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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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Open Science Brief for UNESCO - A Step Towards the Decolonization of Knowledge

Posted July 23, 2020 - 09:57

UNESCO is launching international consultations aimed at developing a Recommendation on Open Science for adoption by member states in 2021. Its Recommendation will include a common definition, a shared set of values, and proposals for action.

A New Virtual Streets as Places Training | Placemaking Weekly

Posted July 20, 2020 - 06:56

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. In this edition, as part of our upcoming Walk/Bike/Places conference, Project for Public Spaces is teaming up with Dutch mobility firm Mobycon to offer a virtual crash course in our approach to Streets as Places

New report on community engagement in higher education

Posted July 19, 2020 - 06:17

The European Commission has just published a new report entitled Community Engagement in Higher Education: Trends, Practices and Policies, which I wrote as a member of the Network of Experts on the Social Dimension of Education and Training (NESET), and which was also reviewed by Ellen Hazelkorn.

UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Bulletin, July 2020

Posted July 14, 2020 - 17:22

While the COVID-19 pandemic further challenges people and education systems in many countries worldwide, others are entering into the recovery phase. The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) continues to provide expertise in how to ensure education for everyone during the pandemic and on how to make use of the learnings of this crisis.

Wyndham and Melton City's plans for a Global Learning Festival for 1-4 September 2020

Posted July 14, 2020 - 16:21

On 14 July, 16 representatives from different learning cities and communities met online to plan the first ‘Global Learning Festival’. This festival is set to run from 1-4 September 2020 globally and will provide a variety of learning events, in an assortment of languages, across time zones, to celebrate unity and connection at such a globally challenging time.  

 

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