Colleagues with the PASCAL network may be interested in this opportunity to be briefing on the Global Challenges Research Fund in Bogota, Dehli and Pretoria, which are occuring in the Autumn.

The PASCAL Centre in Africa recently hosted a meeting of the Supporting Urban Engagement of
Universities in Africa and Asia (SUEUAA) project in Cape Town.

In higher education and public administration studies in general, two main arguments for understanding policy development, policy tools and institutional responses prevail. One line refers to the rapid spread of policies across the globe and emphasises policy borrowing and coping with policies. The other main argument repeatedly points out how national trajectories and path dependencies influence implementation processes, the choice and effectiveness of policy tools and the proposed policy solutions.

I'm pleased to let you know a UALL Member, Middlesex University, the Institute for Work Based Learning, has been chosen by the European Commission as one of the top 50 good practice case studies throughout Europe and beyond. Please see featured below the report from Middlesex.