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Benchmarking regional engagement in Taiwan

Posted February 28, 2019 - 16:54 by Marten Ma

In November 2018, Vice President Dr. Roland Tsai and Chief Officer of International and Cross-Strait Affairs Dr. Hsiao-Ling Huang, both of Yuanpei University of Medical Technology (YUMT), met with President Eugenia Chang of Datong Community College of Taipei City to initiate our assessment of practice of regional and community engagement.

New Service by UIL: The Lifelong Learning Alert

Posted February 25, 2019 - 08:48 by Frances Gaughan

What is happening around lifelong learning these days? How are countries making lifelong learning a reality? What are the latest developments in policy and practice? The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning has launched the  UIL Lifelong Learning Alert.

Truly Civic: Strengthening the Connection between Universities and their Places

Posted February 23, 2019 - 11:02 by Alice Reynolds

The final report of the UPP foundation’s consideration of the civic role of universities has just been published. Entitled “Truly Civic: Strengthening the connection between universities and their places’ it is featured below and attached.

Educational opportunities for older adults in the United States

Posted February 15, 2019 - 09:30 by Peter Kearns

The report Towards Active Ageing for All of the PASCAL and PIMA SIG on Learning in Later Life has circulated widely across a number of countries and stimulated further exchanges on learning in later life. One of the countries not covered by the SIG report is America, where a rich variety of approaches to learning in later life exist.

Life-Deep Learning: Perspectives from Down-Under by Diana Amundsen

Posted February 13, 2019 - 10:15 by Diana Amundsen

In the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) notions of lifelong learning in education become of paramount interest to governments charged with enacting the Goals and the accompanying goals and targets of the Education 2030 Framework for Action.

XVIth PASCAL Conference rescheduled to 16-19 October, 2019

Posted February 12, 2019 - 11:32 by Josef Konvitz

2019 is the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci, the definitive Renaissance man.  Museums, the media - will there be a movie? - will explore learning and creativity, imagination and enigma, faith and politics. And PASCAL will hold its XVIth Conference.

PASCAL and EMA agree further details of MoU on collaboration

Posted February 11, 2019 - 11:17 by Henrik Zipsane

At a meeting in Östersund between PASCAL Observatory represented by Catherine Lido and Rob Mark, and European Museum Academy (EMA) represented by Karl Murr, Dirk Houtgraaf and Henrik Zipsane, we were able to explore further the collaboration between the organisations based on the letter of agreement signed in 2017.

PIMA Bulletin 22

Posted February 11, 2019 - 10:57 by Chris Duke

The PIMA Bulletin Number 22 for January 2019 can now be read in full below.

The crisis in Western democracy was an early attempt in PASCAL via the OTB (thinking outside the box) Observatory website facility, to promote discussion of the way that assaults on democracy (not only ‘western’) might be confronted. What is the response that lifelong learning (LLL) and its encompassing moral and political values might have to offer in reviving active democratic practice?

The City of Melton Collective Impact Assessment Tool (CIAT)

Posted February 11, 2019 - 09:57 by Shanti Wong

The Collective Impact Assessment Tool (CIAT) is designed to measure how well partnerships deliver on Project or Learning City activities in order to assess Collective Impact.

PASCAL - EMA join forces in Östersund, Sweden to explore the relationship between culture, heritage, museums and the wider engagement with new groups

Posted February 9, 2019 - 14:22 by Rob Mark

The Spring conference of the European Museum Academy (EMA) took place at the JAMTLI Foundation, Östersund, Sweden from 6-8 February 2019.

The conference also hosted the Kenneth Hudson Seminar, a joint PASCAL - EMA initiative. The theme of the seminar was on cultural policy and literacy development and represent a follow on from an earlier seminar held in Aarhus, Denmark in September 2018.

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