One of PASCAL's major pieces of work has been the international study of universities' regional engagement PURE. The study examined policies and practice in 17 cities and regions around the world, with a view to reporting both to universities and regional stakeholders to help foster collaboration and economic and social development. The study was largely complete by 2011.

A new weekly curated newspaper #learningcities weekly was launched this week.  A trial edition came out yesterday (Wednesday) and the full editions will appear every week from now on.  The idea of #learningcities weekly is to bring together in one place all references to #learningcities on Twitter in the previous week and provide easy access to a range of material on one of PASCAL's main themes.

PASCAL's reach in social media continues to grow.  On Twitter (@obspascal) we are now well passed the 8000 posts, and we have over 1800 followers, a number that continues to grow steadily.  PASCAL has been listed 128 times at the time of writing. Our tweets feed through to the PASCAL Facebook page where we are also attracting an increasing number of fans.

On September 19, to coincide with the Ocean City Festival and the new round of European funding programmes, the city of Plymouth and Plymouth College of Art are hosting a meeting between stakeholders across the European Atlantic Sea Board, linked to the Creative and Cultural Industries.

PASCAL continues to extend its global reach through its mainstream activities and social media.

Our successful 11th International conference has recently concluded in Hong Kong, PASCAL's first major event in that region, and this website carries information and reflections on the event.

We have also now passed 1000 twitter followers, spread around the world in 43 countries. . Our Facebook page has attracted almost 200 'likes', spread over an amazing 45 countries, and the daily paper 'Observations' has been shared over 4300 times.