASCAL's Learning Cities Network) will delve into the principles and processes of community engagement and their practical application across diverse communities.
We are very pleased to announce a Leverhulme Lecture, entitled 'Pedagogical Capabilities in Islam to Create, Maintain and Develop Justice-oriented Learning Cities' to be presented by Nematollah Azizi, University of Kurdistan, Iran and Visiting Leverhulme Professor, University of Glasgow on Thursday, 19th October 2023, 1100-1300, Glyndwr D, Simpleton Campus, University of Swansea. The building is 11.1 on the campus map. All are welcome to this lecture.
We are very pleased to announce a webinar being held on 4 October 2023 at 1500 (AEDT) that features stories from UNESCO’s GNLC members (Canning, Wyndham, Australia and Phayao, Thailand) and is entitled Building Inclusive and Sustainable Learning Partnerships. Speakers include a key contributor to PASCAL's Learning Cities Network, and PASCAL Director for Australia, Robbie Guevara. Further details are attached.
One of the foci of the work of PASCAL is the field of Learning City Developments is the Faith and Spirituality-based Learning City Network. An overview of its work from 2016-2023 can be found at this link, and we are sure that this will be of wide interest to our subscribers.
We are very pleased that two of our Associate Directors in Europe, Balazs Nemeth and Roberta Piazza, are presenting at an ASEM LLL Hub Research Network 6 webinar on 21 September 2023 from 1000-1400 CET. The topic is the celebration in honour of UNESCO's Global Network of Learning Cities, which was initiated 10 years ago, and speakers also include former director of UIL, Arne Carlsen, and current deputy director Raul Valdes-Cotera. Both have been core to the success of the GNLC. We are also pleased that two of PASCAL's longstanding Learning City Network members, Pecs and Cork are strongly represented. PASCAL and its LCN are supporting the event.
In building the Learning City in Glasgow, the city has established a Working Group, including representatives from Glasgow City Council, Higher and Further Education Institutions and the Third Sector. This ensures that all learning city stakeholders take a coordinated approach to promoting the learning city concept. Furthermore, the group coordinates the strategic process and policy dialogues toward an innovative and inclusive Learning City that supports lifelong learning opportunities for all the citizens of Glasgow.
You are invited to register for the ALCN, Wyndham, Melton, and RMIT University online forum about Lifelong Learning for Life and Work. Presentations by George Osborne, Manager Economic Development, Hume City Council, and Maren Klein, Research Fellow EU Centre of Excellence, RMIT will explore this topic from a practical and theoretical perspective.
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