Aging populations, especially in rural areas, are threatening many long-term business establishments that are essential to quality of life in the community.  Business owners reach retirement age with no heirs willing to take over the business. This means that essential businesses and gathering places such as grocery stores, restaurants, etc. may close unless innovative approaches are implemented. Local governments have been resourceful in addressing these challenges. Community Owned Businesses have been used in many instances. Employee-owned businesses, cooperatives, or Employee Stock Ownership Programs worked in other areas.

I wish to bring to the attention of PASCAL subscribers a recently posted Lectureship in Education at the University of Glasgow, with additional research support, that is now live on the Schools of Education's Global Talent page, where more details may be found. We will be recruiting up to 4 candidates to this post on a mix of Grade 7 and Grade 8 contracts as appropriate.

Today is the final day to apply for the Mayor's SDG Fellowship Programme in Kerala. This Fellowship has been conceptualised to provide short-term academic/research support for the Mayors in the Municipal Corporations of Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Kochi, Thrissur, Kozhikode, & Kannur, who are formulating local policies and programmes on a wide range of themes.

The School of Education invites applications for the position of Lecturer in Adult Education (Research & Teaching Track) at University of Glasgow. The School of Education is one of the leading Schools of Education globally, ranked No 38 in the QS for Education and Training (2021). We are a large and dynamic unit which brings together academics and researchers with expertise across all sectors of education: formal and non-formal, pre-school through to higher, adult and community education.

The team at Wyndham City Council, a member of PASCAL's Learning Cities Network, are excited to share our second annual Learning Community Update (featured below and attached), endorsed at this week’s Ordinary Council Meeting.