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Cities of Learning in the UK: a place-based approach to enhancing lifelong learning and access to enrichment opportunities

Posted December 8, 2017 - 13:05 by Grainne Hamilton

Cities of Learning (CofL) is a new place-based approach to enhancing lifelong learning through digitally connecting individuals to learning, employment and civic opportunities within a defined locality.

PASCAL Briefing Paper 9 - Learning Initiatives to Connect the Urban and Rural

Posted December 5, 2017 - 12:11 by Josef Konvitz

Strengthening rural-urban interdependence is fundamental to reducing regional disparities, enhancing environmental quality, and maintaining national integrity and social cohesion.

This PASCAL Policy Briefing discusses the vital role cities and universities have to play in developing and promoting learning initiatives.

Learning Cities and the SDGs: A Guide to Action

Posted December 2, 2017 - 10:38 by Peter Kearns

We would like to share with you the designed version of the Cork Call to Action for Learning Cities and the Learning Cities and the SDGs: A Guide to Action, which are now available in English, French and Spanish.

The Glen Postle Intergenerational Mentoring Hub

Posted December 2, 2017 - 10:12 by Mike Osborne

I’m delighted to have been able to have visited PASCAL Associate Glen Postle and see the Glen Postle Intergenerational Mentoring Hub at the Flexischool in Toowoomba. Glen has been working intensively in the development of the school over the past 20 years and continues to do so.

How our Lives are Transforming with the Integration of Machines at Work

Posted November 19, 2017 - 12:54 by Denise Reghenza...

ADOBE has created a series of future-oriented online THINK TANK discussions.  Presenters are thought-leaders and influencers who challenge our assumptions about emerging lifestyles, markets and technologies. 

Libraries adopting innovative model for community learning

Posted November 17, 2017 - 12:40 by Nico Koenig

Libraries are making online education more accessible and interactive by adopting "learning circles", librarian-facilitated study groups for people who want to take online courses together and in person. This November, 15 public library systems in the US and Canada will run free learning circles for hundreds of library members who will learn together for 6 to 8 weeks. Topics reflect a broad range of interests, including refugee rights, healthy eating, public speaking, and computer science.

Jobs of the future, disadvantaged learners, tips for adult educators and more — ACE News, 15 November 2017

Posted November 15, 2017 - 12:22 by Gina Perry

This week's news features stories about the impact of government policies on disadvantaged learners, research on the workforce of the future, tips and inspiration for adult learners and more.

Calls for Papers - AMPS Conference Series 2018

Posted November 14, 2017 - 01:31 by Mike Osborne

The organisers of the Architecture Media Politis Society (AMPS) invite submission of abtracts for four upcoming conferences in their 2018 series:

Suburbs need Beauty - a community/university project combating the Mafia in Catania

Posted November 12, 2017 - 12:55 by Roberta Piazza

I hope that PASCAL subscribers will be interested to watch the video of a multidisciplinary laboratory concerned with investigating the Mafia's landscape through this link. I conducted this work with a colleague from the Engineering Department of the University of Catania in 2016/2017. It's an example of a university-community education project that we realised in a deprived area around Catania.

PIMA Newsletter No 14, October 2017

Posted November 8, 2017 - 11:29 by Chris Duke

Please find featured below and attached the PIMA Newsletter No 14, for October 2017.

PIMA is part of the total PASCAL endeavour to promote and advance our shared values and purposes in a rapidly changing world. It seeks to support and complement the central thrust of Board policies, adding to the suite in ways and areas that the Board may not be able directly to undertake.

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