A recent report entitled, The Higher Education Knowledge Exchange System in the United States commissioned by the Higher Education Funding Council for England form Public & Corporate Economic Consultants, will be of interest to colleagues following US practices in this area, and linked to aspects of PASCAL work in the PURE project.

The foreword from David Sweeney, HEFCE Director, Research, Innovation and Skills says:

Dear Colleagues,

We have received this announcement from the European Centre for Strategic Management of Universities about the project that they lead, funded under the EC’s Lifelong Learning Programme. These workshops may be of interest to PASCAL members and people, especially those involved in the PURE project...

Dear All,

I've just picked up information about the Informed Cities initiative – making research work for local sustainability - from a colleague in Turku who is visiting me later this week. This is a European project funded under the Framework Programme 7, which aims to enhance the connectivity between research and policy-making in sustainable development, with a focus on tools for urban management.