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Social Transformations in Scandinavian Cities - Nordic Perspectives on Urban Marginalisation & Social Sustainability

Posted January 22, 2016 - 08:39

*** New Title - Scandinavian Studies ***

Scandinavian countries are generally associated with extensive public services and low levels of poverty. However, reality has changed dramatically over the last three decades, and Scandinavia’s cities now share many of the problems and challenges familiar from other Western cities. How do the welfare states handle these global societal transformations?

NEP: New Economics Papers - Social Norms and Social Capital - Digest, Vol 62, Issue 3

Posted January 20, 2016 - 09:47

In this issue we feature 11 current papers on the theme of social capital:

2016 MacJannet Prize Call for Nominations

Posted January 20, 2016 - 08:29

The eighth annual MacJannet Prize will recognize exceptional student civic engagement initiatives based in Talloires Network member universities around the world and contribute financially to their ongoing public service efforts.

PASCAL Special Interest Group - Public Sector Interface

Posted January 19, 2016 - 08:41

Special Interest Groups (SIGs) were agreed by the PASCAL Board as part of a recent review of PASCAL structures in order to give focus to the advice required by the Board in particular areas of its work; PASCAL is therefore now establishing a series of these SIGs.

The real cost of open-plan workspaces in universities

Posted January 19, 2016 - 08:39

In the last decades, higher education is under the pressure to bring innovation and effective new solutions for economic growth and social cohesion. In this context, architects were called to bring their contribution to change higher education from within. The result is a predominance of learning spaces that translate the belief that new designs can stimulate collaboration, creativity and ultimately, good science.

Training & Employment n° 118 - Do young graduates with professional and vocational master¹s degrees regard themselves as competent to hold their jobs?

Posted January 19, 2016 - 08:26

Professional and vocational courses requiring 5 years’ post-secondary study are supposed to meet specific needs for competences in a given area of employment. Young graduates believe they have acquired the specific competences they think their employers require. In their view, the shortfall lies in their general competences. Is this a reason to question the increasingly vocational nature of university courses?

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