We are delighted that our longstanding partner, Citynet based in Seoul, has agreed to be a sponsor of the 13th PASCAL Conference in Glasgow, 3-5 June, 2016. You will find an overview of Citynet in the SPONSORS section of the Conference website. We are also very pleased that Vijay Jagannathan. President of Citynet, has agreed to join one of PASCAL's Special Interest Groups that is working to forge stronger links with cities across the world. More details of this will be announced shortly.

Inclusion has been central to the concept of a learning city from the beginning. While useful work has been undertaken in addressing exclusion in both the PASCAL International Exchanges (PIE) and Learning Cities Networks (LCN) programs, global contextual shifts and issues with mass migration flows, instability and high unemployment in many countries, and structural industry changes have raised a new generation of exclusion issues to add to the traditional issues in various stages of the lifecourse. PASCAL will be addressing these issues at their 13th International Conference in Glasgow, 3-5 June, 2016.

I came across this today which I think will be of interest to PASCAL subscribers: Bologna Regulation for the Care and Regeneration of the Urban Commons. The full text is featured below as is a summary of the most salient points.

The OECD LEED research project “Building resilience through greater adaptability to long-term challenges” aims to explore the link between local resilience and the capacity to adapt to long-term challenges such as ageing populations and the shift to a green economy.

The interim report of the Commission on Widening Access to HE in Scotland has recently been published together with a summary of evidence submitted.  The report, the summary of evidence, and my own submission on behalf of  the Centre for Research and Development in Adult and Lifelong Learning (CR&DALL) can be found at this link.