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This section provides news about PASCAL together with significant developments in policy and research relating to the areas of interest to PASCAL. It is based on regular scanning of policy, practice and academic literature, including web-based sources.

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PASCAL EcCoWell Community Recovery Program - Final Report

Posted November 19, 2020 - 13:48

In this posting, we report on the PASCAL EcCoWell Community Recovery Program, which was conducted from March to October 2020 with attached an extensive edited report from Peter Kearns and Denise-Reghenzani-Kearns. The programme was developed to test whether EcCoWell ideas on integration and partnership would have value in supporting community recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Five learning cities, two learning neighbourhoods, and two universities participated in the program. Short profiles of participants are given in Appendix 1.

A New Brand for a New Direction | Placemaking Weekly

Posted November 16, 2020 - 13:10

This newsletter from the Project for Public Spaces connects people who share a passion for public spaces to ideas and issues, news, quotes, places, and events from the placemaking movement.

Global Learning Festival - Reflections Workshop Minutes and Attachments

Posted November 14, 2020 - 12:43

Following on from the inaugural Global Learning Festival (GLF) offered from 1-4 September 2020, in late October 2020, core learning city participants in the GLF Working Group met for a reflections session, led by Dr Robbie Guevera, PASCAL Observatory Board member and Associate Professor,  International Development Program at RMIT.

UALL Work and Learning Network - November newsletter

Posted November 12, 2020 - 12:22

More than ever this year, technology has impacted almost every aspect of our life, with education being no exception. In the November edition of the Network News, the Work and Learning Network focus on the ways we use technology. 

Professor Jim Gallacher

Posted November 10, 2020 - 09:59

On Saturday 31 October a great Scotsman died. Professor Jim Gallacher, for some four decades, was a driving force in the widening of access to higher education in Scotland, and in fostering the development of research in lifelong learning. He was a close personal friend and colleague of mine for over 30 years, and it is with great sadness that I write this account of his work.

 

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