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PASCAL 2010 Keynote - Leading Community Engagement: A Critical Reflection - Paul T. Crawford

Posted January 4, 2011 - 09:22

This discussion paper draws on cultural anthropology, narratology and rhetorical analysis to offer a conceptual analysis of the practice of higher education engagement.

PASCAL 2010 Keynote - Neuroscience, place, learning & the university - Steve Garlick

Posted December 15, 2010 - 12:17

A keynote presentation by Steve Garlick:

PASCAL 2010 Keynote - Engagement in African Universities - Professor Olusola Oyewole

Posted December 2, 2010 - 12:31

The first keynote at the 9th PASCAL International Observatory conference in Gaborone, Botswana was presented by Professor Olusola Oyewole of African Union, Addis Ababa on the topic of Regional Engagement for African Universities: Challenges and Prospects. This presentation complemented a series of excellent welcome sessions from the Mayor of Gaborone City, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Botswana and the Chair of the PASCAL Advisory Board.

The supporting keynote presentation outline appears below:

Policy Challenge Paper 1 - Closing the Engagement Gap

Posted December 1, 2010 - 16:03

Today PASCAL publishes the first of its new series of Policy Challenge Papers which connect emerging ideas and research to topical policy challenges.   Policy Challenge Paper 1 urges regional authorities to secure the greatest impact from higher education institutions at local level by demanding engagement over issues of importance for regional development.

"Breaking the cycle of disadvantage..."

Posted November 25, 2010 - 17:06

The Council of the European Union has produced a Presidency discussion paper in preparation for the Council meeting (Education, Youth, Culture and Sport) on 18-19 November 2010, entitled "Breaking the cycle of disadvantage – the role of education in combating poverty, inequality and social exclusion".

Knowledge Cities Summit

Posted November 22, 2010 - 13:17

The Knowledge Cities Summit, held in Melbourne last week, was an important opportunity for academics, government and business to talk with each other about the emerging features of economic and social development, and the ways in which different kinds of knowledge contribute. As the ‘new club of Paris’ would say, it is the challenge of developing with the unlimited resources which knowledge offers.

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