The leader of the Culture strand at the PASCAL Glasgow Conference, Henrik Zipsane, has prepared the overview that follows of the Culture strand of the PASCAL Glasgow Conference. The papers in this strand demonstrated the importance of cultural aspects in building sustainable learning cities including the significance of bottom up influences in building cohesive communities.

The Goodison Group in Scotland (GGiS) together with their strategic partner, Scotland’s Futures Forum, were delighted to invite Prof. Michael Osborne, Director of Research and Chair of Adult and Lifelong Learning at Glasgow University and Toni Andrews, Co - Designer at Young Scot, to stimulate the first GGiS debate of the year.