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PASCAL Director attends Citynet conference in Seoul

Posted November 6, 2013 - 11:13 by Alan Foster

Professor Michael Osborne, PASCAL Director at the University of Glasgow was very pleased to be able to attend the CityNet conference held between 3 and 6 November at Seoul City Hall and Global Centre. It was a pleasure for PASCAL as partners of CityNet to attend this event, which was full of excellent dialogue.

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Cork EcCoWell International conference – key addresses

Posted November 6, 2013 - 09:59 by Peter Kearns

The city of Cork recently hosted an international conference to follow up the initiative by the city to explore how the EcCoWell ideas developed by PASCAL under the PIE program might be implemented in Cork. EcCoWell is directed at holistic and integrated approaches to city development that progress beyond the silos often found in cities.

The Irish Minister for Research and Innovation, Sean Sherlock, spoke at the conference and offered comment on the EcCoWell aspiration. Closing remarks at the conference were given by Pat Ledwidge. The text of both addresses are available below and attached.

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Bad Tölz Learning Region Case Study

Posted November 5, 2013 - 09:15 by Peter Kearns

I recently posted a note about the Cork and Limerick Lifelong Learning Festivals in the context of an article by the co-ordinators of both festivals in the current issue of the Irish Adult Learner 2013 journal. My note mentioned that Bad Tölz in southern Germany has conducted very successful learning and health festivals for some years. Information on the Bad Tölz festivals is now available in the attached short paper by Denise Reghenzani-Kearns and Romina Prudent.

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Fundacion Bofil and PASCAL PIAAC seminar and conference in Barcelona - 7 November

Posted November 1, 2013 - 13:52 by Valtencir Mendes

We are delighted to announce that Fundacion Bofil is organising in collaboration with the PASCAL Observatory a seminar and conference on 7 November 2013 in Barcelona related to the recent PIAAC report. In order to facilitate productive discussions in the seminar, the number of participants will be limited to approximately 30 invited individuals. The evening conference is opened to the general public. Full details are attached.

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Call for feedback: Big Tent V

Posted November 1, 2013 - 11:07 by Rebekka Schnitter

The 5th Global Dialogue on Community-University Engagement is taking place in Hong Kong, November 18-20th, 2013 during the 11th PASCAL Conference hosted by the Hong Kong Institute of Education and organised the the Europe Centre at RMIT University.

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Random Reflections - November 1, 2013

Posted November 1, 2013 - 10:59 by Rajesh Tandon

Here are some random reflections for your perusal:

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Shanghai Forum on Lifelong Education

Posted November 1, 2013 - 03:03 by Peter Kearns

The Shanghai Municipal Institute for Lifelong Education (SMILE) in partnership with the National Center for Educational Development and Research and the National Center for Community Education Research and Development is convening a Shanghai Forum on Lifelong Education in Shanghai on 15 November immediately prior to the EU Centre/PASCAL Hong Kong Conference on 18-20 November. SMILE links the East China Normal University and Shanghai City Council in the development of the Shanghai Learning City initiative.

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EcCoWell - Cities for the Future - Presentations now online

Posted October 31, 2013 - 18:33 by Denise Cahill

All presentations from the EcCoWell - Cities for the Future International Conference in Cork City on September 26^th and 27^th 2013 are currently on our website for you to view and share. We had a total for 265 applications for the conference from local, national and international delegates.

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Successful Town Centres

Posted October 31, 2013 - 17:57 by Andres Coca-Ste...

Please find featured below attached a recent piece of work for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, which argues for a repositioning of the strategic focus of town and city centres more in line with their DNA or 'personality'. The report also offers the first ever National Framework for Town Centre Performance in the UK with a set of key performance indicators that favour a 'DIY' approach from communities empowering them to gather the data for themselves without any previous knowledge of market research.