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PASCAL Conference 2018 - The Role of Lifelong Education in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution

The 15th PASCAL Conference will be held in Korea on 30-31 August 2018. The venue is the city of Suwon, part of metropolitan Seoul, Korea. The co-organiser is the GyeonggiDo Provincial Institute of Lifelong Learning (GILL).  The main theme of this first East Asia PASCAL Conference is "The Role of Lifelong Education in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution”.  

A European lens upon adult and lifelong learning in Asia

In this article, we seek to assess the extent to which adult and lifelong learning policies and practices in Asia have distinctiveness by comparison to those found in western societies, through an analysis of inter-governmental, national and regional policies in the field. We also inform our study through the analysis of the work of organisations with an international remit with a specific focus on Asia and Europe. In one case, the Asia–Europe Meeting Lifelong Learning (ASEM LLL) Hub has a specific function of bringing together researchers in Asia and Europe.

Africa's Rapid Urbanisation - Africa's Cities : Opening Doors to the World

The World Bank is investing in the development of Africa's cities to overcome the lack of access to housing, services, and jobs.  In the report: "Africa's Cities: Opening Doors to the World" [featured below], addressing the crowded informal settlements and little infrastructure is seen through the improvement of safe water, sanitation and hygiene.  With a population of 1 billion predicted by 2040 and housing that currently costs 55% more than in other regions of the world, senior economist and co-author of the report states the situations is "dangerous".

Can democracy survive in the West?

In Alison Smith’s wonderful novel Autumn, written just after Brexit, there is a conversation between mother and daughter about why Mum has stopped following the news:

I am tired of the news. I am tired of the way it makes things spectacular that aren’t, and deals so simplistically with what’s truly appalling. I am tired of the vitriol. I am tired of the anger. I am tired of the meanness. I am tired of the selfishness. I am tired of how we’re doing nothing to stop it.

PIMA Newsletter No 13, August 2017

Please find featured below and attached the PIMA Newsletter No 13, for August 2017.

Resilience matters. How can it be nurtured?

Hardly a week goes by without shocking news of a disaster in a city with implications for its future development and, often, for other cities as well. Think of the recent Grenfell Tower fire in London, raising questions about high-rise living elsewhere in London, but also in the Gulf, in Asia and in North America. Density demands that we build up because there are too many pressures on space in the neighbourhoods where people want to live. Human settlement patterns in the 20th century have favored coastal zones. Meanwhile, floods in Thailand and hurricanes in the United States show how difficult the coast can be to manage sustainably.

TRENDS2017 - BOOKING REMINDER

The 14th PASCAL International Conference "Trends2017 –  Between Cities and the Rural: the Role of Universities in Developing our Societies” that will take place from 17 to 19 October 2017 in Pretoria, South Africa. Since the inauguration of the PASCAL network, we are delighted to host the event in South Africa for the first time and... YOU ARE INVITED!

Pathways for adult learners, social inclusion, mental health, Adult Learners' Week and and more— ACE News, 21 August 2017

Incorporating new technology into adult learning, community initiatives for improving mental health and social inclusion, navigating pathways to adult learning and a slew of fantastic new Adult Learners' Week events are all featured in this week's news.

FREE: FUTURES CONFERENCE: Research Requires Collaboration - RMIT - 4 Sep 2017

Sep 4 2017
Australia/Melbourne
Conference Rooms Storey Hall, RMIT Building 16, level 7
342 Swanston St
Melbourne
Australia  Australia

Australia’s future in a competitive world depends on effective collaborative approaches – do we have the means for that? This conference, hosted by RMIT University’s EU Centre, will bring together policymakers, leaders in regional and Australian business, academics and entrepreneurs for a frank debate about the prerequisites to sustain quality research and innovation in Australia.

NEXUS April - June 2017 - the Newsletter of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL)

Please find featured below the latest issue of Nexus, the quarterly newsletter of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL).

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