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Big Tent II - Community-University Engagement in 2030: A Scenario

Posted October 10, 2011 - 19:57 by Mike Osborne

Here is a draft of Perspectives from the "Big Tent" global dialogue on Community-University Research and Engagement to be held on October 17, 2011. This is the second global statement by the "Big Tent" group of international community university research and engagement networks and will be finalised following discussions that will be chaired from the University of Glasgow by Dr Rajesh Tandon of PRIA and Professor Michael Osborne of PASCAL amongst the networks.

We welcome comments from our subscribers in advance of the dialogue and thereafter.

 

The Natural Browsing project and PASCAL - a rather unique collaboration

Posted October 2, 2011 - 13:27 by Mike Osborne

On the face of it, involvement with the dissemination of a leading-edge computer science project would seem to be outside of PASCAL's remit.  What have "semantic search" and "natural languague processing" got to do with the social sciences? This is exactly the question we asked ourselves when invited by our colleagues from the Puglia Region to get involved in the Natural Browsing project.

The University and the City - New York City 24-28 February 2012. A request for proposals by 14 Sept 2011

Posted August 31, 2011 - 16:42 by Mike Osborne

This has just been brought to my attention and you can see the origin below.

New Knowledge Exchange Call in UK

Posted July 22, 2011 - 09:00 by Mike Osborne

The next Knowledge Exchange of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) in the UK will open from the 1st September 2011 until the 27th October 2011. The ESRC will again be running two schemes, the Follow on Fund scheme and a Knowledge Exchange Opportunities scheme.

This call is aimed at social science researchers at all stages of their career and at organisations in the business, public and civil society sectors, with the intention of encouraging dialogue and collaboration between these groups. 

Latest Issue of JACE - four articles on universities and regional development

Posted July 16, 2011 - 08:59 by Mike Osborne

The latest issue of the Journal of Adult and Continuing Education (JACE 17.1) has just been published, and includes articles by PASCAL board members and associates.

New PASCAL Book - Heritage, Regional Development and Social Cohesion

Posted June 17, 2011 - 12:43 by Mike Osborne

The latest PASCAL book, Heritage, Regional Development and Social Cohesion, edited by Peter Kearns, Sofia Kling and Christina Wistman has been published.

It is an outcome of the 8th International PASCAL Observatory Conference in Östersund, Sweden, which was organised jointly by the Jämtland County Museum, Jamtli, and The Nordic Centre of Heritage Learning, NCK.

Innovation for Stronger Regions: Opportunities in FP7 - 14 July 2011, Brussels

Posted June 17, 2011 - 12:31 by Mike Osborne

14 July 2011, 9:00-14:00, at  Committee of the Regions, Rue Belliard 101, Brussels
 
The event aims at encouraging regional and local actors to get acquainted with the EC's 7th Framework Programme of research. It provides an opportunity for more established actors to share their experience and to stimulate new partnerships between regions and at sharing ideas on, e.g. smart specialisation.
 

Interim Evaluation of the 2007-2009 EC Lifelong Learning Programme

Posted May 31, 2011 - 09:32 by Mike Osborne

The Public Policy and Management Institute (PPMI)  of Vilnius, Lithuania has presented the interim evaluation of the 2007-2009 Lifelong Learning Programme commissioned by DG Education and Culture in the European Commission. 

Learning on the River in London

Posted April 20, 2011 - 09:49 by Mike Osborne

A new resource from London will be of interest to those concerned with place and learning, especially informal learning. Here is a quote from a press release.

U-Multirank: Multi- dimensional Global ranking of Universities; a feasibility project.

Posted April 12, 2011 - 10:44 by Mike Osborne

This is a project funded by the European Commission led by a consortium headed by CHEPS in the Netherlands. It is concerned with field-based ranking of HEIs.

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