Dear Colleagues,

With apologies for cross-posting.

Please find details of the 9th International Pascal Conference to be held at the University of Botswana in Gaborone from 1-3 December 2010 in collaboration with the University of Botswana and the Forum for the Advancement of Continuing Education in the UK.

The theme of the conference is Engaged Universities and Learning Cities/Regions

CONFERENCE THEMATIC AREAS

1. The Engaged University and Learning in an African Perspective
2. Lifelong Learning, Citizenship and Economic Empowerment

Yesterday I received the following message from UKFast and since many argue that entrepreneurship (in both the business sense and in the social sense) is a feature of being a lifelong learner, I thought that this would be something Pascal subscribers would have a view on.

I'm also interested in how at an individual level, entrepreneurship is operationalised since I have found no convincing tools in relation to the development of undergraduate attributes in the area of enterprise/entrepreneurship. Has anyone found measurement tools in this area?

Best wishes Mike

One of the (dare I say it) 'big ideas' of the Conservative Party's election campaign, now incorporated into the new UK coalition government thinking, is the replacement of 'big government' by the 'big society'.   Although not explained much at the time of the election, and dismissed subsequently by the opposition as the 'do-it-yourself-society', necessitated as a consequence of severe cuts in public expenditure,  the policies behind the slogan are beginning to emerge.  David Cameron spoke recently of devolving power from central government to local government and to comm

The Social Capital Gateway's reading list now includes a new section on the Internet and Social Capital:
 
http://www.socialcapitalgateway.org/internet.html