Learning Cities 2030

LCN Inclusion Rolling Workshops

The Rolling Workshop approach which has been successfully applied by the Harnessing Cultural Policy Network will now be applied by the LCN's Inclusion Network with an Inclusion Rolling Workshop which commenced in Townsville on 4 May. The Townsville Workshop will be followed by workshops in Glasgow (early July), Bristol (15 October), and Melbourne (2 December).

2nd International Conference on Learning Cities (ICLC) - 28 to 30 September 2015 in Mexico City

Sep 28 2015
Sep 30 2015
America/Mexico City
UNESCO and the Government of Mexico City
Mexico City

The International Conference on Learning Cities provides an opportunity for mayors, city education executives and experts from all over the world to communicate their expertise in building learning cities, learn from others’ experiences, forge partnerships and create synergies.

Transatlantic Sessions presents: The Creative City - a comparison of Glasgow and Portland - 21 May 2015, 1600-1800

Apr 8 2015 16:00
Apr 8 2015 18:00
Europe/London
Glasgow School of Art, 167 Renfrew Street
Reid Building, Principal Seminar Room 1
Glasgow

The Creative City is an academic research project which aims to closely examine two creative cities – Glasgow, Scotland and Portland, Oregon – both famed for their creative industries and identities.

A second visit to Cork Lifelong Learning Festival

For the second year running I had the pleasure of attending the Cork Lifelong Learning Festival. Because of a previous appointment, I had missed the UNESCO Growing Learning in Cork event and had only the Thursday and the Friday to enjoy the proceedings, being picked up at the airport on a wet and miserable Wednesday night by Willie McAuliffe (Chair of the Festival Organising Committee) after a 14 hour journey.

Learning Cities on the move

An article by Peter Kearns, entitled Learning Cities on the Move can be found in the issue 55(1) of the Australian Journal of Adult Education at this link. Members of Adult Learning Australia can access this article as part of their membership. For others there is a small download fee.

Public Seminar: Big Data, Smart Cities and Urban Research Infrastructure - Tues. 5th May, 2015

May 5 2015
Europe/London
Yudowitz Seminar Room, Wolfson Medical School Building
University of Glasgow
Glasgow

Please join us on Tuesday, 5th May at 5:15pm for a seminar and reception with Prof. Robert J. Stimson, Senior Academic Advisor (and former Director) of the Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN), a pioneering figure in the urban research field who has played a leading role in major developments in urban research infrastructure in Australia.

Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) Newsletter Vol. 2, No. 1: January to March 2015

Welcome to the first 2015 Newsletter of the Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC). We have started into a year in which we hope to see numerous fruitful events and milestones in enhancing lifelong learning in the world’s communities. 

A Catania una conferenza su sviluppo locale Learning Region e Learning City

For colleagues in Italy in particular here is the link to the University of Catania's Bulletin announcing the 12th PASCAL International Conference from 7-9 October, 2015.

Wyndham as a Learning Community

Dr Shanti Wong, Learning Community Consultant, reflects on the City of Wyndham and its first Learning Community Strategy (2014-2017). I wrote previously about the City of Melton, the City of Hume and the City of Brimbank and how the idea of fostering learning as a driver for change is spreading throughout Western Metropolitan Melbourne.

Book discounts for PASCAL Conference delegates

We are pleased to report that all registered delegates for the 12th PASCAL Conference will be eligible for a 50% discount on all books in the series related to the PURE project as published by Manchester University Press. The following books have been published to date:

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