This is a reminder that there will be a Symposium in honour of Jarl Bengtsson which will take place in Paris  on April 9. All PASCAL-ers  who can make it there are welcome (because of limited space please inform Mike Osborne or Hans Schuetze of your intention). A poster and program are featured below and attached.

The first and main part of the Symposium will focus on the work and influence of Dr. Jarl Bengtsson, who has contributed greatly to the development of adult education, lifelong learning and, more generally, to the relationship of education and a changing society. Most of this work was done during his 30-year-long tenure (1971–2002) at the Paris-based Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); in particular as director of the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI), a think-tank, innovation laboratory, network of academics and policy makers, and policy advocating body.

The second part will concentrate on work that Bengtsson, after leaving the OECD, helped to initiate and coordinate under the auspices of PASCAL International, a loosely organized network of former associates from within and without the OECD, and a small number of research universities as well as local government organisations. This group works on issues relating to learning regions and cities and, more generally, the design and implementation of learning-based regional development strategies that balance economic growth, social equity, and environmental sustainability.

Symposium

Making Education Wider and Higher
Educational Reforms in the Last Half-Century

April 9^th, 2015 14:30 to 18:00 h

Haute École des Science Politiques , Paris 
117 Bld St Germain, 6^th arrondissement (Metro Odeon, Bus 6) Room #740 4th floor

Program

14:30  Welcome

Welcome by Chris Brooks on behalf of the Master of Public Affairs, Sciences Po, Paris

Part 1

14:35 to 16:15  Making Education Wider and Higher  - The work and impact of Jarl Bengtsson

Introduction: Hans G. Schuetze, Chris Duke, Chris Brooks, Jean-Michel Saussois,

Comments and Discussions: Tom Schuller, David Istance, Albert Tuijnman, Pierre Caspar

16:15 -16:30  Break

Part 2

16:30 to 18:00  Universities and their Regions

Introduction: Mike Osborne, Chris Duke

Comments and Discussion:  Jean-Marie Filloque, Caroline Carlot, Peter Welsh

Reference literature:

Journal of Adult and Continuing Education (JACE), Special Issue 2014 no 2 (Guest editor: H. G. Schuetze)

Duke, C., Osborne, M., & Wilson, B. (2013). A new imperative - Regions and higher education in difficult times. Manchester: Manchester University Press.

Istance, D., Schuetze, H. G., & Schuller, T. (Eds.). (2002). International perspectives on lifelong learning - From recurrent education to the knowledge society. A Festschrift for Jarl Bengtsson. Buckingham: Open University Press.

Carlot, C., Filloque, J.-M. , Osborne, M. and P. Welsh (eds) The Role of Higher Education in Regional and Community Development and in the Time of Economic Crisis. Leicester: NIACE