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2nd International Conference on Learning Cities (ICLC) - PASCAL Delegation

Posted August 21, 2015 - 17:40 by Mike Osborne

We are pleased to announce that following an invitation as partners to UNESCO's Global Network of Learning Cities, PASCAL Observatory is sending the following delegation to the 2nd International Conference on Learning Cities in Mexico City, taking place from 28-30 September 2015:

Position as deputy director at Jamtli Foundation available

Posted August 20, 2015 - 16:43 by Henrik Zipsane

Please find featured below and attached an advert for the position as Deputy Director at Jamtli Foundation. I kindly ask you to spread the advert in your network wherever you feel it´s relevant. Details are attached.

Men's Sheds - New Book

Posted August 20, 2015 - 10:33 by Barry Golding

I am delighted to confirm that The Men's Shed Movement book has just been published!

Future PASCAL Developments – Associates and Members

Posted August 20, 2015 - 04:04 by Josef Konvitz

The expansion of PASCAL International Observatory this Spring is an opportunity to strengthen the links among the universities that host PASCAL Centres, clarifying their roles and responsibilities.  This process, which could take several months, may take the form of a new memorandum, superseding previous agreements exchanged among the host institutions.

Invitation to International Conference on Learning Cities - 28-30 September 2015

Posted August 18, 2015 - 17:44 by Mike Osborne

Please find featured below and attached an invitation from our good friends at the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning in Hamburg to the forthcoming International Conference on Learning Cities in Mexico City from 28-30 September 2015. We strongly encourage all members of PASCAL and subscribers to consider attendance, particularly members cities and organisations of our Learning Cities Networks (LCN) program.

PASCAL Learning Cities Networks Inclusion Workshops

Posted August 18, 2015 - 09:36 by Peter Kearns

Arrangements have now been made for further Inclusion Workshops to be conducted in Glasgow, Bristol, and Melbourne to follow the initial workshop held in Townsville last May.

Invitation to become a member of the Friends of PASCAL Association

Posted August 17, 2015 - 19:42 by Chris Duke

You are invited to become a member of the Friends of PASCAL Association headquartered in Melbourne Australia:

Growing Irrelevance of Parliamentary Democracy

Posted August 17, 2015 - 19:37 by Rajesh Tandon

The monsoon session of India’s parliament ended yesterday without transacting any business. Shouting matches with noisy placards and menacing gestures made live coverage of parliament session far more ‘action-packed’ than any recent Bollywood movie.

Entrepreneurial cities and enterprise education

Posted August 17, 2015 - 10:04 by John Tibbitt

This is the first of an occasional series highlighting those posts on PASCAL social media sites which have attracted the most interest over the past 7 days.  For more, follow PASCAL on Twitter @obspascal or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pascalobservatory.

Spaces for Literacy: public discussions on the future of libraries

Posted August 17, 2015 - 09:29 by Michael Burns

Theatrum Mundi will be in Edinburgh on 20-21 August 2015, hosting three public discussions on the future of libraries at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. With rapid global urbanisation, digital technology revolutionising access to information and demands on public funding, these debates will ask what spaces will literacy occupy in the 21st century city.

 

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