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PIMA Bulletin18

This attached PIMA Bulletin 18 sustains the theme ‘What is happening to democracy’ by means of a challenging paper from South Africa’s Mugabe Ratshikuni who asks, only slightly tongue in cheek, whether we really need it. We return to that subject in the next issue, and invite responses to both Mugabe and Chris Brooks. We will likely also return to the subject ‘What has happened to lifelong learning’ in the next issue, after a five-part discussion in previous issue (No. 17). Comments are welcome there also.

Commonwealth Foundation Newsletter

This month's Newsletter focuses on "Civic voice" through the aims of the Commonwealth Foundation as progressively reported through their Strategy 2017-21.  Within this, the issues of gender equality and inclusion with actions around strengthening civic voice and enhancing participatory governance are addressed.  Climate change is also a key concern, especially for Caribbean and Pacific nations.

SUEUAA (Strengthening Urban Engagement in Universities in Asia and Africa) - two new Working Papers

The SUEUAA (Strengthening Urban Engagement in Universities in Asia and Africa) project funded by the British Academy looks at the role of the University in developing sustainable solutions to issues in six cities across six different countries: Harare (Zimbabwe), Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), Johannesburg (South Africa), Manilla (Philippines), Duhok (Iraq), and Sanandaj (Iran).

New funding for Erasmus Mundus Masters at the University of Glasgow

The School of Education at the University of Glasgow, the European base of PASCAL is pleased to announced further success within the Erasmus Mundus programme that will support one existing International Masters degree and two new Masters. 

PASCAL Conference in Suwon 30/31 August and 1 September 2018 - UIL Director and Deputy Director in attendance

I am very pleased to alert you to some developments in relation to the 15th PASCAL Conference will take place on 30 August - 1 September in Suwon. Thanks to the hard work of our directors in Australia and Europe, and our colleagues in Korea, we have a fine programme with a large number of PASCAL academics and practitioners from the United States, South Africa, the Gulf, Australia, Europe, South East Asia, thus bearing out the title of the Conference which our Korean partners have chosen, Global Forum for Lifelong Education. In addition to the usual mix of plenary and thematic sessions, there will be site visits in an area of Korea famous for being at the forefront of technology. 

Strengthening Urban Engagement of Universities in Africa and Asia - an Update

Mike Osborne and Kasia Borokowska were very pleased to be able to represent the SUEUAA project at the second meeting in London on 19 June of projects funded with the British Academy's Cities and Infrastructure Programme with the Global Challenges Research Programme. We were joined by representatives of other projects, each reporting on their progress. It became very evident that much synergy exists within the programme, and we were very pleased to be approached by colleagues from Mexico interested in joining our project.

PASCAL Collaborator candidate for Iraqi Presidency

We are pleased to report that Professor Kamal Ketuly, who has represented the University of Duhok, in a number of projects co-ordinated by PASCAL is a candidate for the Iraqi presidency. We wish him good luck in his campaign.

Themed Issue relating to Museum Education

Please see the attached call for paper proposals for a themed issue relating to Museum Education in the Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education. This may be of interest to PASCAL subscribers especially those involved in the Learning Cities Network theme of Harnessing Cultural Policies.

Newsletter & International Interfaith Peace Conference

The latest edition of the Multi-faith, Multicultural Centre Newsletter is available to view at this link.  Coming up is the 20 June morning 'Silence for Peace' Meditation Workshop to be held at the Toowoomba St James Anglican Church.  A regular feature of this Centre and Interfaith Working Group is the Voices of Faith radio broadcast.

UNESCO Chair - World Refugee Day Annual Lecture - Glasgow

On World Refugee Day Wednesday 20 June, Prof Alison Phipps (School of Education at University of Glasgow) will present her annual lecture as UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts.

 

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