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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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Celebrating adult learning: Our latest issue of Quest - Adult Learning Australia (ALA) Member News, December 2017

Welcome to this year's final issue of Quest, Adult Learning Australia's quarterly magazine. From a national health literacy program that educates and encourages men to pay more attention to their health, to an Indigenous catering enterprise that attracts locals to their neighbourhood education centre, to celebrations of four decades of adult literacy our latest issue features stories about how people take on challenges, overcome hurdles and develop confidence and skills through adult education.

Have a Seat, Take a Survey | Weekly Placemaking Round-Up - Project for Public Spaces

The first step to evaluating the health and vibrancy of a space might be to sit down. That is, if you can. More than forty-five years have passed since Holly Whyte issued a call for more and better seating in New York City in his essay, "Please, Just a Nice Place to Sit," and cities are still struggling to make comfortable seating available in public spaces. We know that fixing seating can fix a space, bringing back the characteristic interactions that define great places...

PASCAL Briefing Paper 9 - Learning Initiatives to Connect the Urban and Rural

Strengthening rural-urban interdependence is fundamental to reducing regional disparities, enhancing environmental quality, and maintaining national integrity and social cohesion.

This PASCAL Policy Briefing discusses the vital role cities and universities have to play in developing and promoting learning initiatives.

Another great opportunity at University of Glasgow: Lecturer in Inclusive Education

We have another great position we have just advertised, for a Lecturer in Inclusive Education – a fantastic opportunity for an early career academic. And Glasgow is a great city to live in.

Weekly Placemaking Round-Up | November 27 - December 3, 2017 - Project for Public Spaces

Here is the latest issue this new weekly roundup of news, ideas, opportunities, and more - a curated list of content for placemakers by placemakers - from the Project for Public Spaces.

 

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