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This section provides news about PASCAL together with significant developments in policy and research relating to the areas of interest to PASCAL. It is based on regular scanning of policy, practice and academic literature, including web-based sources.

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PASCAL sends its sympathies to the people of the PURE region of Darling Downs

Posted January 17, 2011 - 10:18

PASCAL sends its sympathies to the people of the PURE region of Darling Downs and particularly the people of Toowoomba, which has suffered terrible flooding and loss of life. The attached pictures and link to a youtube video sent by PASCAL Associate, Professor Glen Postle, give you some idea of the devastation caused. We hope that the worst is over and our thoughts are with our friends and colleagues.

 

 

The video is of Chalk Drive, Toowoomba, taken from across the road from the Flexi School. You can see the school in some of the shots (click on an image to view/show slideshow).

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Results of the Interactive Workshop on Defining Regional Prosperity - PASCAL 2010 Conference, Botswana

Posted January 12, 2011 - 21:25

Notes from the Interactive Workshop on Defining Regional Prosperity “Engaged Universities and Learning Cities-Regions” at the 9th PASCAL International Observatory Conference Organized by the University of Botswana December 2, 2010

Workshop Facilitators:

Robert E. Gleeson, Ph.D., Northern Illinois University and PASCAL

Diana Robinson, Northern Illinois University and PASCAL

Results of the Interactive Workshop on Defining Regional Prosperity - PASCAL 2010 Conference, Botswana

Posted January 12, 2011 - 21:25

Notes from the Interactive Workshop on Defining Regional Prosperity “Engaged Universities and Learning Cities-Regions” at the 9th PASCAL International Observatory Conference Organized by the University of Botswana December 2, 2010

Workshop Facilitators:

Robert E. Gleeson, Ph.D., Northern Illinois University and PASCAL

Diana Robinson, Northern Illinois University and PASCAL

Mobilizing Adaptive Engagement: From Disequilibrium to Innovation Paul T. Crawford and Diana L. Robinson

Posted January 4, 2011 - 10:00

This presentation demonstrates community engagement skills drawn from literature and practices associated with adaptive leadership. The practice of community engagement frequently reveals adaptive challenges that resist easy resolution.  Adaptive challenges occur when formerly predictable environments are altered and prompt people and organizations to change.

PASCAL 2010 Keynote - Leading Community Engagement: A Critical Reflection - Paul T. Crawford

Posted January 4, 2011 - 09:22

This discussion paper draws on cultural anthropology, narratology and rhetorical analysis to offer a conceptual analysis of the practice of higher education engagement.

 

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