Learning Cities 2030

Learning in rural areas – issues, barriers, current practice, opportunities for progress: a southern African perspective

Posted August 5, 2014 - 12:08 by Julia Preece

Rural areas in Africa are characterised by limited infrastructure.  This means that there are often no landlines, cellphone signals are not always present, water may be obtained from rivers, wells or standpipes and electricity may also not be present. Sanitation is likely to be basic, consisting of ventilated pit latrines. Equally roads are very unlikely to be tarred, at best there will be gravel paths, in many cases there are simply uneven tracks.

Culture, Religion and Urban Environment in Late Antiquity and Beyond

Posted July 31, 2014 - 09:39 by Jan Stenger
Aug 7 2014
Aug 8 2014
Europe/London
Classics, University of Glasgow
65 Oakfield Avenue
Glasgow G12 8QQ

This workshop draws links between contemporary conceptions of cities and learning to those from antiquity. This event is part of the research project Gaza: Tradition and Leadership in a Learning City, funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE Arts & Humanities Research Workshops 2014):

Learning Cities for Inclusion: the PIE Experience

Posted July 30, 2014 - 13:33 by Peter Kearns

Inclusion has been a core objective of learning cities from the inception of this concept. Much of this interest has focussed on ways in which lifelong learning policies can combat exclusion and provide opportunities for all to  participate actively in society and enhance their well-being.

Unisa/City of Tshwane Learning Cities 2020 Workshop

Posted July 29, 2014 - 13:40 by Aubrey Louw
Aug 21 2014 08:00
Africa/Johannesburg
University of South Africa
Senate Hall
Pretoria

PASCAL International Observatory in partnership with Unisa and the City of Tshwane will be offering a Learning Cities 2020 Municipal Development Workshop at Unisa on 21 August 2014. This is the fourth international workshop on Learning Cities, following previous events in Cork, Glasgow and Tampere, and is by invitation.

Social Inclusion in a Learning City

Posted July 29, 2014 - 08:45 by Norman Longworth

It is said that the concept of social inclusion was developed in France in the 1980s, though just a little knowledge of history will remind us that people of good will and compassion have worked through the centuries to offset the adverse effects of political, commercial and societal decision-makers.

Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz - Creating a Learning Society - The 2014 RSA Scotland Angus Millar Lecture

Posted July 25, 2014 - 09:47 by Stephanie Young
Aug 26 2014 18:30
Europe/London
Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, National Galleries of Scotland
Weston Link, The Mound
Edinburgh

World-renowned economist Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz will deliver the 2014 RSA Scotland Angus Millar Lecture, on the topic of creating a learning society.

New Urban Governance: Urban complexity and institutional capacities of cities

Posted July 21, 2014 - 09:32 by Waltraut Ritter

‘New Urban Governance: Urban complexity and institutional capacities of cities’ is a new two-year LSE Cities research project co-funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to examine multiple aspects of municipal planning, management, and governance.

Making a Commonwealth Games Legacy Meaningful - a new International Legacy Network is launched

Posted July 17, 2014 - 16:55 by Josef Konvitz

PASCAL, with links to Melbourne and Brisbane, Montreal and Vancouver, Barcelona, Helsinki, Glasgow and Manchester - all cities on 3 continents which have hosted or will host the Commonwealth Games or other mega-events such as the Olympics - can expect to play a role in developing the International Legacy Network, described in the attached documentation, and in building a tool kit to use the lessons of experience and facilitate knowledge exchange.

University-Regional Partnerships: Case Studies. Mobilising Universities for Smart Specialisation

Posted July 16, 2014 - 13:03 by Roberta Piazza

The attached booklet provides a variety of case studies of university-regional partnerships across Europe. All of them have been provided by members of the S3 Platform established by DG Regional Policy and managed by the Joint Research Centre in Seville. 

Learning Cities 2020

Posted July 14, 2014 - 21:40 by Mike Osborne

This article provides a brief overview of historic work in the field of Learning City development. It then proceeds to highlight two contemporary strands of work. The first is the initiative of UNESCO’s Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) in establishing the International Platform of Learning Cities. The second is the work of the PASCAL Observatory, currently manifested in the Learning Cities 2020 programme.

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