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Iowa State researchers return to communities to assess small town quality of life

Posted May 23, 2014 - 08:41 by Terry Besser

Time has changed many of Iowa’s rural communities. Strengthening these towns starts with understanding how social capital and leadership influence development in a small town. A group of Iowa State University researchers has tracked changes in quality of life and social capital in 99 Iowa towns since 1994. This month, they begin a third, two-year study to determine if the changes have continued.

Barcelona as European Capital of Innovation

Posted May 19, 2014 - 02:09 by Peter Kearns

Barcelona has been selected as the first European Capital of Innovation "for introducing the use of new technologies to bring the city closer to citizens. The new Capital of Innovation award looks at the outstanding achievements of cities building up an innovation ecosystem "ie a system which links the citizens (People) with a built environment (Place) and public organisations and policy makers (Public) and through business (Private). The award went to Barcelona for "introducing the use of new technologies to bring the city closer to citizens".

PASCAL publishes details of the Learning Cities 2020 programme

Posted September 30, 2013 - 09:51 by John Tibbitt

PASCAL International Observatory is pleased to announce the publication of the first details of the forthcoming Learning Cities 2020 Programme.

The Learning Cities 2020 programme consists of a suite of studies to enable cities and regions to maximise their competitive advantage. The brochure featured below and attached introduces the options, ranging from local analysis of the latest data on lifelong learning, skills and economic performance, the benchmarking of current practice, to masterclasses by international experts to help local policy appraisal and development. PASCAL can organise intensive local skills surveys if required. PASCAL will be pleased to tailor a package to meet individual city requirements.

A Master Plan for Higher Education in the Midwest: A Roadmap to the Future of the Nation’s Heartland

Posted April 4, 2011 - 04:24 by Dean Eddy

A Master Plan for Higher Education in the MidwestOn March 31, 2011, The Chicago Council released a report, “A Master Plan for Higher Education in the Midwest: A Roadmap to the Future of the Nation’s Heartland” the third report in the Council’s Heartland Papers series (see below). The report is authored by James J.

Ongoing Reforms in Adult Education in Europe

Posted March 15, 2011 - 20:07 by Mike Osborne

Last week from 7-9 March 2011, the final conference on the Action Plan on Adult Learning, organised by the European Commission and the Hungarian Presidency was held in Budapest. During this conference, Research voor Beleid presented findings of a joint research project on ongoing reforms. This study included expert contributions from PASCAL Board member Professor Balazs Nemeth, associate Kate Sankey and PASCAL Co-Director Mike Osborne.

NIU's Center for Governmental Studies Policy Profile: "Do Home Rule Governments Work Better?"

Posted March 8, 2011 - 12:52 by Paul Crawford

Northern Illinois University Professor Curtis Wood offers a perspective on an issue that has been controversial in the United States since the end of the Revolutionary War.  Prof. Wood makes an important contribution to the dialogue concerning centralization vs. decentralization in government (see "Do Home Rule Governments Work Better?" below).

PASCAL Response to Scottish Government Green Paper on Higher Education

Posted February 25, 2011 - 18:35 by John Tibbitt

PASCAL has submitted a response to the SG on its current green paper on Higher Education:

PASCAL sends its sympathies to the people of the PURE region of Darling Downs

Posted January 17, 2011 - 10:18 by Glen Postle

PASCAL sends its sympathies to the people of the PURE region of Darling Downs and particularly the people of Toowoomba, which has suffered terrible flooding and loss of life. The attached pictures and link to a youtube video sent by PASCAL Associate, Professor Glen Postle, give you some idea of the devastation caused. We hope that the worst is over and our thoughts are with our friends and colleagues.

 

 

The video is of Chalk Drive, Toowoomba, taken from across the road from the Flexi School. You can see the school in some of the shots (click on an image to view/show slideshow).

Toowoomba Flood-01

Results of the Interactive Workshop on Defining Regional Prosperity - PASCAL 2010 Conference, Botswana

Posted January 12, 2011 - 21:25 by Bob Gleeson

Notes from the Interactive Workshop on Defining Regional Prosperity “Engaged Universities and Learning Cities-Regions” at the 9th PASCAL International Observatory Conference Organized by the University of Botswana December 2, 2010

Workshop Facilitators:

Robert E. Gleeson, Ph.D., Northern Illinois University and PASCAL

Diana Robinson, Northern Illinois University and PASCAL

Human Development and the Transformation of the Academy

Posted January 4, 2011 - 10:40 by Jennifer Groce

The South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) in Development Education at the University of South Africa (UNISA) held a six-day retreat in December in Pretoria titled ‘Human Development and the Transformation of the Academy’.

Human Development retrat - Botswana 2010

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