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Notes from the ninth meeting of the PASCAL Learning Cities Networks “Reimagining Inclusive Economic Futures” (RIEF) on 7 July, 2021

Posted July 30, 2021 - 11:07 by Judith James

Attendees: Annie Tubadji, Swansea University; Mike Osborne, Director of PASCAL ; Leone Wheeler, Lead for the Australian Learning Cities Network and PASCAL Board Member; Annina Martin, Education Department of Glasgow City Council; Jac Torres Gomez, Wyndham learning City and joint lead for the Global Learning Festival; Kristiina Erkkilä, Espoo Learning City and lead for the RIEF Entrepreneurial Learning Theme.

Global Learning Festival - register your event

Posted July 29, 2021 - 00:59 by Diane Tabbagh

On behalf of the Global Learning Festival partners and co-leads, Melton City Council, I am sending out a gentle reminder to encourage you to plan your Global Learning Festival event and consider registering it soon.

UNESCO | Public consultation on the Futures of Higher Education

Posted July 26, 2021 - 10:26 by Emma Sabzalieva

The UNESCO Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean is working on a project on the Futures of Higher Education. We invite you to participate in the initiative and share your views about the futures of higher education. 

PIMA Bulletin No. 37 (July 2021)

Posted July 23, 2021 - 10:35 by Shirley Walters

An Australian sports commentator in this the land of sport recently headlined reflections on ‘the winning mentality’: ‘There’s only two types of culture: There’s either a good or a bad one’. He is right about that keyword culture mattering; but on less sure ground in saying it is either black or white. In the messy world of life, there are many shades of grey. Not only that: things can be both black and white at the same time.  

UNESCO | Public consultation on the Futures of Higher Education

Posted July 23, 2021 - 09:53 by Mo Winnie Wang

The UNESCO Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean is working on a project on the Futures of Higher Education. We invite you to participate in the initiative and share your views about the futures of higher education. 

Executive Director – New Jersey Policy Lab

Posted July 22, 2021 - 12:02 by Piyushimita Tha...

We are pleased to announce a search for an Executive Director of the newly established NJ Policy Lab at the Bloustein School in Rutgers University-New Brunswick (with multiple partners):

NEP: New Economics Papers - Social Norms and Social Capital - Digest, Vol 128, Issue 3

Posted July 21, 2021 - 11:47 by Fabio Sabatini

In this issue we feature 8 current papers on the theme of social capital, chosen by Fabio Sabatini (Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”):

Learning Cities as Inclusive Learning Ecosystems

Posted July 19, 2021 - 12:26 by Peter Kearns

The UNESCO Futures of Education Commission in March 2021 issued a Progress Update on this initiative. A point of particular interest from the perspective of learning cities and communities was a comment on “The organisation and governance of education: building inclusive educational ecosystems” (UNESCO, 2021:13).

The Boy from the Back Streets of Bolton

Posted July 19, 2021 - 12:02 by Mike Osborne

Many PASCAL subcribers will be very familiar with the seminar work of Professor Norman Longworth in the field of learning cities. He claims that his now retired and writing poems and music instead of papers. I am bringing to the attention of subscribers a book and a website dedicated to the products of his latest career.

NEP: New Economics Papers - Social Norms and Social Capital - Digest, Vol 128, Issue 2

Posted July 12, 2021 - 06:48 by Fabio Sabatini

In this issue we feature 11 current papers on the theme of social capital, chosen by Fabio Sabatini (Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”):

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