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Tower of power grows as a pillar of Glasgow’s community

Posted January 24, 2015 - 18:57 by Frances Gaughan

Subscribers may be interested in plans described by the Principal of the University of Glasgow, Professor Anton Muscatelli, for campus development, which incorporate facets that will enhance the public engagement role of the university.

News from Future Earth: Call for Transformative Knowledge Networks, Strategic Research Agenda published, Vacancies

Posted January 24, 2015 - 18:50 by Heather Peirce

Welcome to the January 2015 Future Earth Newsletter, bringing you the latest news on the initiative.

New report - Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Integration: Achieving a better balance between the economic, social and environmental dimensions

Posted January 22, 2015 - 18:42 by Heather Peirce

It has been mandated that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) currently under negotiation at the United Nations should achieve an appropriate balance between the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development.

As a timely contribution to the post-2015 development agenda negotiations taking place at UN Headquarters in New York this week, Stakeholder Forum, in a study commissioned by the German Council for Sustainable Development, has examined integration in the proposed SDGs.

Bristol - A Learning City

Posted January 18, 2015 - 19:20 by Judith Squires

Subscribers may be interested in learning city development in the city of Bristol in the West of England. 'Bristol: A Learning City', has been developed by organisations and businesses across the City and administered by Bristol City Council.  It follows a Mayor's Commission for Education and Skills, chaired by Ron Ritchie, which aimed to:

Leaders in South African university civic engagement share their perspectives

Posted January 15, 2015 - 09:21 by Mike Osborne

Featuring Vice Chancellor Adam Habib, Community Organizer Thabo Putu and Professor Joseph Francis, this month's edition of the Leaders in the Civic Engagement Movement series -  LCEM December 2014 - features three leaders from two universities in South Africa, site of the 2014 Talloires Network Leaders Conference.

LCN spin off links students from Glasgow and Cork - University of Glasgow BA Community Development team welcomes University of Cork

Posted January 14, 2015 - 08:30 by Helen Martin

The BA Community Development team at Glasgow University welcomed in the second week of January 2015, for the 2nd year running, students and staff from the University of Cork, who were on a week-long study visit  to Glasgow.

Call for Chapters for a book on Adult education and museums

Posted January 7, 2015 - 12:31 by Darlene Clover

Public museums and art galleries have been in existence for centuries, and have become ubiquitous features of national landscapes worldwide. In the United Kingdom (UK) there are an estimated 2000 such institutions, and over 250 in the Canadian province of Ontario alone.

NILE 'Lifelong Learning in Korea' - December 2014

Posted December 31, 2014 - 12:10 by Sangmi Lee

'Lifelong Learning in Korea' is published by the Office of Global Lifelong Education Relations at NILE and the objective is to share Korean lifelong education projects and cases with policy makers, researchers, experts and practicers from all over the world.

Newsletter of the Centre for Liveable Cities in Singapore - December, 2014

Posted December 30, 2014 - 10:54 by Mike Osborne

Please find featured below and attached for download the latest newsletter from the Centre for Liveable Cities in Singapore.

Culture 21: Actions - Commitments on the role of culture in sustainable cities

Posted December 23, 2014 - 14:20 by Henrik Zipsane

The UCLG Agenda 21 for Culture is holding their first Culture Summit in the city of Bilbao ( Basque Country Spain) on 18-20 March 2015 to address the subject “Culture and Sustainable Cities”.

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