Featured here is Dr Lesley Doyle of the University of Glasgow and a PASCAL Associate following her keynote address on the topic of lifelong learning anf work at the recent Shanghai International Forum on Construction of Urban Lifelong Education and Learning Community:

I participated briefly in the Alliance Global Conference to give a paper on our EcCowell approach. Several papers were interesting from an equity and integrated planning perspective including one from Tehran on an equity assessment called Urban Heart (Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool) which is now widely applied across Asia, Latin America, parts of Africa and elsewhere, but not in Europe or North America.

Dear Colleagues,

As you might know, in the last two years eight European stakeholders and research organisations* have been working, through the EquNet project and with the support of European Commission, with the aim of enhancing equity in European Higher Education through networking among all interested stakeholders, and have been gathering research on the topic. More info at www.equnet.info.

The EAN Amsterdam 2011 conference book, “Student Diversity in Higher Education: Conflicting Realities” is now available on our website.

Dear Friends,

Rajesh reminds us that October 2 was Mahatma Gandhi's birthday.  By chance I was in Memphis, Tennessee that day visiting the US civil rights museum located at the Lorraine Motel where Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated.  He was of course a strong advocate of non-violent civil disobedience.  Important to be reminded of the sheer hard work, risk and long term determination that democratic social justice struggles require.