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The Role of Universities in Promoting Lifelong Learning seminar in Hamburg, 25 May 2012

Posted May 29, 2012 - 19:34

'The Role of Universities in Promoting Lifelong Learning' was the topic of a seminar in the framework of the 60th Anniversary of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning in Hamburg, Germany on 25 May 2012. PASCAL was delighted that its co-director, Professor Michael Osborne, was invited to be one of the speakers.

On the previous day there was a public lecture programme, which included a contribution from the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova.

Release of Big Tent Communique on Sustainability, Knowledge and Higher Education

Posted May 21, 2012 - 01:06

Universities have a responsibility to look after the well-being of the planet:

It is time to decolonise our universities and learn from the diverse ecologies of knowledge about how to live sustainably

Special Release of English/Mayo: 'Learning with Adults'

Posted May 17, 2012 - 17:31

This book is written at a time when our own field of adult education is under assault from a variety of capitalist and neoconservative forces pressuring us... to turn away from the causes of criticality, lifelong learning, and education for freedom. Rather than succumb to these pressures, we have hope that our long term goals of education for life and living can and will be accomplished alongside professional and vocational education.

Full details follow...

Global Alliance for Community Engaged Research (GACER) meeting in Bonn on 11 May 2012

Posted May 17, 2012 - 17:04

Representatives from PASCAL, Hans Schuetze and Michael Osborne, attended the recent Global Alliance for Community Engaged Research (GACER) meeting in Bonn on 11 May 2012 following the Living Knowledge conference held in that city and during which the third Big Tent communique was presented. This communique will follow soon.

Launch of new edition of "80:20 – Development in an unequal world"

Posted May 15, 2012 - 07:20

On 18 April 2012 more than 60 academics, students, teachers and representatives from Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) attended the UK launch of the new edition of the internationally popular development education resource, 80:20 – Development in an unequal world.

U21 Lifelong Learning & Research Workshop - the Workshop in Action!

Posted May 14, 2012 - 15:53

A U21 workshop on lifelong learning and research was held at Glasgow on May 14 and 15, 2012. Organised jointly by CR&DALL at the University of Glasgow and by the University of Auckland, New Zealand, the event offered the opportunity for 'blue-sky thinking' with regard to the engagement role of universities.

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