The European Comission’s Eurostat conference 'SmartStatistics4SmartCities' was held in Greece on 5-6 October. The aim was to raise awareness about the importance of building sustainable partnerships between official statistics, municipalities, academic institutions, citizens and businesses. Among the invited speakers were PASCAL Associate Ilpo Laitinen and Konstantinos Ampountolas from the UBDC, University of Glagow.

Please find featured below and attached the Spring 2018 issue of the newsletter Ripples, from the Australian Learning Communities Network (ALCN):

Australia is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 28% of residents were born in another country and almost 50% have at least one parent born elsewhere. The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), a hybrid-funded Australian public broadcasting radio, online, and television network, has recently developed a Cultural Competence Program (CCP) online training course for individuals and organisations.

We are pleased to announce that we have secured almost £100,000 to continue the work of the Sustainable Futures in Africa (SFA) Network from funding allocated to the University of Glasgow from the Scottish Funding Council to support work within the Global Challenges Research Fund. SFA is an interdisciplinary collective established in 2016 bringing together researchers, educators, and communities across 4 African countries and the UK.