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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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*** STOP PRESS *** PASCAL Launches New Project at Ostersund Conference - 23.6.2010

Posted June 18, 2010 - 22:33

PASCAL effective Interventions in Youth Unemployment (PIYU)

The PASCAL programme on effective interventions in youth unemployment is a developing programme offered to members of PASCAL International Observatory.

Unemployment, especially youth unemployment, is a major concern in many regions.  Youth unemployment is always 2-3 times higher than adult unemployment and tends to continue to rise for a while following the end of a recession.

Universities and regions: engagement for regional development

Posted June 15, 2010 - 13:07

Issues of policy and practice arising from the PASCAL PURE programme.

This paper highlights issues of policy and practice for securing effective engagement between regional authorities and universities to enhance regional development.  It draws particularly on experience reported in the 17 regions in different parts of the world taking part in the Pascal PURE programme to offer practical suggestions for regions and universities to apply within the particular contexts in which they find themselves.

PURE Brussels Report - 8th-9th February 2010

Posted March 2, 2010 - 13:12

This announcement is a ‘headline’ summary of the action points prepared by Professor Chris Duke, PURE Academic Director as part of his full report of the above meeting. That full version can be found elsewhere within the website. For a summary please see below:

 

 

 

Brussels PURE Gathering - 8th to 9th February 2010

Posted February 12, 2010 - 01:57

National Strategies for Implementing Life Long Learning (LLL): an International Perspective

Posted August 20, 2009 - 14:41

This Hot Topic paper returns to a central theme for PASCAL, which is the development and implementation of lifelong learning.    Unlike earlier HTs on the theme, Jarl Bengtsson is concerned less with the concept of lifelong learning but much more with those factors at national level which need to be addressed if substantial progress is to be made in making a reality of the widespread policy commitments which are in place in most EU countries and amongst OECD member countries around the world.

 

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