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New Smart Cities Report Published by Philips Lighting – WCCD Foundation Partner

Posted December 14, 2017 - 15:55

Philips Lighting – a Foundation Partner of the World Council on City Data – has launched a new report: Future  of cities: Scenarios that show how people may experience cities in 2035. Offering an overview of scenario planning for smart cities, the report shares four scenarios that highlight the future possibilities within smart cities, as well as the driving forces that shape the city scenarios. According to Kees van der Klauw, Head of Research at Philips Lighting: “Digital transformation creates uncertainty. Scenario planning gives cities insights and a sense of direction, to make the future more manageable."

Celebrating adult learning: Our latest issue of Quest - Adult Learning Australia (ALA) Member News, December 2017

Posted December 11, 2017 - 08:41

Welcome to this year's final issue of Quest, Adult Learning Australia's quarterly magazine. From a national health literacy program that educates and encourages men to pay more attention to their health, to an Indigenous catering enterprise that attracts locals to their neighbourhood education centre, to celebrations of four decades of adult literacy our latest issue features stories about how people take on challenges, overcome hurdles and develop confidence and skills through adult education.

Have a Seat, Take a Survey | Weekly Placemaking Round-Up - Project for Public Spaces

Posted December 10, 2017 - 13:49

The first step to evaluating the health and vibrancy of a space might be to sit down. That is, if you can. More than forty-five years have passed since Holly Whyte issued a call for more and better seating in New York City in his essay, "Please, Just a Nice Place to Sit," and cities are still struggling to make comfortable seating available in public spaces. We know that fixing seating can fix a space, bringing back the characteristic interactions that define great places...

PASCAL Briefing Paper 9 - Learning Initiatives to Connect the Urban and Rural

Posted December 5, 2017 - 12:11

Strengthening rural-urban interdependence is fundamental to reducing regional disparities, enhancing environmental quality, and maintaining national integrity and social cohesion.

This PASCAL Policy Briefing discusses the vital role cities and universities have to play in developing and promoting learning initiatives.

PASCAL Briefing Paper 9 - Learning Initiatives to Connect the Urban and Rural

Posted December 5, 2017 - 12:11

Strengthening rural-urban interdependence is fundamental to reducing regional disparities, enhancing environmental quality, and maintaining national integrity and social cohesion.

This PASCAL Policy Briefing discusses the vital role cities and universities have to play in developing and promoting learning initiatives.

Another great opportunity at University of Glasgow: Lecturer in Inclusive Education

Posted December 5, 2017 - 12:06

We have another great position we have just advertised, for a Lecturer in Inclusive Education – a fantastic opportunity for an early career academic. And Glasgow is a great city to live in.

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